Ethan Becker, BK&T Line from Ka-Bar, Equip 2 Endure

[Widerstand]

Check it out!

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[Snakedoc]

Thanks for posting the link.

Good vid!!

 

[Murphnuge]

Very nice! Keep rubbing salt in the wound that is my absence from yet another BLADE.

 

[Idaho Guy]

I want a "mini campanion"!!!!!

 

[Bladite]

sweet! i love that my BK13 appears in the video

 

[whereismyclock]

I can listen to this man talk about knives all day

 

[BushOgre]

Adam looked like a dog waiting to chase a ball. He could barely stand still.

I want the little BK2. I need it now. I don't wanna wait. NEED NEED NEED NEED NEED

 

[slapper]

Nice!

Did anybody catch what he said about the temper at @1:55?

 

[SaturatedShadow]

Nice!

Did anybody catch what he said about the temper at @1:55?

Martempering?

 

[BRL]

Great video full of fun stories. Not sure I knew the Bk numbers for the tweeners. I love how Becker crap-talks all his buddies, heh. Man oh man do I ever need three or four mini camps, like yesterday.

 

[Bladite]

Great video full of fun stories. Not sure I knew the Bk numbers for the tweeners. I love how Becker crap-talks all his buddies, heh. Man oh man do I ever need three or four mini camps, like yesterday.

the numbers are not nailed in stone. just saying.

the mini camps are nice very nice

i prefer the mini-magnums though. seriously, i ate my steak with one. great steak knife. going to be a killer camping knife.

 

[foxx]

Ethan is the real "Most Interesting Man in the World".

 

[marantz]

Slapper -- Yes, he mentioned that Ka-Bar uses martempering (also called marquenching) as part of their heat treating protocol. It's basically interrupting the quench above the martensite start temperature long enough for the temperature to equalize throughout the knife (center to surface), then continuing the quench to transform the austenite to martensite. Martempering/marquenching results in a lower stress in the knife, since the center and surface transform to martensite at the same time. In a conventional heat treat the quench is fast, and the surface and center of the knife blade transform to martensite at slightly different times, leading to higher stress. After either martempering/marquenching or conventional quenching, a subsequent tempering (reheating to a lower temperature and cooling) is necessary to reduce the hardness and increase toughness. Martempering/marquenching just makes a somewhat tougher blade. Try Googling martempering and marquenching. Here's a link to a site that explains conventional heat treatment, martempering/marquenching, and austempering, with nice time - temperature transformation diagrams. http://info.lu.farmingdale.edu/depts/met/met205/tempering.html

 

[slapper]

Thank you Marantz.:thumbup:

 

[marantz]

Slapper -- You're welcome. Another good place to go is cashenblades.com. He has distilled and simplified a lot of knowledge under his metallurgy drop down menu. If you want to really read about steel, search for "Metallurgy of Steel for Bladesmiths & Others Who Heat Treat and Forge Steel" by John Verhoeven. Warning: the pdf file is 8.1 MB, and is addictive reading.

And I want a mini-Campanion, too. And micarta scales and...

 

[abolt2]

Nice vid!!!. Iam going to pretend I didnt hear that no tweeners till 2012 thing. God I wish it was sooner!!!!

 

[Moosez45]

Nice vid!!!. Iam going to pretend I didnt hear that no tweeners till 2012 thing. God I wish it was sooner!!!!

I've already been talking to Uncle WeirdBeard about doing some "win it before you can buy it" contests for the tweeners and Machax. Some folks will have it sooner than 2012.

Moose

 

[BRL]

I've already been talking to Uncle WeirdBeard about doing some "win it before you can buy it" contests for the tweeners and Machax. BRL will have it sooner than 2012.

Moose

Sweet!