Becker BK7 questions

[Daniel Moore]

I'm getting the Becker BK7 and I was wondering how prone to corrosion the blade is. When the epoxy coat comes off, will the blade be very sensitive? I would maintain it well and wouldn't use it in conditions that could accellerate oxidation.

Also, I plan on trying to add texture to the handles. If I screw up do you think Camillus would supply new handles relatively cheap?

Thanks

 

[Ming65]

It takes a lot of beating to remove the coating on a Becker. I chopped and battoned with mine for a year and the coating just smoothed out a little. It had receded a bit from the edge but otherwise was intact. The blade did get rust spots if I put it away wet and forgot to oil it. But for comparisons sake, probably less prone to this than my CS SRK. As far as I know Camillius do supply spare handles now. Although use the blade for a while before deciding to roughen them up. They are actually quite well designed.

 

[Daniel Moore]

Thanks, Ming! I hope I wouldn't see any rust as I'm very careful about that and would make sure to rinse and dry it after every use, I was just worried about moisture being trapped under peeling epoxy coating.

 

[mete]

Of course you could wait for the Becker Extreme knives to be made of S30V stainless steel. See the Camillus Manufacturers forum

 

[T Schloz]

I remember a thread in the Camillus forum a while back that said they were selling just the handles for people that wanted to experiment with them. I don't remember the price for sure but it was very reasonable.

Tom