Let’s hear some love for Keith, our in-house sharpening expert! He is taking over the Ship Shape Sharpening Shop and has never been in front of a camera before. Welcome to TH-cam, Keith!
That piece of metal that was found is the cutting blade to a pvc pipe cutter. Back of the blade, the stairs, are for the ratchet mechanics of the tool. Really awesome tool to have when cuting pvc pipe, works great clean cuts and power 🔋 free Great episode!💚
my friends and I used to go camping for years pre- and during covid, now we all work 2-3 jobs to stay comfortable and haven't gone in well over a year. it would be silly to say everyone has our struggle, but I know hobbies and vacations with financial barriers of entry (i.e. camping, backpacking, etc.) have taken a hit because of how many people are in situations like us
As soon as I get enough funds together, I will be purchasing one of your Lander 2's with green micarta scales, and I will be also purchasing some of your brook trout scales as well. In a small way, by purchasing these items, it will help to support your company. I wish you all the best in your endeavors! Greetings from Lebanon Oregon.
I've really enjoyed Dan Becker's content for a while. His work with the Sawyer water filter company is especially worth checking out. It's cool to see the overlap between backpacking and knives. Great video as always.
The Steel on my vero neuron was like a collab between Metal and Butter, idk if the heat treat was botched or what but holy hell.. my buddy dropped it and the way the blades apex deformed was astonishing. Also, i know im a nobody, but i'd love to get a chance to look at anything you've put out these last few years
The "weird" blade is from a ratcheting PVC cutter. I've been a electrician for 20 years and use them all the time. Plumbers use them also even more so. Great job knafs crew on the killer products!
@@stephenmartin7907 i used to work at a hardware store as the head plumbing associated, I couldn't tell you what brand, we didn't carry Milwaukee but the Kobalt ones looked pretty similar
Thanks for the shout out about my Lander 1 Karambit print. I wore a necklace with a quarter coin that someone had drilled a hole in during track season to be edgy. (it’s illegal to deface currency, right?) And I was inspired by a scene in Chariots of Fire to run with a necklace.
You are ABSOLUTELY 1000% a knife celebrity....... at least to me you are... if i ever saw you like "out in the wild" i would ABSOLUTELY come up and start talking to you.....i remember the old days of showing us cool knives in that dark dewery basement before bhq made a cool studio space...... your def a celebrity in the knife world
You've made two of your folders (Lander and Baby Banter) into fixed blades now. If you were to make one of the Lulu's into a folder, how different would the handle/grip be and what lock would it use?
I didn't have a necklace back in the day. But I did get a tribal style hena tattoo. Then I had an allergic reaction and my skin under the henna bubbled up and pealed. Then I had a scar in the shape of the hena for about 5 years 😅
That's awesome......God bless America 🇺🇸..... and does bhq still have that patch wall you were building at one time???i just wondered what happened to all those patches that were on the "patch wall"at bhq??? I just wondered what happened to them all? If you happen to know..hopefully you have them all..and are proudly displaying them
Maybe it was a Long Island thing but I had a gold chain around my neck. You guys should make a gold plated ball chain for the fixed blade neck knife so it doesn’t turn green around your neck.
You should make some cool Halloween lander scales. Just saying as easy as they are to swap out make some for the season. Even do other holidays. That's be awesome I'd buy them all.
So, question.... thoughts on thumbstud placement? I have seen such a variety of places that thumbstuds have been placed... and one thing is that they can eventually get in the way of sharpening if placed wrong or in the cutting path. Something I've been observing lately.
Awesome show! I'm trying to transition into carrying a folder from fixed blades. I probably have close to 40 fixed blades. And some good ones too. I haven't yet purchased anything of any good value yet for a folder other than A Ontario Rat 1 that I really love the size of and works for what I need. But I want something with a button lock and of good quality so I can see what the hype is all about. Do you have a blade that is close in size to the Rat 1 ? I could probably get use to even something a little smaller. But I have xl hands so small blades are Abit hard to utilize well. Thanks
(Long comment haha ) Was able to make it to Yalls Store!!!!! And I live in North Carolina!! We were on a missions trip to go help a church out and we were 30mins away from the store. Googled when yall opened, google said 10am, we uber there at 9:15. And me and my brother @tysingerknifeandtool were waiting outside, ( saw two mule deer ) and then I noticed the door ( Mon-Fri ) and so I point that out, then we were super bummed, TILL WE MET KEITH and he said that today! ( 10-26-24 ) was yalls FIRST Saturday opened to test it out! So I hope a couple of dudes from NC helps yall decide if yall should stay open on Saturdays or not, and we both bought a baby banter fixie! And we also got a tour of the place 😉 Keith was awesome!
