Best Becker knife for military use

I don't have a 5 but it looks like it would do work, and be good for a lot of stuff(SD included). I would also wager that ANY becker would serve you just fine in a military fasion :D
 
maethor said:
Unfortunately, I'm not military, but as far as I'm concerned if you're down to a knife in modern military combat something is going seriously wrong and you have your enemy pretty close to you (I'm talking less than arms length here - a distance at which most military self defense systems start working). A short blade (trailing or clip point tweener?) might be pretty good for this.

But generally, you might want to avoid that, it's far more likely that you need to pry open doors and crates, cut ropes, chop off some 2x4s, or hack through power lines than actually having to defend yourself. So, a drop point tweener, a BK-11 or, if you don't mind the weight, a BK-2. Weight seems to be an issue with all the crap our guys have to carry these days.
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i agree, it is for those more practical reasons that would take my BK-2 but the Bk-7 i feel would serve me better if i needed to defend myself..although the odds are slim..you never know what can happen. From exsperience i know that neither are likly to break. But thats what im worried about the most...reliability.
 
Patrol Machete. Why stab your enemy when you could smite them instead?

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+1 for smiting.

Of course you can always knock out your enemies cold with a solid blow of even a dull BK2.

-Daizee
 
Pink Remora.

I know if I saw some guy charging me with a little pink knife, I'd assume he was insane and would then run away.
 
I carry a pink izula all the time :D I make sure to tell people its not as sharp cuz it's pink ;)
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My friends call it the watermelon :)
 
DOC-CANADA said:
Any interesting stories of using your Machax over there?

Doc
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Used it once in Diwania(don't think that's proper spelling) to start a bowdrill fire in a secure area. Cleared some sectors of fire, and the 2nd tour my buddy made an epw defecate himself.
 
i was thinking of starting a similar thread so glad this popped up. I'm going to take my bk2 to afghanistan. i was thinking if there was anything i can do to improve this knife for military purposes specifically maybe reprofile the top front of the blade to more closely resemble the bk7? anyone do anything like this? other than that i think this knife is perfect for me. i know i could get a bk7 but i like the shorter blade. i already have the micarta scales and a good sheath so not much else to do to improve this knife i would think.
 
military? probably a BK3 Tac Tool... just ... practical. prying, digging, smashing... but it's not REALLY a knife. so it would "pass" i bet. cutting? probably a backup BK14

but really, i'd say a BK4 MachAx with a specialty sheath, probably.

two of them :) one for each hand, in the mess tent :> it's a spoon too.
 
I'm thinking a lot of military personnel are going to be carrying the BK-17. You heard it here first.
 
shooter mcgavin said:
i was thinking of starting a similar thread so glad this popped up. I'm going to take my bk2 to afghanistan. i was thinking if there was anything i can do to improve this knife for military purposes specifically maybe reprofile the top front of the blade to more closely resemble the bk7? anyone do anything like this? other than that i think this knife is perfect for me. i know i could get a bk7 but i like the shorter blade. i already have the micarta scales and a good sheath so not much else to do to improve this knife i would think.
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I will be enlisting soon, and that is why i brought up this thread. Im having trouble choosig as between my BK-7 and BK-2 i am very comforatable using both, and no there limitaions for the most part. But i will have to choose when the time comes. Also, in regards to you saying this "maybe reprofile the top front of the blade to more closely resemble the bk7?" If you could get your hands on a BK-10 crewman you would be set. its going to cost you though.
 
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Level headed I didn't even know about that knife. Too bad they are not making them currently. Seems dang near perfect for what I want/ need
 
depends on what job you'll be doing, I'd say for all around use a BK 14 or Bk 11, certainly nothing bigger than a 10 or a 7.
 
Level headed said:
I will be enlisting soon, and that is why i brought up this thread. Im having trouble choosig as between my BK-7 and BK-2 i am very comforatable using both, and no there limitaions for the most part. But i will have to choose when the time comes. Also, in regards to you saying this "maybe reprofile the top front of the blade to more closely resemble the bk7?" If you could get your hands on a BK-10 crewman you would be set. its going to cost you though.
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Get the BK-7

Almost as light in the hand as the BK-5.

More reach as a fighter than the BK-2 which is simply inadequate for that task.

The BK-7 is also a bit lighter than the BK2 and is IMHO a better all around cutter.

Unless you plan on battoning a lot of kindling in the service get a BK 7 and a good folder or neck knife and you are good to go.
 
I carried either the BK2 or the BK7 with a BK11 in pocket. while I was over there. Did everything I needed them to do!
 
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