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Posted: 9/1/2019 10:58:25 PM EDT

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Lol "solid American steel"

Fuck your shit if you won't even list the single most important detail.

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This^^^
Is it 1095, 440, D2, tinfoil?

Posted: 9/1/2019 10:59:28 PM EDT

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Handle doesn't look very comfortable.

I, however, just learned that Estwing makes tomahawks. That's pretty cool.

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I've used Estwing hammers for almost 30 years. I bought their leather handled hatchet a few years back and like it.

Posted: 9/1/2019 11:07:10 PM EDT

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Issues I see:

1) handle is fugly.

2) unknown steel. This doesn't matter for casual users, but 'knife people' want to know the steel and estimated hardness. A blurb about heat treat would be nice as well.

3) janky nylon sheath is a huge no-go. A budget blade can still come with decent kydex. Nylon can be done well... but 'budk special-esque' style sheaths are an immediate deal breaker for me.

But, realitically, these will be sold at Home Depot and Lowes at a budget price. There will be no shortage of laborers who pick these up and wear them on their belt with pride.

Posted: 9/1/2019 11:10:01 PM EDT

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They need to flush the whole thing

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Everyone who is pissing on the knife, it deserves it, should go back to the Estwing website and using the contact tab to send them an email encouraging then to fix that frigging handle design. I did and it took less than 1 minute. As I have learned from listening to Tom Gresham of late, some American companies will actually respond to criticism, emails, and letters. His example was in reference to American firearms makers and some other associated companies,

They need to flush the whole thing

How about encourage them to redesign the handle and maybe update their website and let them know blade steel is important information.

Posted: 9/1/2019 11:11:46 PM EDT

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Mystery steel, US sourced or not means it's garbage.

Stick with cold steel for budget blades.

Posted: 9/1/2019 11:13:54 PM EDT

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How about encourage them to redesign the handle and maybe update their website and let them know blade steel is important information.

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And ditch the chonky Saber grind, decide if it's a clip point, bdrop point or some sort of smatchet, and get rid of the bill board?

Posted: 9/1/2019 11:15:21 PM EDT

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Estwing sold fixed blade hunting knives made in Finland for years.

Posted: 9/1/2019 11:35:30 PM EDT

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Fucking ugly.

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That was my first thought.

Posted: 9/2/2019 7:14:34 AM EDT

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Lol "solid American steel"

Fuck your shit if you won't even list the single most important detail.

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Noooo... it's "Solid America Steel"

Not listing the type of steel means they're not marketing to knife guys, they're marketing to construction ninjas who build malls, and like fugly knives.

Posted: 9/2/2019 7:29:56 AM EDT

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Handle doesn't look very comfortable.

I, however, just learned that Estwing makes tomahawks. That's pretty cool.

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Their axes aren't comfortable to use either, but at least they are nearly impossible to break.

Posted: 9/2/2019 9:31:32 AM EDT

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Estwing sold fixed blade hunting knives made in Finland for years.

http://tooltiques.net/Photos12LGS/Jan17th12LGS_011.JPG

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Let me guess, given your history with lucky scores, you somehow managed to pick it up at a tag sale for $4. So unfair.

Posted: 9/2/2019 9:39:42 AM EDT

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Haha Estwing screws up another handle. Love their hammers but I always take a rasp to the handle to give it more grip so it doesn’t slide in the hand when I start to sweat.

Posted: 9/2/2019 12:06:06 PM EDT

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I believe they sent one to the moon. I once worked there as a young man.

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Tell us about your commute.

Posted: 9/2/2019 12:09:50 PM EDT

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Literally one job...smh..

Posted: 9/2/2019 12:12:05 PM EDT

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Posted: 9/2/2019 12:18:56 PM EDT

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I swung Estwings for eight years straight

Ima get the big tanto just because muh 28 oz legacy

Posted: 9/2/2019 12:19:27 PM EDT

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Let me guess, given your history with lucky scores, you somehow managed to pick it up at a tag sale for $4. So unfair.

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My example cost me $10.00 at the flea market in 2016.

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I have a Iisakki Jarvenpaa Oy marked one almost exactly like it except the sheath and handle are just a bit different. Nothing on this one but Finland and Estwing.

Posted: 9/2/2019 12:21:01 PM EDT

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That's going to be a hard pass. Handle, blade profile, and lack of steel information.

Posted: 9/2/2019 12:22:32 PM EDT

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Call me old-fashioned but I’d like to put my hands on one before shitting all over the handle design.

Posted: 9/2/2019 12:23:22 PM EDT

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The tanto version looks interesting. They make a damn good hammer, that's for sure.

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I have had mine since 1987

Posted: 9/2/2019 12:45:01 PM EDT

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https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1783/7299/products/EBK-6-Bowie-Knife-Large_large.jpg?v=1497894820

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God the tanto looks like hot garbage.

Posted: 9/2/2019 1:27:55 PM EDT

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Nice looking blade, but I'm not really a fan of the handle.

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+1

Posted: 9/2/2019 1:33:32 PM EDT

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How could the design people at Estwing, the preeminent name in USA made hammers, screw up the introduction of a knife line...? They just did.

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This. I was jazzed until I saw them.

Terrible handle.

Also, tanto-anything sucks.