Becker/Ka-bar - Thank You

TAGannon said:
I'm speechless. Wow!
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You and me both. Thanks for the story. People tend to forget the human work ethic. That brought it home. To the issue of grinds, I have about 100 knives and some do have uneven grinds. Never sent one back for it.
 
Well so far I have ordered a BK2, 2-ESKABARS, IZULA & IZULA2 from Amazon and they hhave all looked great. Thats not to say I might have a problem in the future, but for the great prices they have I could not resist....
 
All,

The lady in the picture sharpening the BK-7 is Connie C. She just celebrated her 35th year at Cutco/KA-BAR. She has sharpened many a knife during her tenure.
There are a lot 35-50 year employees that work(ed)here. It gets into your blood.
It helps when you work for a good company.

Best Regards,

Paul Tsujimoto
Sr Eng
Prod Dev and Qual
KA-BAR Knives
 
moosez45 said:
Speaks volumes there. I was told a story once, by an old, beat to hell, Korean War Veteran Marine. He was my uncle. He was also the guy that gave me my first Kabar. Not sure if it was true, but its true its a story.

Goes like this:

During WWII, most of the men folk were off fighting, and the ladies of America hit the workforce, some, for the first time. Taking up jobs that women had never done before, welding, riveting, fixing cars, making cars, making bombs, making guns, stuff like that. Now, these ladies were of all ages, but the majority of them came from households where men done mens work, and women done womens work. Getting a chance to wear pants and run a cutting torch for Boeing, was WAY different that cooking, cleaning, and taking care of kids.

Some of the women, went to work for Kabar, making knives for their men, overseas, fighting and dying for their country. So, like all women who took care of their men, they made the best. Not just the best they could, they made the best ever. They worked until fingers bled, butts went numb, and the eyes got watery from constant focus. And then they went home, and cooked, cleaned, and took care of their kids.

I was told of one lady that worked for Kabar, that had ground knives from WWII, to the end of the Korean War. She started young, and finished old. And only quit, because, "I'm getting to old to put a hair splitting edge on tha knives". She quietly left one day, punching out on the clock, and never returned. She raised her kids, and buried her husband in the time she spent behind the grinder at Kabar, and never once had any regrets about it at all. In her eyes, she served the men that served her country, and she was proud of what she had done. At first, because it was her duty, then it was her job, finally, it was her passion.

My uncle told me this, shortly before handing me a Kabar knife. I was young and asked him about the lady, and did he know her.

I buried her two months ago, She, was my mom.

I never knew if the story was true, or if he had cooked it up. Still don't know. I don't know here name, and since my Uncle blew his knot off with a 12ga, asking him would take a Ouji board.

Either way, true or not, I like to think about that lady in the story, everytime I pick up one of my Kabar's, and its often, I think about that lady and what she done.

People sometimes get caught up in the pursuit of perfection, or the finding of flaws. Not to say you shouldn't want your money's worth out of something you bought. But, the moral of the story is,

Folks at Kabar, have a passion about what they do, and that is seen through the actions of the members of Kabar.

Thanks.

Moose
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Thanks for taking the time to tell that story Moose, it was much appreciated.
 
Rob Thomas said:
nice story moose. that was back in the day when people had the right kinda "respect" for one another, and women in general.
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Many still do. Don't give up on people or companies 'these days'. We're still out here. Note that the OP had excellent help from KABAR. I've had the same level of service from Gerber, CRKT, custom maker Stephen Fowler, most all of the BF members I've done biz with, etc, etc,.

I personally work for a multi billion dollar communications company, and am surrounded daily by these kind of people.

The world is still full of the good folks who care more about other than themselves. Problem is we let the aholes cloud our vision of them.

Glass is more than half full!
 
My whole point of this post was to let know everyone know how Ka-bar went above and beyond what they had to do to satisfy this customer. And I thank them. Whenever I get great customer service I like to let others know. I will continue to buy what they sell and will encourage others to do so as well. Not just because they are a great company, but because I love the knives!

I showed the BK-2 to my friend last night and he ordered one today. That was all the encouragement he needed.
 
odinp said:
My whole point of this post was to let know everyone know how Ka-bar went above and beyond what they had to do to satisfy this customer. And I thank them. Whenever I get great customer service I like to let others know. I will continue to buy what they sell and will encourage others to do so as well. Not just because they are a great company, but because I love the knives!

I showed the BK-2 to my friend last night and he ordered one today. That was all the encouragement he needed.
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No one was bagging on you, I assure you. We don't do that here. We all just wanted to share our stories and experiences with Kabar and BKT. I think alot of this is pointed at a post, um, er, somewhere else, where the knife was in alot rougher shape, and we are not entirely convinced, its a sham. Either way, the point is, BKT knives made by Kabar are the very best knife you can get for the money, on the market. Period.

If anyone can show me a knife in the same class, of the same quality, for the same money, I'll send you a brand new ESKabar. I haven't sent one out yet.

Thank you for your post Odin, I really appreciate it, so does Ethan, Toooj and everyone else. Please stick around, and thanks for buying Becker.

Moose
 
Toooj,
Send me those defective knives and I will do some extensive field testing to determine the extent of how it effects performance. It might take me years of testing though. And............don't those Busse guys pay a lot of money for asymetric grinds? Maybe you should charge more for the "defective" ones.
Cheers
Balding
 
moosez45 said:
If anyone can show me a knife in the same class, of the same quality, for the same money, I'll send you a brand new ESKabar. I haven't sent one out yet.
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I think you have my address. :cool:
 
Potbelly $72.68 7" blade 1/4" thick
BK7 $65.96 7" blade .188" thick
BK2 $60.96 5" blade 1/4" thick.

Getting closer, I really want to keep my knives, LOL. :D

Moose
 
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