Ethan's "snap cut" technique for the Machax

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Kinda wondering... how do you actually do a snap cut? I've seen him mention it in a few videos, kinda roll it back in your hand then snap with your wrist and clamp your fingers down at the same time. But has anyone seen him do it that might be able to describe or do a video? I thought I read that you don't necessarily swing a Machax like you would a hatchet or machete. Thanks.
 
I thought you snapped the fingers of your off hand three times while making a Z shape.
Then you shout "Go girl!" and twirl the Machax in a circular fashion until you slice something.
BRL, regardless of the correct answer to your question, I think you should make this your own personal snap cut. :D
 
My own personal snap cut only requires the use of one finger. In fact, I'm performing that snap cut now. Look, here's the finger.
 
Oh snap. :p

Fisk was advocating that every cut with the BK-5 be a snap cut of sorts. He emphasized wrist action on the rodeo cuts.
With your arm swinging the knife, you get even greater acceleration if you snap your wrist into the final cut.
Same principle as with a golf club. Pros who hit it 300+ all keep the club loaded as long as possible with their wrists.
 
Same principle with a knife. Better transfer of energy and higher speed...

White's analysis is the first to consider wrist-cock angle. His model is also very simple in a Physics 101 kind of way, explaining the mechanics of the golf swing in terms of the club's changing moment of inertia. These two points distinguish his work from similar analyses by C.B. Daish1 and the late University of Nebraska physicist Theodore Jorgensen2.

White shows that the energy and momentum of the arm-club system are redistributed during the swing as a direct result of the uncocking of the wrists that takes place before the club strikes the ball.

“As the wrists uncock near the bottom of the swing, the club head and the hands are moving in different directions, which means the club pulls against the hands and slows them down,” White said. “This means, in turn, that the kinetic energy in the shoulders and arms is transferred to the club. Without wrist-cock, most of the kinetic energy stays in the arms and shoulders and the swing is inefficient. Best of all, the golfer does not have to do any extra work to make the transfer happen.” Thus, wrist-cock is the make-or-break factor in a good golf swing.
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Source: http://www.physorg.com/news85663321.html
 
Guyon said:
I thought you snapped the fingers of your off hand three times while making a Z shape.
Then you shout "Go girl!" and twirl the Machax in a circular fashion until you slice something.
BRL, regardless of the correct answer to your question, I think you should make this your own personal snap cut. :D
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I suspect after performing it once, you won't ever have to do it again because your real friends would cut your hand off so you wouldn't ever be caught doing it again.
 
For me, its just closing the hand on the knife as it progresses for ward, and yeah, there is a video, E2E has it, from PWYP, of Ethan using the Machax and demo'ing all its uses.

I gotta go for now, but someone will find it and post it.

Moose
 
[video=youtube_share;eVwPNyVMyng]http://youtu.be/eVwPNyVMyng[/video]

He shows it in here. He also shows it in the 2Brothers video from SHOT, IIRC.
 
Guyon said:
Oh snap. :p

Fisk was advocating that every cut with the BK-5 be a snap cut of sorts. He emphasized wrist action on the rodeo cuts.
With your arm swinging the knife, you get even greater acceleration if you snap your wrist into the final cut.
Same principle as with a golf club. Pros who hit it 300+ all keep the club loaded as long as possible with their wrists.
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That is an outstanding example and right on the money. It's all in the timing. The closer to actual impact you can release that wrist, the more speed (power) can be imparted. When done right it looks and feels effortless.
 
....and you're holding a Machax or BK9 while doing it, so who's gonna mock you're handling?
 
Hold on in each hand and you can probably take the whole of France. ;)
 
Looks very much like how they advocate swinging a khukuri over in the HI subforums. Grip tightly with the thumb and pointer so you don't lose the blade on the swing, leave the rest of the hand a bit loose, and use wrist english to let the blade swing into the target.
 
geez, all you guys who have lonely times should remember that snap cut grip :)

it's a bit like throwing a frisbee, your wrist is not locked up, it's thrown back a little, and the resulting chopping action is a bit like cracking a whip.

you're not just waving a stick around. so to speak.
 
Hey, Becker noob here...what's that smaller knife EB is talking about at the end of the video above?
I'm guessing it's one of the 'tweeners'?
tnx
 
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