Hello fellow blade Lovers, and OMG I broke my BK2 !!

[Samon]

Overly skeletonised tang. And probably a HT error?

I dont get why a suposedly tough knife would have a skeletonised handle in the first place. To save on weight? To improve 'balance'??


Surely all it does is send the balance point up the blade a few centremeters and take away what, 100-150grams? If balance is an issue why not design it with a tapered tang like the fallkniven f1 to reduce weight while not having such gapeing tangs cutouts??

 

[Gaston444]

Because the 5" thing weights 16 ounces already, which is 0.9 ounces lighter than what a 10" Lile Rambo "The Mission" weights... With a full tang, the 5 ounces you say it would add would bring weight up to 21 ounces, or over 1.3 pounds for something with the edge lenght of a large folder... Can you imagine?

Gaston

 

[MEJ]

Yikes

 

[Sunyata]

Usually that type break in that area comes from batoning and impacting too far back with the blade stuck hard in a knot. Sometimes a bit tilted. Very rare to break one of those just chopping. It's a PITA to get it replaced but they will take care of you.

That's why I treat my ESEE's like shit.


They don't care what I do to the knife so I don't. They'll replace it ASAP.