He's not ill-informed about knives and has a number of GECs which he likes, fair enough. what he's poking fun at is a cliché, a misconception in fact: all Tradtional enthusiasts are close to dotage, wear beards and go to bed early, have no idea what stainless steel is and are generally dinosaurish (not so bad
) This is of course absurd
All ages, walks of life, countries are represented here, moreover as he unwittingly implies in the video, it's not an either or thing.many of us here like and have Moderns but we only discuss that in limited threads. Many admire Contemporary Traditionals from Europe and this year's Forum Knife from Viper is eagerly anticipated by me and a lot of others
Many Modern enthusiasts also have a place in their collection and hearts for more Traditional spring knives and enjoy them accordingly. If they are sneered at or laughed at for so doing by their peers then that's just inane Group Think. The herd...
If you can't laugh at yourself and your own absurdities then do you think you should be laughing at others?
He points out, when cutting down (an admittedly wimpish) box, that you don't always need a lock...something his peers obviously can't imagine
He, is of course WRONG about the scales/covers debate and we've had that here before, both are legit and both have long pedigree.
Roasted? Not even browned
But about 300 for some garish purple? uh uh...nor is that small...