A Kephart and me.....

It’s very exciting news and it looks like many folks will be looking to acquire and enjoy a new production Kephart knife thats performance punches above its price tag.

Thank you so much Mr. Becker for pursuing this endeavor and helping make this a reality.
 
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Ethan Becker said:
I will be putting this in the intro piece to come but, Our Southern Highlanders is about the area I have lived in for almost twenty years....that book helped me to appreciate my new home and the people in it..... I can see the ridge the “Bear Hunt” took place on from the Beckerhead Camp and it caused me to spend enough time with Camping and Woodcraft to really appreciate how incredible a book it really is....
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E, I appreciate your comments re Our Southern Highlanders. When I first read OSH, I was visiting friends who lived on "the side of a mountain" less than 40 miles from your TN home. As you said it makes you appreciate the area and its people. I ended up buying the book myself and read again but it's probably time for a refresher course. And as I said connecting Camping and Woodcraft some years later to Our Southern Highlanders gave C&W more context, credibility and meaning for me.
 
Huge thank you to Ethan for chatting with me at Blade Show West about the BK62. It was an honor to handle the original Kephart blade. I got a little bit of our conversation on camera if y'all are interested. I wish we could have spent more time talking about it, but my tiny human was hungry and in need of a nap. I'm so glad to have gotten to see you Ethan!!



I've had this link bookmarked for ages and wanted to share it with you guys - it's a link to Kephart's book Camping and Woodcraft: https://archive.org/details/bookofcampingwoo00keph/page/n17 I'll be picking up a hard copy at some point but I'm going to get started now!

I can't wait to get my hands on a 62!!
 
Captain Airyca said:
Huge thank you to Ethan for chatting with me at Blade Show West about the BK62. It was an honor to handle the original Kephart blade. I got a little bit of our conversation on camera if y'all are interested. I wish we could have spent more time talking about it, but my tiny human was hungry and in need of a nap. I'm so glad to have gotten to see you Ethan!!



I've had this link bookmarked for ages and wanted to share it with you guys - it's a link to Kephart's book Camping and Woodcraft: https://archive.org/details/bookofcampingwoo00keph/page/n17 I'll be picking up a hard copy at some point but I'm going to get started now!

I can't wait to get my hands on a 62!!
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Great Video, thanks for sharing!
 
Captain Airyca said:
Huge thank you to Ethan for chatting with me at Blade Show West about the BK62. It was an honor to handle the original Kephart blade. I got a little bit of our conversation on camera if y'all are interested. I wish we could have spent more time talking about it, but my tiny human was hungry and in need of a nap. I'm so glad to have gotten to see you Ethan!!



I've had this link bookmarked for ages and wanted to share it with you guys - it's a link to Kephart's book Camping and Woodcraft: https://archive.org/details/bookofcampingwoo00keph/page/n17 I'll be picking up a hard copy at some point but I'm going to get started now!

I can't wait to get my hands on a 62!!
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Ethan Attack. yay!

excellent video :>

i was checking my cough pile cough of Kephart books... i have a most ancient but not first edition literally put up in my safe, and my reader copy from the 20s... there's a chunkier copy, that's just part one aka "the cookbook", which lives with the cookbooks. i just last week got a newer edition off Amazon, via TN but it's not the Smokey Museum people, good size though, and a "forward by David Nash". it's smaller than the Smokey Museum edition which i DO NOT HAVE. yet. one day. corner the market on old books.

update: i cannot recommend the David Nash version. it's not the complete two volume set from what i can see.

the only modern printing i've seen thus far that IS complete, is the one with the Introduction by Jim Casada. bulky, but all there and easy reading size.

why for the life of me, a book more famouser than famous, do people need to add introductions? i shush my inner voice at why ;)

okay, fine, time to get a few copies from the Museum people, or a few 1916 copies :D why yes, it's older than 100 years. Nessmuk is still older :D
 
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Captain Airyca said:
Huge thank you to Ethan for chatting with me at Blade Show West about the BK62. It was an honor to handle the original Kephart blade. I got a little bit of our conversation on camera if y'all are interested. I wish we could have spent more time talking about it, but my tiny human was hungry and in need of a nap. I'm so glad to have gotten to see you Ethan!!



