New neck knives coming

Thanks for posting this. I was just on yesterday and missed it! They look pretty cool. I guess Ernest was serious about smaller knives! Seax is calling out to me!

--Larry
 
Interesting. I may be in for one of these. Now the hard part...which one? :)
 
Have a Kwaiken on the way...

Anybody else place an order?
 
Meh, the La Griffe design is a far better style of neck knife imho.

Those new ones are cool though.

Anyone know if these come with a chisel edge? (Not chisel grind, just the edge)
 
I was lucky enough to nab a matching SN# Set 50/50.

Their actually quite nice knives, (as you might expect)
Stock thickness is greater than stated on the website, which makes them quite beefy little knives.
Here are the stats i measured:
- Overall length unsheathed: 7.75"
- Overall in Sheath: 8.5"
- Stock thickness for Seax: .133"
- Stock thickness for Kwaiken. .142"
- Blade Cutting edge: 3.2"
- Knife Weight: 3oz
- Sheath Weight. 1.4oz

Despite the thick stock, i was able to cut some pretty delicate items such as an over ripe tomato with no problem what so ever, and they are monsters on cardboard.

(and yes, chisel edge, v grind)

Sheath retention is on the weaker side, perfect in my opinion, not so much that they will fall out, but if shaken very violently they can be dislodged.

Ergos on both knives are quite nice, hard to say which is my favorite. I think the kwaiken might be a little more neutral, making it a bit more of a win win for anyone, while the seax is "more ergonomic" if your holding it choked back a bit in the saber grip, at which point it becomes a bit more '3 fingery'. If you try a traditional, 4 finger grip on the seax, pinch grip is great, but if you try putting your thumb on the wave, it ends up feeling a bit early/cramped. That said, its easy to choke up on and use the pointer finger along the spine for good tip control.
Both knives feel fantastic in reverse grip.

Over all i find myself more attracted to the look of the seax, but i keep reaching for the kwaiken, i feel like the seax is a more "edc" design, which the kwaiken is more tactical/spike-esk, which im finding really appealing.

The finish they put on these knives is maybe the most interesting aspect, its different on each knife, and is honestly nothing ive ever seen on any other knife. It gives an almost woodgrain/damascus type appearance, very very cool.

Anyhow, I posted a first impressions video over on the Youtube if you want to see more of them.
-Roe

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I received my Seax Necker yesterday. Not much to add to the excellent write-up by Roejimbo. The only comment I would add is that I thought the finish would be much rougher. The photo on the Emerson site looked like striations or grooves running through it. Not so, very smooth finish, very nicely done. Much better than I was expecting. I like it!
--Larry
 
neal70 neal70 Oh your very welcome! Any excuse for me to buy and showoff some new Emerson knives!
Btw, im sure they wont sell out "too" quickly, however i did notice they are currently listed in the "limited availability" page on the emerson site, i guess they didnt really say in their announcement whether or not these will be standard production pieces or not... in any case, just thought id mention it.
-Roe
 
Appreciate that man. I had noticed and wondered about it too. Maybe they are doing a little market testing first? Excellent price point-now I need to figure out what to sell to get one!:D:rolleyes:
Thanks, Neal
 
I was lucky enough to nab a matching SN# Set 50/50.

Their actually quite nice knives, (as you might expect)
Stock thickness is greater than stated on the website, which makes them quite beefy little knives.
Here are the stats i measured:
- Overall length unsheathed: 7.75"
- Overall in Sheath: 8.5"
- Stock thickness for Seax: .133"
- Stock thickness for Kwaiken. .142"
- Blade Cutting edge: 3.2"
- Knife Weight: 3oz
- Sheath Weight. 1.4oz

Despite the thick stock, i was able to cut some pretty delicate items such as an over ripe tomato with no problem what so ever, and they are monsters on cardboard.

(and yes, chisel edge, v grind)

Sheath retention is on the weaker side, perfect in my opinion, not so much that they will fall out, but if shaken very violently they can be dislodged.

Ergos on both knives are quite nice, hard to say which is my favorite. I think the kwaiken might be a little more neutral, making it a bit more of a win win for anyone, while the seax is "more ergonomic" if your holding it choked back a bit in the saber grip, at which point it becomes a bit more '3 fingery'. If you try a traditional, 4 finger grip on the seax, pinch grip is great, but if you try putting your thumb on the wave, it ends up feeling a bit early/cramped. That said, its easy to choke up on and use the pointer finger along the spine for good tip control.
Both knives feel fantastic in reverse grip.

Over all i find myself more attracted to the look of the seax, but i keep reaching for the kwaiken, i feel like the seax is a more "edc" design, which the kwaiken is more tactical/spike-esk, which im finding really appealing.

The finish they put on these knives is maybe the most interesting aspect, its different on each knife, and is honestly nothing ive ever seen on any other knife. It gives an almost woodgrain/damascus type appearance, very very cool.

Anyhow, I posted a first impressions video over on the Youtube if you want to see more of them.
-Roe

402v8Y.jpg

80Ec28.jpg

i28AlX.jpg

Mnfj57.jpg

DMHgzt.jpg

21TkZo.jpg

Xpyu32.jpg

MsV20f.jpg

Thanks for that!
 
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