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Moose asked us awhile back to post up head to heads, and since my edc review was so well recieved, i decided to do another. This time its 5 knives, in a battle royale for the position as my top woods knife. Much like all of you, i love taking a few blades with me in the woods and doing different chores with different steel, ya know to be fair to all the kiddies. But, i also consider one knife scenarios, and whether or not i would feel comfortable with one particular blade doing it all. not necessarily a bug out bag knife, but more like im going out for a day, and wanna pack super light, which goes with. Check the post number #2 for technical stuff and first look, this ones got the fun stuff
So ive done reviews before, and I was looking for a way to spice this one up a little bit. Well let me introduce you to my buddy ben. Hes a knife noob. His idea of cool knives are OTF's and bailsongs. But he started checking out my beckers and they sparked his curiosity. So I thought why not have him do the review? Give me a chance to learn him something, and get a good honest unbiased review. He didnt know specs, brands, prices, or even my own opinion about the 5 knives. The pics below are of our trip and some work. After the pics is bens choice. Boom, off to the woods. Oh and ps, I BLED for this review. nothing like the teacher getting bit by a blade while showing the student about knife safety...
The location was bake oven knob. see the highest point on the mountain? that is our destination
The victim, err student ben
the blades
me at the summit
cool stuff
natural shelter. this was actually going to be my spot for the august challenge but i wasnt able to find the time
Lunch
ok so i taught him feathersticks, chopping, batoning, whittling, firesteel scraping, how to use a firestraw, and basic fire building when you dont have newspaper and lighter fuel.
Guess which knife he picked?
Thats right, the Becker BK2 was chosen by a knife noob as the best in show. He said he liked how it felt in hand, how nimble it was for such a larger knife, how it chopped without much effort.
BUT HIS FAVORITE PART ABOUT THE BK2......THAT ITS A SHARPENED PRYBAR!
Ok so i asked him about the others and this is how he rated them all. The Fox Parang got an honorable mention, he said he like the control and comfortable handle and it chopped like a beast. he didnt like that it cant be a "one knife" knife without a more defined point.
His second favorite was the bk7 because he loved the control with feathersticks but said it felt to light for chopping. he also liked the look and how it felt faster than the rest
The rd-6 came next because it did all the work, but felt like crap while doing it since the ergos are terrible. It excelled in the tasks but felt too bulky for him
The crewman came last for him, he said it just felt like a weaker spawn of the bk2 and bk7, wasnt long enough to excel at chopping or batoning and wasnt thick enough to feel like it could go through hell and back. But just like on the 7 he likes thumb ramps (o those noobs
)
He now is going to get a bk2 first, then a bk7 (esp after i told him the prices, his jaw almost hit the floor when i told him the fox's price) So there ya go Moose. A completely unbiased review and head to head.
So ive done reviews before, and I was looking for a way to spice this one up a little bit. Well let me introduce you to my buddy ben. Hes a knife noob. His idea of cool knives are OTF's and bailsongs. But he started checking out my beckers and they sparked his curiosity. So I thought why not have him do the review? Give me a chance to learn him something, and get a good honest unbiased review. He didnt know specs, brands, prices, or even my own opinion about the 5 knives. The pics below are of our trip and some work. After the pics is bens choice. Boom, off to the woods. Oh and ps, I BLED for this review. nothing like the teacher getting bit by a blade while showing the student about knife safety...
The location was bake oven knob. see the highest point on the mountain? that is our destination
The victim, err student ben
the blades
me at the summit
cool stuff
natural shelter. this was actually going to be my spot for the august challenge but i wasnt able to find the time
Lunch
ok so i taught him feathersticks, chopping, batoning, whittling, firesteel scraping, how to use a firestraw, and basic fire building when you dont have newspaper and lighter fuel.
Guess which knife he picked?
Thats right, the Becker BK2 was chosen by a knife noob as the best in show. He said he liked how it felt in hand, how nimble it was for such a larger knife, how it chopped without much effort.
BUT HIS FAVORITE PART ABOUT THE BK2......THAT ITS A SHARPENED PRYBAR!
Ok so i asked him about the others and this is how he rated them all. The Fox Parang got an honorable mention, he said he like the control and comfortable handle and it chopped like a beast. he didnt like that it cant be a "one knife" knife without a more defined point.
His second favorite was the bk7 because he loved the control with feathersticks but said it felt to light for chopping. he also liked the look and how it felt faster than the rest
The rd-6 came next because it did all the work, but felt like crap while doing it since the ergos are terrible. It excelled in the tasks but felt too bulky for him
The crewman came last for him, he said it just felt like a weaker spawn of the bk2 and bk7, wasnt long enough to excel at chopping or batoning and wasnt thick enough to feel like it could go through hell and back. But just like on the 7 he likes thumb ramps (o those noobs
)He now is going to get a bk2 first, then a bk7 (esp after i told him the prices, his jaw almost hit the floor when i told him the fox's price) So there ya go Moose. A completely unbiased review and head to head.
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