And that blade that James was showing... that looks almost like a blade that's in a ratcheting pipe cutter for doing plumbing!!!!!or some type of plumbing tool like that..i think
I’m wearing a ball chain necklace with a silver pendant from Mexico. The pendant is a canine tooth full of lucky symbols. The symbols include a horse shoe, a four leaf clover, black cat, elephant, 13
33:18 What's the story on that mask in the background? Is that from Africa too? Looks cool and if it goes with his blade from there, might be a good idea to get a hanger mount to display the knife with the mask.
This might be pure sacrilege but I kinda wish Protech did more non-autos. I like their design language and execution far more than I do side-opening autos. I have a few, and don't get me wrong, they're super cool, but with EDC I tend to prefer manual knives or OTF's for ease of closing.
I made my necklace. It's 2 quarters and 4 dimes(pre 64) melted to an ingot, and hammer forged. Hanging on a crkt minimalist paracord. I'll send a Pic if you want? I'd totally make a couple for you guys:)
As far as the outdoor businesses closing, they all seem to be on the higher priced end of equipment. The competition has become very very good and prices are coming down as a result. Some of the “overpriced “ companies are feeling it. It’s similar to the knife industry.
Pro Tech knives are my favorite knives. That being said, they need to get a decent sharpener on staff. I don't care about factory edges because, unless it's a Spyderco, I'm gonna put my own edge on it anyways. But Pro Techs factory edges have been the worst in my experience. My Malibu had about 4 different edge angles on it. And they were VERY noticeable. 3 Different angles on one side, and the other side had one SHALLOW angle the whole way thru. Still my favorite production knives but they definitely have room for improvement.
For the knives like the Banters that are fully we/civivi branded but designed by Ben, do the proceeds from those purchases go to KNAFS or just to Ben? Just wondering about how the KNAFS folks feel about those knives and if they’re incentivized to try and sell them 🤔 Also, when are we getting an Austin and/or Jamie designed knafs?
That’s deep inside baseball. I like baseball, but not that much. 😏 In short: it’s been 6 years of interesting variations of all types between those two parts of the biz. It’s in a place now that feels like equilibrium.
Hey Ben.... do you have a XXXXXXXL C.R.K.T ??or anything that's obscenely large that they made that you were able to get???,I think when knife companies have a 'sense of humor ".. you know what I'm talking about right ??? The XXXXXXL C.R.K.T?? LOL I WANT ONE
Let’s hear some love for Keith, our in-house sharpening expert! He is taking over the Ship Shape Sharpening Shop and has never been in front of a camera before. Welcome to TH-cam, Keith!
Keith is the man! 🎉
Editing Keith’s segment is one of the greatest highlights of my career.
Keeeeeeeeeith!!!!!!!!
Yeah Mr. Keith!!!
He killed it!
The mystery "blade" is the ratcheting blade off of a PVC of PEX cutter.
Right! Came here to say that! Feel sorry for the fella that lost his cutter!
Came to say that too.
Dave and all the people at Pro-Tech deserve the hype! They're awesome and have amazing knives.
Dave is a real one.
@@knafs_co so....Lander Auto?
The best personality and most non pushing links and affiliate codes channel on knifetube. Tips hat Ben and crew, keep on keeping it real.
Maybe Dave and Pro-Tech can collab with Knafs on a Lander Auto next 👀
90s classic, I rocked the shark’s tooth necklace
Congrats on the feature! My Lander 2 is our for delivery as I watch this!
Heck yeah!
Ohh man going back to the 90's. I wore a hemp necklace or one of those heishi bead necklaces. Awesome video!
