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If someone is fighting a bear with one of our knives, I want to see it. Sounds like bullshit to me but I've been wrong many times before.
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If someone is fighting a bear with one of our knives, I want to see it. Sounds like bullshit to me but I've been wrong many times before.
Hard to tell if he was joking or not... At the very least, he has brought up the bear problem on his island several times, wears a bell when out and as others have said; spends 5 days/week out in the woods during hunting season. Seems plausible.
Search YT for "saber-convex RC5"
Think this might get your there:
http://www.google.com/search?q=virt...ved=0CDUQqwQ&bav=on.1,or.&fp=a25c88762e85b39f
Thanks for posting that Stsparky! :thumbup: I've been on the fence about the 5 for a long time and that video just totally sold me. Guess I need to start saving money again.
Appreciate the link but it was 10 minutes also and I simply don't want to spend 10 minutes looking at a knife video
Ha, I knew you were going to complain about that. I should have mentioned that the referenced statement was probably in the first one to two minutes. Definitely within your three minute limit!- Joined
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I just wish he would say dude more and use more acronyms. Oh well, looks like it's back to nutnfancy for me.
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I enjoy his vids. Been watching them for a long time now.
His English is getting much better. I believe somewhere in one of his vids in the messages he noted that he's self-taught in regards to English, so naturally sometimes he's going to misspeak here and there, but I get the idea of what he's trying to explain most of the time.
His English is getting much better. I believe somewhere in one of his vids in the messages he noted that he's self-taught in regards to English, so naturally sometimes he's going to misspeak here and there, but I get the idea of what he's trying to explain most of the time.
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"When bear came in front of me I fight bear with this knife."
Uhhh, I really just don't know what to say and I think I will just leave it at that since I will get accused of all types of mean and nasty things if I'm not careful.
Uhhh, I really just don't know what to say and I think I will just leave it at that since I will get accused of all types of mean and nasty things if I'm not careful.
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Haha. I think he was joking. Well not joking in a sense that for bear defense he carries his largest blade he is legally allowed to have over there, which is the 5. Can't carry a gun over there for defense so they carry knives, bear spray and cover themselves in bear bells. One of his videos he was foraging for wild edibles and it sounded like Santa Clause was behind him.
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So, as the old joke goes, when you find a pile of shit that smells like pepper and has little bells in it then you know someone got eaten?
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Shit, now I'm curious. I'll see about emailing him or something. Joking or not, he's an entertaining guy.
And, I'm offended. You would put my ESEE knives up on the exchange, but I'm too cheap to pay for the gold membership.
If I break the tips off, can I get some Becker's instead?
And, I'm offended. You would put my ESEE knives up on the exchange, but I'm too cheap to pay for the gold membership.
If I break the tips off, can I get some Becker's instead?
i'm looking forward to seeing which knife is best for cutting up a bear, from the inside out.adaman04 said:
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Yep, just send all your broken ESEEs back to KaBar and they will take care of replacing them
Why in the hell didn't I think of that before!Yep, just send all your broken ESEEs back to KaBar and they will take care of replacing them
Now that is a kick ass business model, but watch out or ESEE will start getting broken knives from Mtech
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We already do!
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He was making a sly remark on this sad event. My mother-in-law's place in Kyushu butts up against a national park. The neighborhood farmers are armed with quality knives and very powerful air rifles to deal with pests like feral pigs and tusked boar.
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That said, people misjudge bears. I'll try and dig up pictures I have Japanese ones. They tend to look like big Black bears you see in Northern California.
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That said, people misjudge bears. I'll try and dig up pictures I have Japanese ones. They tend to look like big Black bears you see in Northern California.
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He jokingly refers to the RC5 as 'anti-bear weapon' but I am sure he meant it as a last resort. Japanese gun laws restrict the ammo for shotguns to 1 round in the chamber and 1 in the magazine. So if 2 shots couldn't bring the bear down its faster to draw a knife than to reload. It's RC5 vs bear.....hopefully he doesn't grab the Izula by mistake instead of RC5 since he brings multiple knives with him.
On the brighter side - ESEE will have a run for the 5s if bear loses against RC5 and if we are lucky we get a review of bear stew as well.
On the brighter side - ESEE will have a run for the 5s if bear loses against RC5 and if we are lucky we get a review of bear stew as well.
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