Anyone got a pic of the BK8?

YoungCutter · Jun 23, 2003

I was told in the beginning that the BK8 was hardly an exceptional design and that it quickly disappeared into obscurity, but surely there must have been a prototype or two... does ANYONE have a pic of the BK8 to satisfy my curiousity?

Old Coastie · Jun 24, 2003

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe there was no BK8 available to the public. I heard somthing along the lines that if they (BK&T) told us what a BK8 was they would have to kill us.

Mike

YoungCutter · Jun 25, 2003

What I had heard was that the BK8 was indeed never for sale to the public and that it was designed for the military, but it's unavailability was not due to to it's top-secret nature, but to the fact that it was a lackluster design.

calyth · Jun 25, 2003

I never heard of a mention of the BK8 here myself. I was kinda stymied by the jump between BK7 to BK9, but I never thought much of it.
You might have mixed up with the BK5, which is a good design, probably a very nice cutter/slicer, but somehow just didn't sell well and hence discontinued.

YoungCutter · Jun 25, 2003

I assure you, Calyth, that there was, for a brief time, a BK8.

Logan1 · Oct 22, 2004

pics no longer available

Tenbeers · Oct 22, 2004

Hey Logan1, thanks for those pics! I've always wondered about this model after reading that it was military only.

Can you tell how you got it?

Logan1 · Oct 23, 2004

Tenbeers said:
Can you tell how you got it?

I found a guy on another forum that put it up for sale. I did not ask how he got it.

The pictures pretty much show how it compares to the Crewman and Campanion. The blade is the same thickness as the Crewman. The kydex sheath is the same as the Campanion sheath, but made with thinner stock kydex. The cordura/kydex lined sheath has a little diamond sharpener that goes in the front pouch. The blade is sterile.

Cutshaw · May 2, 2005

Not to be a bother but I would love to see the pics referenced in the earlier post...

it is now a dead link. If you are still around or if anyone saved the photos, that would be great!

TIA

(Was the BK8 sort of a primordial Extreme?)

Cutshaw · May 2, 2005

EDIT - For some reason it works now! Could you please point out which photo has the BK8?

Logan1 · May 3, 2005

I actually deleted that photo, and traded the knife off last year

Cutshaw · May 3, 2005

Aw... that's too bad. Thanks anyway!

Anyone got a pic of the BK8?

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