Beckers 7, 9 and 10

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My first becker was a 7 then came the 10 and on to the 9. The 7&9 had perfect grind lines while the 10 is way off on the grind lines but it is one of my favorites i have ever owned! The 9 chops well and the 10 cuts well and can be batoned although not as easily as the 7 or 9. they all work well in the kitchen too but the 10 gets the nod in the kitchen. I did discover while clearing overhanging willow limbs from over the Beagles pen that if you swing really hard and go through the limb and hit the dog wire that it will readily remove a chip of steel from the edge! I tested all three on treated 4x4's as well as small oaks, hickories and willows and found that none of the woods including the oaks and hickory seem to dull the edge easily. My other hard use knives consists of a cold steel oda and two handed machete and ka-bar's short heavy bowie and standard usmc model and several frosts laminates and standard carbons for the lighter work I also have a large carbon saber point bowie and an old carbon kukri. (No stainless in my hard use battery)I find that although some of these knives especially the kukri can out chop the beckers that since the bk's are easier to tote that it's worth the trade off after trudging up hill all day! I definatley recommend all three of these Beckers to anyone looking for a good camp Utility knife. I obtained all three for a mere $160.00 shipped to my door! that folks is a true bargain.
 
My Crewman has slowly taken over as my primary hard use knife. My wonderful wife started about 3 fires with it before I realized she was using the edge to shave mag. and hit the striker......Ouch. But much to my surprise, no damage. I just love this knife.
 
I use the back of my carbon or laminate frosts blades for strikers and the edges of the same knives to shave magnesium. These are the best knives in their price range to be found anywhere on this planet!
 
+1 on the value.

I've had my BK71 for about three years now and it has been unstoppable. Had it in the yard yesterday taking care of some unwanted growth. Even used it to dig/pry out Dandilion weeds along the edge of the concrete driveway.

Other abuse I've put the knife through:
Chopping through small trees
splitting fire wood
stabbed it through the roof of a vehicle to see how the tip would hold up against sheet metal

Keep us posted on the life and times of those BK's
 
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