I picked up my new BK-15 from the PO Saturday. Overall I think i am going to like this knife a lot. It feels good in the hand and is just a really nice design.
Here she is working on drywall.
Out of the box there were several problems. Seems like a little bit of deja vu since I just sent my BK-16 back for a replacement for grind issues.
First issue was a minor one but present none the less. The secondary grind did not get extended all the way to the back on one side. This left a hump at the edge but getting a photo with this cell phone proved difficult. It was however a simple fix with a course diamond stone and then all was well.
The second issue was again not a huge deal, but required intervention. This pertained to the straps on sheath. Neither strap would actually button down around the handle. Both snaps were not far enough out on the strap to allow then to snap together when the knife was in the sheath. The uppermost strap was the worst, but that is no big deal because I planned on removing it anyways. The lower strap however, needed to be made to work though.
A simple fix for the lower strap was found. I noticed that part of the problem was that the strap was too far down which made it hit the guard of the knife. To fix this I just removed about an eight of an inch of the plastic liner to allow the knife to slip in a little further. It is still hard to get snapped, but at least it works now.
With those things behind me I think this is going to be a great knife. Dare I say it might feel better then the 16? Maybe!
I have not had the chance to use it much, but it just feels like a really nice design with really good balance in my hand. I am looking forward to getting my BK-16 back from KaBar to compare them side by side.
I stripped the paint off and notice that unlike my BK-7 & 16, it was a nice shade of blueish purple underneath. This would be from the tempering process after heat treating I suppose. I decided to put a coat of oil on it and that turned it to a nice grey color. So I decided to skip my usual patina and leave it alone.
Here are my sheath mods which consist of removing the top strap and adding some of my wife's hair bungees like I did to my BK-16 sheath.
There you have it. Pretty sweet knife after a few simple fixes and mods. If you don't have one of these you might want to take a serious look at the BK-15 as your next Becker knife. :thumbup:
Greebe
Here she is working on drywall.
Out of the box there were several problems. Seems like a little bit of deja vu since I just sent my BK-16 back for a replacement for grind issues.
First issue was a minor one but present none the less. The secondary grind did not get extended all the way to the back on one side. This left a hump at the edge but getting a photo with this cell phone proved difficult. It was however a simple fix with a course diamond stone and then all was well.
The second issue was again not a huge deal, but required intervention. This pertained to the straps on sheath. Neither strap would actually button down around the handle. Both snaps were not far enough out on the strap to allow then to snap together when the knife was in the sheath. The uppermost strap was the worst, but that is no big deal because I planned on removing it anyways. The lower strap however, needed to be made to work though.
A simple fix for the lower strap was found. I noticed that part of the problem was that the strap was too far down which made it hit the guard of the knife. To fix this I just removed about an eight of an inch of the plastic liner to allow the knife to slip in a little further. It is still hard to get snapped, but at least it works now.
With those things behind me I think this is going to be a great knife. Dare I say it might feel better then the 16? Maybe!
I have not had the chance to use it much, but it just feels like a really nice design with really good balance in my hand. I am looking forward to getting my BK-16 back from KaBar to compare them side by side. I stripped the paint off and notice that unlike my BK-7 & 16, it was a nice shade of blueish purple underneath. This would be from the tempering process after heat treating I suppose. I decided to put a coat of oil on it and that turned it to a nice grey color. So I decided to skip my usual patina and leave it alone.
Here are my sheath mods which consist of removing the top strap and adding some of my wife's hair bungees like I did to my BK-16 sheath.
There you have it. Pretty sweet knife after a few simple fixes and mods. If you don't have one of these you might want to take a serious look at the BK-15 as your next Becker knife. :thumbup:
Greebe
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