I’m a bit late to this thread but have a love/hate relationship with the BK-16. I’ve owned two of them and so wanted to love them. Absolutely love the blade shape and the steel but the handle has never really fit my hand well, moving around way too much at the index finger, for me to really get into them. I recently picked up an Esee 4HM and feel that it is a great replacement. The handle fits me much better, the blade shape is almost identical, and of course the steel is the same with excellent heat treatment.