Howdy all...I spent a week camping in the mountains of West Virginia the last week of June. We were in a state park and the weather was cool and clear until the heat wave began at the end of the week when we left. I had two BK&T knives with me. The first one I used was my old Rheinhardt Kukri that I got over 20 years ago from Atlanta Cutlery. I used it to cut up some fallen limbs for campfires. It got into the forties a couple of nights. As usual, it was amazing how efficient it was at biting into and removing wood. Its combination of the perfect sweet spot and light weight makes it a wonderful tool for such things. The second one I used was my Magnum Camp Knife. This one was a Christmas gift from an old friend in 2010. It was used to cut up a whole pork loin into chops and chunks for chili. It did this quite well and was excellent for general kitchen and camp tasks...That's why its called a Camp Knife I guess. I also used a Swiss Army Tradesman and a Kershaw Swamprat. On a long hike in the woods, I carried my Entrek Elk in a custom pancake leather sheath made for me by a local leathermaker, James Kirkpatrick at Backwoods Leather...So, I got to use a few of my favorite blades. The only disappointment was a Gerber folding saw that had the blade break into three pieces when I was sawing a 3" branch with it. The blade kept binding and finally flexed and shattered...It was a great trip!...Frizz
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Beckers on My Camping Trip
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thrillbilly
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All I heard was ...RBK...
Dang I need one of those real bad! Consider yourself blessed to have got one ''back when''.
Pics?
Dang I need one of those real bad! Consider yourself blessed to have got one ''back when''.
Pics?
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Yeah, very neat to hear about a 20 year old user RBK.
Pics would be great.
The consensus from Beckerheads within this subforum is to see any and all pictures of BK&T blades one has. In this case your RBK is the one we'd all want to see. As they say on the internet forums:
"Show me show me show me. . ." that 20 year old RBK!
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The consensus from Beckerheads within this subforum is to see any and all pictures of BK&T blades one has. In this case your RBK is the one we'd all want to see. As they say on the internet forums:
"Show me show me show me. . ." that 20 year old RBK!
You could knock off the "one has" there at the end to make that a little more accurate. We want all the pictures ever. ALL OF THEM. EVER.
OP, where abouts in WV were you?
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I'm afraid I don't have a camera right now. The RK has seen a fair amount of use but it has been kept clean and sharp. I can use it for an afternoon of trail clearing and its still sharp enough to shave hair off my arm. I also have its original leather scabbard. I spent the week in Watoga State Park and the area around it doing some hiking some area trails and biking on the Greenbriar Trail. West Virginia has some great parks. I encountered two black bears forraging about 20 yards away from me in the woods near the trail I was on one morning. It was steep and the brush was fairly dense. I tend to be quiet when walking and I believe I surprised them as they did me. One was a large cub and the other was a good bit bigger. That was Momma Bear I guess. The smaller one ignored me and kept eating but the bigger one turned and stared at me with her head lowered. I got the message to move on so I backed away slowly. I had my trusty Entrek on my belt but the S&W 625 Mountain Gun was more comfort. All went well and we parted on good terms...I have two other Beckers. One is a BK2 that I got about 5 or 6 years ago. The other is a Brute I got around the same time as the RK...Happy camping!