Minnesota is an awesome place. Born there but raised in Colorado. Minnesota always feels like home to me
Ben's favourite line is "I love it" and Austin's "bad boy" 😂
As always, love the show.
I wore a pooka shell, ball chain, and some Hawaiian Kikui nut shell necklaces during that time 🫠 also wore Jncos n Kikwear pants lol
That piece of metal that was found is the cutting blade to a pvc pipe cutter. Back of the blade, the stairs, are for the ratchet mechanics of the tool. Really awesome tool to have when cuting pvc pipe, works great clean cuts and power 🔋 free
Great episode!💚
I'm so excited for the Chaves collab! Pooka and hemp for me. Congrats on the awards Ben!
Another fire episode gentlemen. Absolutely love that 100x Lego. The skeleton Lego was one of my favorite pieces when I first discovered it.
16:09 Glad you guys like the stickers and pin!!
my friends and I used to go camping for years pre- and during covid, now we all work 2-3 jobs to stay comfortable and haven't gone in well over a year. it would be silly to say everyone has our struggle, but I know hobbies and vacations with financial barriers of entry (i.e. camping, backpacking, etc.) have taken a hit because of how many people are in situations like us
Yeah I miss the good ole days too!!! Would be awesome to afford the things we once were able to do.
Just got my Banter 2 and love it. WE did a great job on them.
My Banter 2 with the blue aluminum scales was delivered yesterday. It’s a beautiful little knife and I really like it. Thanks!
It is Joe. I’m glad you like the beef burrito.
As soon as I get enough funds together, I will be purchasing one of your Lander 2's with green micarta scales, and I will be also purchasing some of your brook trout scales as well. In a small way, by purchasing these items, it will help to support your company. I wish you all the best in your endeavors! Greetings from Lebanon Oregon.
I've really enjoyed Dan Becker's content for a while. His work with the Sawyer water filter company is especially worth checking out. It's cool to see the overlap between backpacking and knives. Great video as always.
Pipe cutter blade for sure!
The Steel on my vero neuron was like a collab between Metal and Butter, idk if the heat treat was botched or what but holy hell.. my buddy dropped it and the way the blades apex deformed was astonishing.
Also, i know im a nobody, but i'd love to get a chance to look at anything you've put out these last few years
The "weird" blade is from a ratcheting PVC cutter. I've been a electrician for 20 years and use them all the time. Plumbers use them also even more so. Great job knafs crew on the killer products!
90’s kid! I rocked the shark tooth necklace.
Man best knife i picked up.and not blowing smoke was the black sheep fixie
Adventure Carry are a brilliant dealer and live up to your brand’s great reputation - from another Aussie who’d love you to come down under! CRIKEY!!
9:45 its a pipe cutter blade
Yep, Milwaukee ratcheting pvc pipe cutter blade. Take it from a plumber. :-)
@@stephenmartin7907 i used to work at a hardware store as the head plumbing associated, I couldn't tell you what brand, we didn't carry Milwaukee but the Kobalt ones looked pretty similar
Thanks for the shout out about my Lander 1 Karambit print.
I wore a necklace with a quarter coin that someone had drilled a hole in during track season to be edgy. (it’s illegal to deface currency, right?)
And I was inspired by a scene in Chariots of Fire to run with a necklace.
i was literally sharpening my sog seal pup when keith popped on screen holding one!
Glad to see Austin again! stash and all 😄 shout out the #SpaceKitties and #MoonCrew
You are ABSOLUTELY 1000% a knife celebrity....... at least to me you are... if i ever saw you like "out in the wild" i would ABSOLUTELY come up and start talking to you.....i remember the old days of showing us cool knives in that dark dewery basement before bhq made a cool studio space...... your def a celebrity in the knife world
You've made two of your folders (Lander and Baby Banter) into fixed blades now. If you were to make one of the Lulu's into a folder, how different would the handle/grip be and what lock would it use?
had a gorgeous carnelian necklace in the early 90s, otherwise was silver chains with some form of pendant....Kokopelli for example....
I didn't have a necklace back in the day. But I did get a tribal style hena tattoo. Then I had an allergic reaction and my skin under the henna bubbled up and pealed. Then I had a scar in the shape of the hena for about 5 years 😅
I believe the mystery blade is from a set of pruning loppers, with a ratcheting mechanism.
