Becker Blade Database !!! (News, Knife Specs and Data)

[Bladite]

BK-15 Trailing Point "Tweener"

Group Shot:

hi rez: http://perspicuityphotos.smugmug.com...2-1-11-001.jpg


hi rez: http://perspicuityphotos.smugmug.com...2-1-11-002.jpg


<eventual link to KaBar website>
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/sh...012-New-Becker

o KaBar Era
oo Shape: trailing point
oo Edge Angle: ? degrees
oo Grind: flat
oo Steel: 1095 CroVan
oo Rc hardness: 56-58
oo Blade length: 5.625 inches
oo Overall length: 10.375 inches
oo Blade thickness: 0.188 inch (probably more like 0.165 inch)
oo Knife Weight: 6.2 ounces (0.3875 pounds)
oo Coating: black epoxy powder coat
oo Handle: 2 pairs DuPont Zytel Black and coyote brown, with optional micarta (later on)
oo Fastener: #8-32x1/2”L* Nut: #8-32
oo Sheath: Tan Cordura Nylon, MOLLE Compatible
oo Origins: knife made in USA, sheath made in ?
oo MSRP: US 107.49

Probable release date (this is official as I know) : 2012-04-01 (no, really!

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New official tweenah thread
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/sh......?p=10242455

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and from the news section:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/sh...12#post7777612

o More tweener information than what is in the Blade Show 2011 threads:

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/sh...-fricken-sweet.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/sh...Equip-2-Endure
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/sh...Equip-2-Endure!
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/sh...-Classics-Porn
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/sh...-gt-gt-gt-pics
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/sh...magnum-tweener
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/sh...p-point-winner.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/sh...weener-sheaths
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/sh...-vs-clip-point
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/sh...Mini-Campanion
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/sh...weeners-arrive
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/sh...d-tweener-pics

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http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=803555
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/sh...weeners-thread

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/sh...magnum-tweener - lots of pictures

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/sh...ort-by-bladite - even more pictures of stuff

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[Bladite]

BK-16 Drop Point "Tweener"



Please note, correction: KaBar changed the grind from a regular flat type much like the BK2 to a "full height grind" (FHG), but we don't have current pictures as yet, but we do have this nice mock-up:




<eventual link to KaBar website>

o KaBar Era
oo Shape: drop point
oo Edge Angle: ? degrees
oo Grind: flat
oo Steel: 1095 CroVan
oo Rc hardness: 56-58
oo Blade length: 4.375 inches
oo Overall length: 9.25 inches
oo Blade thickness: 0.188 inch (probably more like 0.165 inch)
oo Knife Weight: 6.7 ounces (0.41875 pounds)
oo Coating: black epoxy powder coat
oo Handle: 2 pairs DuPont Zytel Black and coyote brown, with optional micarta (later on)
oo Fastener: #8-32x1/2”L* Nut: #8-32
oo Sheath: Tan Cordura Nylon, MOLLE Compatible
oo Origins: knife made in USA, sheath made in ?
oo MSRP: US 107.49

Probable release date (this is official as I know) : 2012-04-01 (no, really!

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[Bladite]

BK-17 Clip Point "Tweener"

hi rez: http://perspicuityphotos.smugmug.com...2-1-11-004.jpg


<eventual link to KaBar website>

o KaBar Era
oo Shape: clip point
oo Edge Angle: ? degrees
oo Grind: flat
oo Steel: 1095 CroVan
oo Rc hardness: 56-58
oo Blade length: 4.375 inches
oo Overall length: 9.25 inches
oo Blade thickness: 0.188 inch (probably more like 0.165 inch)
oo Knife Weight: 6.6 ounces (0.4125 pounds)
oo Coating: black epoxy powder coat
oo Handle: 2 pairs DuPont Zytel Black and coyote brown, with optional micarta (later on)
oo Fastener: #8-32x1/2”L* Nut: #8-32
oo Sheath: Tan Cordura Nylon, MOLLE Compatible
oo Origins: knife made in USA, sheath made in ?
oo MSRP: US 107.49

Probable release date (this is official as I know) : 2012-04-01 (no, really!