A question for Mr. Becker

[ron finkbeiner jr]

Hello Sir, I am a novice Becker fan and I was wondering if you ever thought about a "Beckerized" Kephart design for your line of knives? Thanks for your time.

 

[Chameleonbear]

You mean kind of like the 16?

 

[Moosez45]

You mean kind of like the 16?

No, like the Dubz did a rendering on. Spearpoint, dramatic. FFG.

The 16 FFG is close, but that tip would have to drop about 3/8". Maybe 1/4" at the least.

Moose

 

[Tdhurl1103]

Would the 12 be a consideration in this endevour? Just thinking out loud.

I'll shut up now.

 

[Chameleonbear]

No, like the Dubz did a rendering on. Spearpoint, dramatic. FFG.

The 16 FFG is close, but that tip would have to drop about 3/8". Maybe 1/4" at the least.

Moose

Ahhhh, I get what you're giving. Bring the tip below center line instead of at or above.

 

[mac_heath]

Ahhhh, I get what you're giving. Bring the tip below center line instead of at or above.

From the Kephart pics I found, point seems to be at centerline. The approach to the point is fairly blunt, so the tip doesn't have that dagger look.

 

[Silverthorn]

Someone actually did a spear point BK 16 mod, I just cant find the dang thread. My google fu seems to be broken.

 

[Ethan Becker]

Hey Ron......

Da Moose pretty much has it......I know the Sixteen Amy not quite look Kephartish but, it is the knife I wanted that does the same tasks...... I would like to think it an improvement BUT, that would be heresy..... I too worship in the woodland church of Kephart and think him a major fount of wisdom........ I beg to differ in this instance mostly on aesthetic grounds...... A tiny change in blade outline rarely makes a huge difference........ I would like to think that Saint Horace of the Smokies and I would be pretty close to agreement after a modicum of his favorite corn squeezings, a good fire on a crisp evening, and a bowl of his favorite tobacco (I have been nicotine free for fifteen years but if I could have that evening I would buckle in an instant).........

Ethan

 

[ron finkbeiner jr]

I will get a 16 and a 9 and 2 and a........ I passed on the 14 that was sent to me to my son for his 17th birthday. He totally phreaked ! He has wanted a Becker for a long, long, time. He has already cord wrapped it and added it to his Boyscout kit. I have ordered a Kephart from a reputable maker from New York. I will add a 9 to my new kit as a heavy duty chopper. I hope I have not offended anyone by mentioning that. I have always wanted a Kephart and sheath made in the traditional style and way. I admit I don't know anything about Mr. Kephart himself. Are there any books you recommend Mr. Becker?

 

[Moosez45]

I will get a 16 and a 9 and 2 and a........ I passed on the 14 that was sent to me to my son for his 17th birthday. He totally phreaked ! He has wanted a Becker for a long, long, time. He has already cord wrapped it and added it to his Boyscout kit. I have ordered a Kephart from a reputable maker from New York. I will add a 9 to my new kit as a heavy duty chopper. I hope I have not offended anyone by mentioning that. I have always wanted a Kephart and sheath made in the traditional style and way. I admit I don't know anything about Mr. Kephart himself. Are there any books you recommend Mr. Becker?

Joy of Cooking.



Anything by Mors Kochanski.

Moose

 

[DerekH]

I will get a 16 and a 9 and 2 and a........ I passed on the 14 that was sent to me to my son for his 17th birthday. He totally phreaked ! He has wanted a Becker for a long, long, time. He has already cord wrapped it and added it to his Boyscout kit. I have ordered a Kephart from a reputable maker from New York. I will add a 9 to my new kit as a heavy duty chopper. I hope I have not offended anyone by mentioning that. I have always wanted a Kephart and sheath made in the traditional style and way. I admit I don't know anything about Mr. Kephart himself. Are there any books you recommend Mr. Becker?

I don't think anyone could fault you for wanting a traditional style Kephart. Pairing it with a BK9 just mean you'll be covered for just about everything that could ever happen.

 

[Ethan Becker]

Hey Ron......

Horace Kephart wrote at the turn of the last century about life outdoors and specifically life in the Smokies..... Brilliant, knowledgeable and a damn fine writer, his book Camping and Woodcraft is one of the best tomes on the outdoors ever ....... His piece on why you should carry a compass is one of the best pieces out outdoor writing ever written....... You have only to change materials ( Nysilk for ballon cloth for example) to take much of his advice to heart as if was penned last week and not a century ago....... I keep a copy by in the smallest room in my house for daily prayer meetings....... He does describe a different era with a different ethos, at times but you will always learn a lot reading him...... Of those who came before, he is the most consistently readable and useful .........

Ethan

 

[ron finkbeiner jr]

I will see if I can find a copy on Amazon like I did when I found a book about an ancestor of mine. He was the first governor of New Mexico.

 

[ron finkbeiner jr]

I found the book on ebay for a good price and I ordered it. I am looking forward to reading it and learning from Mr. Kephart 's teachings.