Ben says he's never been to Minnesota. In the same episode he goes to Wisconsin. Just awesome. Vikings blow, Go Packers!
That's awesome......God bless America 🇺🇸..... and does bhq still have that patch wall you were building at one time???i just wondered what happened to all those patches that were on the "patch wall"at bhq??? I just wondered what happened to them all? If you happen to know..hopefully you have them all..and are proudly displaying them
You guys need to come up and get some more MN in your life! Great video as always!
Great knifes but also great watches
Murrieta is right around the corner from me! Congrats
I just got the blade hq tr3 magnacut! ❤️
I just got my Zacks Younder in G10 I've been EDC for 3 weeks and I'm waiting for the fixed blade😊
Maybe it was a Long Island thing but I had a gold chain around my neck. You guys should make a gold plated ball chain for the fixed blade neck knife so it doesn’t turn green around your neck.
Hey! Welcome to WI!
I have a titanium ball chain with a custom charm made by my late father that has some of my late cats' ashes in it that my dad made before he passed.
I think it would be cool for Ben try his hand at making big knaf like Cold Steel big someday
I’ll be going to Georgia bushcraft the 8th as well and hopefully will get to meet you Ben.
I feel like the proper necklace for a frosted tip fro would be some long wooden beads.
The mystery blade is from a ratcheting pruner or hose cutter
I have the exact same pocket clip on my Para 2 haha
That’s a ratcheting lopper blade
I would personally like to see a Protech Hoback Radford. Magnacut, aluminum scales, big bad tanto
I cannot believe that Yellowstone knife 1. existed, and 2. was still in stock! Hilarious!
klik belts outta Texas..... they make wonderful wonderful wonderful belts and dog collars
Protech Malibu is the best knife I've bought in years
You should make some cool Halloween lander scales. Just saying as easy as they are to swap out make some for the season. Even do other holidays. That's be awesome I'd buy them all.
So, question.... thoughts on thumbstud placement? I have seen such a variety of places that thumbstuds have been placed... and one thing is that they can eventually get in the way of sharpening if placed wrong or in the cutting path. Something I've been observing lately.
I've owned a pair of Vasque hiking boots for 4 years now and they have been excellent. That's a real shame to see them go.
Wow watch Dan Becker all the time when looking at gear
Awesome show! I'm trying to transition into carrying a folder from fixed blades. I probably have close to 40 fixed blades. And some good ones too. I haven't yet purchased anything of any good value yet for a folder other than A Ontario Rat 1 that I really love the size of and works for what I need. But I want something with a button lock and of good quality so I can see what the hype is all about. Do you have a blade that is close in size to the Rat 1 ? I could probably get use to even something a little smaller. But I have xl hands so small blades are Abit hard to utilize well. Thanks
Reading through it all “circle
Of life”
YEAAAAA KEITH!!!!!!!!
Lol omg we grew up with herringbone and thick silver necklaces with NO LIMIT RECORDS ON ONE AND DEATHROW RECORDS ON ANOTHER LOL
House key - had to get in and make my lunch!
We need some bad boy scales!
(Long comment haha ) Was able to make it to Yalls Store!!!!! And I live in North Carolina!! We were on a missions trip to go help a church out and we were 30mins away from the store. Googled when yall opened, google said 10am, we uber there at 9:15. And me and my brother @tysingerknifeandtool were waiting outside, ( saw two mule deer ) and then I noticed the door ( Mon-Fri ) and so I point that out, then we were super bummed, TILL WE MET KEITH and he said that today! ( 10-26-24 ) was yalls FIRST Saturday opened to test it out! So I hope a couple of dudes from NC helps yall decide if yall should stay open on Saturdays or not, and we both bought a baby banter fixie! And we also got a tour of the place 😉 Keith was awesome!
Yesssss. This makes me so happy to hear. I’m so glad you all were able to stop by. Fantastic.
Hemp necklace with a bead in the middle
Class.
Do you happen to know if the firefly stuff fits in the sendy and the new pen???
