From my post on the ESEE Site--Expat's Guide to the Knife Industry

Ethan always beats me to everything! I remember this one time I had this idea for a cookbook called, "The Happiness of Cooking"....



Ok, challenge accepted--I'm gonna get this knife from Ethan :)
 
This is awesome. Be sure to ask Terrio about the Busse guys. :thumbup:

Don't drag me back into the middle of that mess!! :eek: It was Guyon's fault I got caught up in that cluster of chaos in the first place. Well... that and my fondness for free food.

You should make a Gathering, though - 'Heads do congregate in numbers greater than three, but only outside. The, ah....."manly" eau of more than three of us is a little whiff for confined spaces.

We should bottle Eau de Beckerhead... we'll make millions selling it as everything-repellent.

Ok, challenge accepted--I'm gonna get this knife from Ethan :)

Good luck with that.
 
Don't drag me back into the middle of that mess!! :eek: It was Guyon's fault I got caught up in that cluster of chaos in the first place. Well... that and my fondness for free food.

So exactly how many shrimp did you snatch before they threatened you with ugly safe queens?
 
A very funny post - seems so true reflection of Becker owners!!! Likewise Buck and Swiss Army. Cold Steel one seemed unnervingly so true it was like a mini documentary haha. Very nice post made me laugh!!!
 
This needed a Bladeshow 2018 bump. It is absolutely hilarious and still mostly true.

It needs an update to include the new Dark Timber cult I hope someone finds it as amusing as I do.

Dark timber doesn't actually sell any knives for money, they trade them for organs, but don't worry they give you a free tshirt. Dark Timber knives are always in excellent condition, rumor has it no one has actually ever used one of them. They are not intended for actual use, in fact it's against the Dark Timber Brotherhood code to use the knife. They are only to be used as the superior comparison to other knives. The Dark timber bunch are all amateur photographers. Everyone of them pays for two phones because one just doesn't have enough storage to hold all the selfies they take with their knives. In fact when you walk by the Dark Timber booth at Bladeshow no one will actually talk to you they just grab a knife and strike a pose with it. Grunting is usually involved.

Would be greatly interested in anyone else's comedic thoughts on some of the knife groups in the industry.
 
I wasn't super into knives back in 2015 when this case out, and in fact, my BFC join date was July 2015, a few months after this came out. Amazing what a journey the last 3 yrs have been in terms of my knife edjumacation!

This was an awesome post and very astute. I'd say the only thing that I dont agree with is the lumping of Buck, Spyderco and benchmade.

Buck fans are a tad more like Case fans. lots of collectors. Tend to be old-fashioned traditional types.
Spyderco- much more focus on "sliciiness" of a knife. Near obsession with edge angles, micobevels, thickness behind the edge, etc. Also a damned near fanatical obsession with finding steels that nobody has ever heard of.
Benchmade- I'd say the more "tactical" version of spyderco fans. I see a lot of first responders packing Benchmade. Also, the obvious focus around the Axis lock.

Either way, I'd say these are very distinct groups. Oh, and his assertion that with spyderco fans, it's just a tool and has been in your pocket for years/decades... really? I mean, maybe things have changed in the last 3 yrs since he wrote this, but I see a good amount of chatter and clamoring to get the latest and greatest dealer exclusives.

*Edit to add- none of the above was meant to be comedic. Just my observations, sans editorial
 
I have no idea about dark timber. I did stop by the Carothers table and grabbed a knife, told them I HAD to grab one due to the big buzz they are creating and ensuing bit of drama over the waits, and they had a laugh. Posed for some selfies with the knife, but didn't buy it, believe it was their 6" field knife.
 
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