Becker 9 verses Ontario 12inch machete

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which one wood out preform the other. Becker is heavier, Ontario is longer. Any thoughts or suggestions?
 
oneriver said:
which one wood out preform the other. Becker is heavier, Ontario is longer. Any thoughts or suggestions?
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Wrong wood. Freudian I assume.

What performance are you interested in achieving? What are you doing with said knives?
 
"Becker 9 verses" sounds like a passage from the Knife Bible.

Today's passage is from the Book of Becker, Chapter 9, Verses 11-12: "Thou shalt not compare two knives made for completely different purposes. It is idle folly."
 
I have cleared brush with a 9, no problem. I don't think I would like to do it all day long, I would use a machete for that. I wouldn't even attempt to abuse a machete in ways that the 9 won't even notice, because I have this phobia about shattered pieces of sharpened steel cartwheeling through space....Advantage to the 9. I like to use the right tool for the right job, but sometimes the right tool is the closest tool, and it's going to be the Becker.
 
They are different tools. The machete is better for lighter vegetation, and it also has the advantage of being cheaper than dirt. I can get a decent machete at any hardware store for a couple of bucks, and wreck it without guilt.

It's probably my South American blood, but I'd rather have a machete and a small knife than a big heavy chopper like the BK9.

The BK9 would have an advantage splitting harder wood and things like that. I guess if you had to limit yourself to a single tool for everything, it would be better than a machete.
 
Franciscomv said:
It's probably my South American blood, but I'd rather have a machete and a small knife than a big heavy chopper like the BK9.

The BK9 would have an advantage splitting harder wood and things like that. I guess if you had to limit yourself to a single tool for everything, it would be better than a machete.
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I guess it's all relative to what other knives you're comparing, but in this case in comparison to a 12" machete I am pretty sure the BK9 is comparatively small and light, certainly not what most would call a "big heavy chopper". Heck, Of all the choppers I've owned and used on camping trips the BK9 was the most knife-like and least chopper-esque.

the BK9 is a better large knife than most choppers, but it won't out-chop many blades that are longer than it; the advantage to using a BK9 is the comfort of prolonged use and lack of fatigue from the nice handle and light weight.
 
KingMC said:
I guess it's all relative to what other knives you're comparing, but in this case in comparison to a 12" machete I am pretty sure the BK9 is comparatively small and light, certainly not what most would call a "big heavy chopper". Heck, Of all the choppers I've owned and used on camping trips the BK9 was the most knife-like and least chopper-esque.

the BK9 is a better large knife than most choppers, but it won't out-chop many blades that are longer than it; the advantage to using a BK9 is the comfort of prolonged use and lack of fatigue from the nice handle and light weight.
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You're right about the BK9 not being too heavy for its size (that's one of the things I like about it).

I guess I just consider it heavy because my outdoors activities usually involve walking long distances and having to carry everything I need on my back for days or weeks. I tend to favour smaller knives like a Fallkniven F1 or even a Becker Necker combined with the lightest folding saw I can find or (depending on the terrain) a small machete.

I do carry knives like the BK9 or Machax (my favourite Becker) when I travel on horseback.
 
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