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Thought i'd post a small review and some personal thoughts about the awesome Bk-15 now that i've had the time to use and abuse it a bit.
Probably needless to say, but it comes with a molle compatible, tan nylon sheath, black and tan zytel grip scales and a black (epoxy?) coating.
As you can see, the coating is somewhat grippy.
As the 15 is a precision slicer more than a hack and chop-blade, the coating had to go. This is a walk in the park if you have a couble of hours to spend, some sand paper (or just some paint stripper) and a couple of cans of liquid motivation.
Now, for some testing. Preparing a meal.
I've allways thought slicing raw chicken filêts was a pain in the butt, but that edge just glides through it in two draws with nothing but the wheight of the knife itself as preasure.
Next up, slicing tomatoes. It cuts thinner slices than you'll need it to. NN approves. (But i was hungry, so i ate the tomatoes while cooking the chicken
)
Then to cut some potatoes to bake in the oven with butter, cheese and various spices. (Edit: And onions. You can't not have onions)
Conclusion: A good meal tastes even better when prepared with a becker. (So i use it all the time in the kitchen these days)
As for woodwork it will make shavings for tinder like a boss, and even though it's not really a massive batoner, it will do that to without taking much edge damage. Got it back to shaving sharp in about 2 minutes.
No pics of batoning it. I saowi
All in all, the BK-15 is a great little blade that's allways in or on my pack whenever i'm in the woods, and it sees a lot of use around the house aswell.
Final conclusion: You need a BK-15. You can't not have a 15
Probably needless to say, but it comes with a molle compatible, tan nylon sheath, black and tan zytel grip scales and a black (epoxy?) coating.
As you can see, the coating is somewhat grippy.
As the 15 is a precision slicer more than a hack and chop-blade, the coating had to go. This is a walk in the park if you have a couble of hours to spend, some sand paper (or just some paint stripper) and a couple of cans of liquid motivation.
Now, for some testing. Preparing a meal.
I've allways thought slicing raw chicken filêts was a pain in the butt, but that edge just glides through it in two draws with nothing but the wheight of the knife itself as preasure.
Next up, slicing tomatoes. It cuts thinner slices than you'll need it to. NN approves. (But i was hungry, so i ate the tomatoes while cooking the chicken
) 
Then to cut some potatoes to bake in the oven with butter, cheese and various spices. (Edit: And onions. You can't not have onions)
Conclusion: A good meal tastes even better when prepared with a becker. (So i use it all the time in the kitchen these days)
As for woodwork it will make shavings for tinder like a boss, and even though it's not really a massive batoner, it will do that to without taking much edge damage. Got it back to shaving sharp in about 2 minutes.
No pics of batoning it. I saowi
All in all, the BK-15 is a great little blade that's allways in or on my pack whenever i'm in the woods, and it sees a lot of use around the house aswell.
Final conclusion: You need a BK-15. You can't not have a 15
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(needet 2 cuts because it was a big melon so the blade was a little too short)