And that blade that James was showing... that looks almost like a blade that's in a ratcheting pipe cutter for doing plumbing!!!!!or some type of plumbing tool like that..i think
Dog tags, and that’s a pipe cutter replacement blade 👍
I could definitely get a Knafs knife at the NASA Ames research center in Mountain View California. It's not the ISS but... 🤷♂️. Maybe Moffet Fields?
LETS GO AUSTIN! Pepperoni or cheese for life!
i'd like some non-automatic implementation of the br1 and godfather somehow.
I wear a Wazoo bushcraft (fire starter) necklace and a steel troll cross forged by a friend on paracord every day.
I’m wearing a ball chain necklace with a silver pendant from Mexico. The pendant is a canine tooth full of lucky symbols. The symbols include a horse shoe, a four leaf clover, black cat, elephant, 13
My 90s necklace was made of a small disks from a Hawaiian coconut shell. Tried it on recently and it must have shrunk or something.
In the 90s I had a hemp necklace with a shark's tooth.
33:18 What's the story on that mask in the background? Is that from Africa too? Looks cool and if it goes with his blade from there, might be a good idea to get a hanger mount to display the knife with the mask.
Is there a way I can order a lander 2 with the contoured micarta scales but with a non coated blade?
This might be pure sacrilege but I kinda wish Protech did more non-autos. I like their design language and execution far more than I do side-opening autos. I have a few, and don't get me wrong, they're super cool, but with EDC I tend to prefer manual knives or OTF's for ease of closing.
Damn it! Ya'll HAD to show that protec godson didn't ya? I had forgotten about that already...and the Lander2 too...There goes my bank account.🤑
I made my necklace. It's 2 quarters and 4 dimes(pre 64) melted to an ingot, and hammer forged. Hanging on a crkt minimalist paracord. I'll send a Pic if you want? I'd totally make a couple for you guys:)
If I ever win a Lander one because I’m signed up to your newsletter would you ever give away a lander one that has a black blade or a stonewash blade?
As far as the outdoor businesses closing, they all seem to be on the higher priced end of equipment. The competition has become very very good and prices are coming down as a result. Some of the “overpriced “ companies are feeling it. It’s similar to the knife industry.
I think that it is the blade out of a PVC cutter
Pro Tech knives are my favorite knives. That being said, they need to get a decent sharpener on staff. I don't care about factory edges because, unless it's a Spyderco, I'm gonna put my own edge on it anyways. But Pro Techs factory edges have been the worst in my experience. My Malibu had about 4 different edge angles on it. And they were VERY noticeable. 3 Different angles on one side, and the other side had one SHALLOW angle the whole way thru.
Still my favorite production knives but they definitely have room for improvement.
I WANT PROTECH EVERYTHING....... IF THERE'S A POSSIBLE CONFIGURATION..... I WANT IT.......PROTECH EVERYTHING!!!!!
Still waiting patiently for the knafs slip joint.
GO BILLS
Hmmm, I want a auto Lander🤪
With a Klaxon horn sound?
Link takes you to no place to actually join the list. Was curious what info is in the letter as I've been enjoying these segments.
For the knives like the Banters that are fully we/civivi branded but designed by Ben, do the proceeds from those purchases go to KNAFS or just to Ben? Just wondering about how the KNAFS folks feel about those knives and if they’re incentivized to try and sell them 🤔
Also, when are we getting an Austin and/or Jamie designed knafs?
That’s deep inside baseball. I like baseball, but not that much. 😏 In short: it’s been 6 years of interesting variations of all types between those two parts of the biz. It’s in a place now that feels like equilibrium.
And you should check out the Yonder. That’s got Jamie’s fingerprints all over it.
Hey Ben.... do you have a XXXXXXXL C.R.K.T ??or anything that's obscenely large that they made that you were able to get???,I think when knife companies have a 'sense of humor ".. you know what I'm talking about right ??? The XXXXXXL C.R.K.T?? LOL I WANT ONE
Random question. Does anyone know what watch Austin is wearing?
Hemp necklace
it’s a PVC cutter without the handles
Seeing some of these knives I'll never get to own in Australia :''(
🙁
PVC cutter blade
Puka shell and a shark tooth