I've had this link bookmarked for ages and wanted to share it with you guys - it's a link to Kephart's book Camping and Woodcraft: https://archive.org/details/bookofcampingwoo00keph/page/n17 I'll be picking up a hard copy at some point but I'm going to get started now!

I can't wait to get my hands on a 62!!
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Cool vid Cap'n. I left you a comment on the other forum you posted it on as well.
 
Bladite said:
Ethan Attack. yay!

excellent video :>

i was checking my cough pile cough of Kephart books... i have a most ancient but not first edition literally put up in my safe, and my reader copy from the 20s... there's a chunkier copy, that's just part one aka "the cookbook", which lives with the cookbooks. i just last week got a newer edition off Amazon, via TN but it's not the Smokey Museum people, good size though, and a "forward by David Nash". it's smaller than the Smokey Museum edition which i DO NOT HAVE. yet. one day. corner the market on old books.
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I have camp cookery i believe from the 30s If it is one that you are missing I would be Honored to ship it to you. It's packed in the basement. I will find the ammo can tomorrow.
 
So I've been thinking about this. Back in May 2017, When Ethan first showed us the Kephart knife, I asked Ethan Becker Ethan Becker :


19-3ben said:
So I guess the real question is.... Might we ever see a tweener Kephart?

I know I wouldn't be able to resist.
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Ethan, you replied to me as follows:

Ethan Becker said:
Hey 3ben....

If you get a chance to compare the Sweet Sixteen to the Kephart you will find them quite similar in the hand....... it is so close that talking the powers that be into a Becker styled Kephart ain't bloody likely....... To do it justice would require a ton of hand work..... Maybe a very limited edition down the pike..... Very, super, very unlikely...... I repeat....UNLIKELY...... Fun to think about tho....

E
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So I guess that a few things changed in the last year and a half, because we are going to see production of the knife, and I'm very glad to hear that. My question now is, now that you've had the Kephart for a year and a half, has your opinion changed regarding the similarity between the Kephart and the BK16?

Also, "To do it justice would require a ton of hand work..." have they had to include that ton of hand work in this knife, or with the miracles of modern tech, has Kabar managed to automate significant portions of that work so that it can be produced more efficiently? What hand work does need to be done for the "Beckhart" knife that isn't done on the other production Beckers?

I don't mean to be nosey, so please tell me to shut my pie hole if you don't want to answer, can't answer, if I'm pestering you etc. I only ask because it's a knife that is so steeped in outdoor history, I'd love to hear your thoughts as well as get a peek into how the sausage is being made.
 
19-3ben said:
So I've been thinking about this. Back in May 2017, When Ethan first showed us the Kephart knife, I asked Ethan Becker Ethan Becker :




Ethan, you replied to me as follows:



So I guess that a few things changed in the last year and a half, because we are going to see production of the knife, and I'm very glad to hear that. My question now is, now that you've had the Kephart for a year and a half, has your opinion changed regarding the similarity between the Kephart and the BK16?

Also, "To do it justice would require a ton of hand work..." have they had to include that ton of hand work in this knife, or with the miracles of modern tech, has Kabar managed to automate significant portions of that work so that it can be produced more efficiently? What hand work does need to be done for the "Beckhart" knife that isn't done on the other production Beckers?

I don't mean to be nosey, so please tell me to shut my pie hole if you don't want to answer, can't answer, if I'm pestering you etc. I only ask because it's a knife that is so steeped in outdoor history, I'd love to hear your thoughts as well as get a peek into how the sausage is being made.
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Most Excellent Questions ben:thumbsup: Ya nosey bastard:D
 
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