Becker Necker - Carbon SanMai

Ed Gordon

Ed Gordon

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Ordered a few knives from one of our favorite online dealers. One of them was a Becker Necker in the laminated steel. First impression I thought it looked a bit to beefy for me. But after doing some cutting with it in hand I am impressed. It is very sharp out of the box. Nice polished edge and cuts well. Handle feels good and much better than I thought based on the appearance. My intention is to put some slabs on like folks are doing with the Spyderco Mules. All I have laying around is some blue/black G-10 but I think a bright color would suite this knife. Maybe orange but I will look for a bright green or golden color G-10. The sheath works but nothing to rave about. Came with a good length of paracord also. Anyone else have one and has anyone put handle slabs on one of the neckers? - tnx
 
Ed Gordon said:
Ordered a few knives from one of our favorite online dealers. One of them was a Becker Necker in the laminated steel. First impression I thought it looked a bit to beefy for me. But after doing some cutting with it in hand I am impressed. It is very sharp out of the box. Nice polished edge and cuts well. Handle feels good and much better than I thought based on the appearance. My intention is to put some slabs on like folks are doing with the Spyderco Mules. All I have laying around is some blue/black G-10 but I think a bright color would suite this knife. Maybe orange but I will look for a bright green or golden color G-10. The sheath works but nothing to rave about. Came with a good length of paracord also. Anyone else have one and has anyone put handle slabs on one of the neckers? - tnx
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in 6 weeks KaBar will be selling slabs :) HOPEFULLY they're going to do some black and silver carbon fiber JUST for the san mai model.

all neckers are good things :)

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Bladite
 
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Bladite - Nice collection. If they offer slabs I would go with that for sure. It is neat to see the clip point model. I had never seen the Kabar small version on the left in your pic before- nice.
 
Ed Gordon said:
Bladite - Nice collection. If they offer slabs I would go with that for sure. It is neat to see the clip point model. I had never seen the Kabar small version on the left in your pic before- nice.
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left to right:
BK-13 "Remora"; clip-point prototype; BK-11 Camillus, BK-11 KaBar, BK-11 SanMai KaBar

the BK-13 is often included with the BK-07, BK-77 (limited edition < 140 left iirc), and BK-09; made in china for the first run - a successful experiment, future models will be make in the USA from what i hear.

soon it'll be for sale by itself! they totally sold out at Blade 2009 at $5 each (show price)... awesome!


Bladite
 
You have to love that sandwich steel man! There is nothing like opening a fine bottle of ale , I'm talking a GOOD bottle, with a laminated steel. The other cool part is you and see it on the spine.
 
Not unless the company rises from the ashes. I believe Bladite mispoke and meant to say KA-BAR.
 
Wish they'd make the Becker Necker without those cut-outs (just three holes for pins would suffice, so you could attach your own handle) and that silly bottle opener.
 
Alberta Ed said:
Wish they'd make the Becker Necker without those cut-outs (just three holes for pins would suffice, so you could attach your own handle) and that silly bottle opener.
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it substantially reduces the weight, which is useful when you are carrying it around your neck.

as well, i bet the little cut out bits get recycled and turned into more knives?

and it gives us far more options for handles, lanyards, wraps, etc.


Bladite
 
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