Batoning ESEE 5 into Becker BK-2 and vice versa !!

Hey Jeff......

That offer of dinner IMPLIED a beer or three and as much coffee as you need to sober up...........

ethan
 
I love knife destruction videos like this. They absolutely freak me out... hell, I've got safe queens that it hurts me to use to cut the end off a cigar!
 
Ethan Becker said:
Hey Tom Gannon....

I realized a moment or two ago that there is huge 800 lb question standing in the back of the room - was alcohol involved in the conceptual or planning stages ????......No insult is intended but, inquiring minds would like to know........

If you ever get to the Great Smokies area let me know.......I will be happy to buy you a beer or a cup of coffee, at the very least........

All Best....

ethan
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Hi Ethan,
Thank you very much for the offer. I'll take you up on it. Seriously.

Not insulted at all. In all honesty, alcohol played no part in this. I'm 100% Irish, born on Saint Patrick's Day. Can't do better than that. This was just a simple case of “putting up, or shutting up.”

I wore protective clothing and a full-face shield. Stuff was flying all over. When the house is cleared of people tomorrow, I'll "finish the job" as some have requested.

I also used my Becker BK-2 (not the newly serrated one) to cut onions and radishes for my salad this evening.
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It is a great knife and with the re-profiled edge, is a cutting machine. A great slicer. I love it.

This was just so much fun for me I can't tell you. Sure, it made me sick to put those two, fresh from the factory edges together and start whacking, but like some have already said, sometimes you have to take one for the team. So, in the name of weird science, I did.

Baring any unforeseen mortal mishaps (like flying shrapnel or such) tomorrow I'll be posting the conclusion video. May as well beat on them until someone says "uncle".

If you and Jeff want to donate a knife to a couple service people, that would be ideal.

Thanks again to both you and Jeff for making fantastic knives and being such good sports about this whole whacky experiment.

Stay Sharp,
Tom
P.S. Jeff, sorry for the mispronunciation of the name. I'll flog myself later.
 
Tom, would be happy to donate a 5 on behalf of weird science to a member of the military. Please drop me an email: jeff@eseeknives.com with an address to ship the knife to and Patricia will take care of getting an order made.
 
Tom, I think what you should do though is discreetly saw nearly all the way through the Becker, then on your video just lightly tap it with the ESEE and watch it fall apart.
 
R.A.T. said:
Tom, I think what you should do though is discreetly saw nearly all the way through the Becker, then on your video just lightly tap it with the ESEE and watch it fall apart.
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That there is funny. :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
 
R.A.T. said:
Honorable of you but you just sold a shitload of 5s with that crazy video. Send me your address!!!
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You got that right. I own a lot of knives. I've always thought these were kind of for people that didn't want to lay out the cash for a Busse. 1095 hasn't excited me for a long, long time. I'll be ordering a couple ESEE's because of this video.

Not that I will do that to them. But that is some pretty decent testimony of toughness for a guy to get a random sample out of the supply chain. :thumbup:

I understand why he doesn't want to take it as a replacement. Maybe he would accept one as a gift of appreciation. If he won't I could be talked into doing so :D
 
Good form.

TAGannon said:
Hi Ethan,
Thank you very much for the offer. I'll take you up on it. Seriously.

Not insulted at all. In all honesty, alcohol played no part in this. I'm 100% Irish, born on Saint Patrick's Day. Can't do better than that. This was just a simple case of “putting up, or shutting up.”

I wore protective clothing and a full-face shield. Stuff was flying all over. When the house is cleared of people tomorrow, I'll "finish the job" as some have requested.

I also used my Becker BK-2 (not the newly serrated one) to cut onions and radishes for my salad this evening.
2h6vk2d.jpg
.
It is a great knife and with the re-profiled edge, is a cutting machine. A great slicer. I love it.

This was just so much fun for me I can't tell you. Sure, it made me sick to put those two, fresh from the factory edges together and start whacking, but like some have already said, sometimes you have to take one for the team. So, in the name of weird science, I did.

Baring any unforeseen mortal mishaps (like flying shrapnel or such) tomorrow I'll be posting the conclusion video. May as well beat on them until someone says "uncle".

If you and Jeff want to donate a knife to a couple service people, that would be ideal.

Thanks again to both you and Jeff for making fantastic knives and being such good sports about this whole whacky experiment.

Stay Sharp,
Tom
P.S. Jeff, sorry for the mispronunciation of the name. I'll flog myself later.
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The best thing is, there are knife companies out there that'd dump thousands of dollars into a marketing campaign like this and hope it'd go "viral". Here, we've got a couple of the most respected knife makers shooting the shit with a guy that just destroyed two of their flagship blades, even offering replacements! Other knife companies could learn a thing or two from both ESEE and BK&T.
 
As far as rivalries go, ours is remarkably civil. Some of the stuff that gets kicked around between some of the other brands is pretty intense, but here we are all just normal people. Good times. Can't wait to see the big finish tomorrow.
 
droobies said:
The best thing is, there are knife companies out there that'd dump thousands of dollars into a marketing campaign like this and hope it'd go "viral". Here, we've got a couple of the most respected knife makers shooting the shit with a guy that just destroyed two of their flagship blades, even offering replacements! Other knife companies could learn a thing or two from both ESEE and BK&T.
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hahahaha! so true. you guys are great.
 
Now that is entertainment. I saw the thread while mobile and could not wait to get home to see the vid. Jeff is right . . . good advertisement. Not because the vid really showed which is really better, just proved they are both great knives with great urban survival application. Jeff did say the knife is great if you need to pry yourself out of a helicopter. Probably would handle that well.

Oh, I am not surprised Jeff would replace it. Don't think he needs to and TAGannon is being honorable, but not surprised.

What this whole experiment did prove is what a great company ESEE is. I was sold on the ESEE knives before this thread and planned to buy a 5 (and 6) as soon as I can afford to. This thread reinforced the great company ESEE is. Too bad there are not more companies in other industries like this. I have NEVER seen a company back their products like ESEE.

That should be the reason to buy ESEE products.
 
R.A.T. said:
Tom, I think what you should do though is discreetly saw nearly all the way through the Becker, then on your video just lightly tap it with the ESEE and watch it fall apart.
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I was thinking a few hours in a 550 degree oven may soften her up to "cuts like butter" status.
Nobody would ever suspect foul play.
 
Hey Tom Gannon..Thanks for the good words ........

What a GREAT suggestion...Everybody wins...If You have a specific guy in mind let me know who it is and I will kick it in the box myself....If not pm me a phone number and we will skull something out.......I have some ideas.....

All Best.....

ethan

I'm gonna talk with Tooj tomorrow....The more I think about this the more I want to know why one or both did not just BLOW UP.......Swords are not heat treated up anywhere near this Rockwell and are usually differentially hardened as well, OR, they are layered and differentially hardened ie Damascus or Japanese blades......HMMMMM....I am gonna be interested to see that video.......

I gotta apologize, at first I thought you might be a reincarnation of certain founts of ignorance who live in frozen lands or wear funny sports gear that gives them tunnel vision and causes them to think in grids..........But you have raised an interesting question to which we should find answers.......

All Best.....

All Best....

ethan
 
Hey Tom Gannon.....

At those temps the smell of the burning coating is sure to give the game away....If I remember correctly ya gotta get way higher to get it plastic....

All Best....

ethan
 
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