Beckerheads in Europe?

Well I am not on that list, so I guess others from the forums wouldn't be either (newer beckerheads). Anyway, has there been any meetup or anything?

What about un-official beckerheads, guys who just love the knives but officially don't have a number?
 
AfghanWarrior said:
What are the knife rules in Belgium? Owning any large knife OK? Carry any knife?
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Generally, in Europe, all knives are allowed. However, the laws usually refer to what can be carried. In the woods most knives are legal, but EDCing knives is a different story. In slovakia, any knife can be EDCd. There is no knife law pertaining to what can be carried, just what can be used in a defensive way.

But, there is a sub-forum here about laws in various countries. you might want to check that out.
 
AfghanWarrior said:
What are the knife rules in Belgium? Owning any large knife OK? Carry any knife?
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Owning isn't a problem for most types of knives, but there are some exceptions such as balis, autos, stilletos, gravity knives and hidden blades such as cane knives. Assisted knives are in a gray zone. What can be CARRIED is a different story. You can only carry knives that don't lock automatically, such as slipjoints (SAKs,...) but also Opinel knives f.e. They lock, but the lock does not engage automatically. Why they make that distinction is totally unclear to me. You càn carry fixed blades without size limit... But(!!) for everything you carry, you need to have a legitimate reason. What that is is not explained by law, so the police officer in front of you has a lot of power with regards to knives. To illustrate it: when you carry a fixed blade while hunting, you won't run into problems (or into cops for that matter:-)), but carry it openly in the cities and you'll have quite the problem. Some cities also have a zero policy, like Antwerp and Ghent. Over there, carrying a Victorinox Classic isn't even allowed...
So all in all, it depends. Do you live in a small town where most people know each other, it won't pose any problems if you carry a pocket knife or a small fixed blade. In cities or commercial centres...not so much.
In a forest, no one will bother you because you carry a knife. A legit reason would easily be camping, food prep,... but just don't carry it on your person. Carry it in your bag with your food instead. Same thing while transporting. Divers f.e. are allowed to carry a dagger with their gear while driving around, but it has to be in their gear. A few years ago, a man was fined and his dagger confiscated because it was lying in the back seat of his car during a alcohol check-up. According to the officer, it should have been with the rest of his gear in the trunk... So there you have it. There are some regulations, but in the end you're left to the mercy of the officer in front of you.
 
europeanoutdoorsman said:
Well I am not on that list, so I guess others from the forums wouldn't be either (newer beckerheads). Anyway, has there been any meetup or anything?

What about un-official beckerheads, guys who just love the knives but officially don't have a number?
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A meet-up? No man, not that I know of. As far as I've known, I only know of myself, maethor (German) and you from over here on the forums and from your youtube vids. And maethor isn't even very active on the forums anymore, and you're in fact an American living abroad. So yeah, where thinly spread and far in between :D
 
Don't have my number yet and so far I only own a BK14, but you can count me in if you like :)
 
woody_allen said:
Becker fan from Croatia. Hope some day I will get my number :)
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I will be going to Croatia for vacation this year :)

Anyway, Like I said, not going home anytime soon, so it would be cool if we could get something together or meetup. I have trouble finding friends here who enjoy knives (esp. high quality ones).
 
I hope you will like Croatia,many cool outdoor locations,beautiful Adriatic sea...

Give a notice when you here.
 
becker fan here to , live in belgium but i am dutch, own a bk 17 since februari, love it!
 
Beckerhead from Oslo Norway here, not many of us up here yet...
I think there`s got to be more "closet" Beckerheads here, but not many on the map of the openly admitted Heads, LOL...
 
Unofficial Beckerhead living in Germany. Stationed here and without an official number (not even sure what it takes to get one). There are a few of us around...
 
Galeocerdoshark said:
Van waar ben je? Where are you from? Antwerp here (the province, not the city).
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Lommel! spreek natuurlijk nederlands, will reply in english for the rest of us here, joined this forum after my becker purchase, had a kabar cutlass machete already, makes a great combo.
How ever , with the dense population here in belgium it is not that normal walking around with a machete though!
 
driemb said:
Lommel! spreek natuurlijk nederlands, will reply in english for the rest of us here, joined this forum after my becker purchase, had a kabar cutlass machete already, makes a great combo.
How ever , with the dense population here in belgium it is not that normal walking around with a machete though!
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Works for your back yard though :-). I'm from Heist (o/d-Berg).
 
Unofficial beckerhead in Kristiansand, Norway here.
Hoping to qualify for my own BH# soon. Seems there's only 1 (ONE?!) Official beckerhead in all of Norway... And that's just embarassing :P
 
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