One of our forum members here that goes by the handle of ECOS recently let me pry a 5 inch bladed recurve fixed blade from him.
The knife features a deeply recurved flat ground blade. This was a prototype knife and is not ready for public view in terms of looks so I will not post pictures.
Instead I want to praise this design. Almost everybody is making nothing but
THICK knives with edge profiles better suited for axes. ECOS is focusing on thin knives with great geometry and awesome cutting ability.
I just ran the knife through a 2.5 lbs tri tip that had a thick layer of hard fat and membrane on one side. I was sliceing against the grain and cutting it into 1 thick steaks.
This little recurve just out sliced my expensive Wustoff Chiefs knives by a WIDE margin. One slice per steak no extra cuts, no sawing, just one smooth draw and off dropped the steak.
Next I did some veggies, peppers and onions and mushrooms for a quick stir fry to go over some rice and to dress up the steaks. Once again awesome control and great sliceing.
All in all very refreshing and a good reminder about a high performance knife design can do.
Watch this knife maker guys we are gonna see good things.
Best
Jim
The knife features a deeply recurved flat ground blade. This was a prototype knife and is not ready for public view in terms of looks so I will not post pictures.
Instead I want to praise this design. Almost everybody is making nothing but
THICK knives with edge profiles better suited for axes. ECOS is focusing on thin knives with great geometry and awesome cutting ability.
I just ran the knife through a 2.5 lbs tri tip that had a thick layer of hard fat and membrane on one side. I was sliceing against the grain and cutting it into 1 thick steaks.
This little recurve just out sliced my expensive Wustoff Chiefs knives by a WIDE margin. One slice per steak no extra cuts, no sawing, just one smooth draw and off dropped the steak.
Next I did some veggies, peppers and onions and mushrooms for a quick stir fry to go over some rice and to dress up the steaks. Once again awesome control and great sliceing.
All in all very refreshing and a good reminder about a high performance knife design can do.
Watch this knife maker guys we are gonna see good things.
Best
Jim
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