BK-2 Campanion Passaround Review Thread

It whittled ok, I again feel a thinner edge, maybe even convexing it would meke this knife cut alot better.

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I decided to cross baton, so I found this big piece of frozen black birch.

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A few rotations and it went through.

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This is one tuff knife. All in all I think it did well. It is a little heavy for me, but I thing with a reworked edge and maybe a new handle I could really like this knife.

Thanks again for the opportunity!

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Awesome stuff Tony! Thanks for the candid review and great pics.

I'm glad you got to work it and try something that would be different for you.

All the feedback is great.

I'll e-mail you the next address in just a few - watch your e-mail.

Thanks for the fast and great review on it. I'm glad you enjoyed your time with it. Looks like a lot of fun for sure!

The cross graining was a good test! I noticed a little off set on handles with mine too but after I took them off and messed with them it didn't seem as much - you're right though on it.
 
Thanks bro, it is a helluva knife!

I have Sharpeye's addy, it will be off to him tomorrow.
 
Good stuff Tony, I enjoyed the photos and review. :thumbup: :cool: :thumbup:

I think there’s a Big Knife Guy inside of you looking to chop his way out. :eek:

Come to think of it, :confused: …you do have a few very nice big blades. ;)






"If you're not living on the edge, …you're taking up too much space."

Big Mike
 
Great review tony. I am curious to see how I like this one. Looks really nice though.

Has anyone touched the edge, or is it as recieved from Becker/Kabar?
 
It was as recieved from Kabar. The knife came very well packaged I might add.

I cleaned it up and ran it over the the sharpmaker when I was done. It really didn't need much. The knife held a great edge.
 
Thanks for the review Tony.
I am looking forward to putting this knife through its paces.
 
Just an update fellas.

Sharpeye, contacted me yesterday and he has the knife.

Something I didn't do before shipping that I suggest everyone does; is check the screws. I guess one was loose after all the batoning I did. Luckily it was in the box when Sharpeye recieved it. So its all good.

Sorry for the close call....
 
Thanks all.
I did not have much outdoors time this weekend, but, I will get the knife out for some work and play in the next couple of days.
I did remove each of the 3 screws and put a drop of blue threadlocker on each one.
 
Well guys, I was sick in bed with bronchitis all weekend.
I am now on the mend but swamped at work.:(

I will do the best test that I can under the circumstances and get the knife on to dttomcat.
It looks like my testing is going to be largely in the kitchen:o.

dttomcat-PM inbound.
 
Sharp Eye said:
Well guys, I was sick in bed with bronchitis all weekend.
I am now on the mend but swamped at work.:(

I will do the best test that I can under the circumstances and get the knife on to dttomcat.
It looks like my testing is going to be largely in the kitchen:o.

dttomcat-PM inbound.
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Sorry to hear you were feeling bad and now swamped - all the best bro. :thumbup:

PM inbound to you with dt's address.

Thanks, Sharp Eye.
 
Sharp Eye said:
Well guys, I was sick in bed with bronchitis all weekend.
I am now on the mend but swamped at work.:(

I will do the best test that I can under the circumstances and get the knife on to dttomcat.
It looks like my testing is going to be largely in the kitchen:o.

dttomcat-PM inbound.
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Sorry to hear man - that stuff is passing around lately! Whole family's got the bug too!
 
oh man!

I Just noticed Warriors and wonder got these in, now I know what im going for in a few weeks!

I hope.:D
 
Sharp Eye - Glad you're feeling better. I also sent you a PM with my shipping info before I noticed cmdr had already sent it. Just give me a heads up when you ship. Looking forward to this. Thanks. -DT
 
Due to a nasty virus and some weather that is almost as nasty I present to you my first 100% indoor review.

Let me just start out by saying that this is a handful of a knife. I mean that in 2 ways. First it has a well contoured and comfy handle. Normally, I would prefer a handle that does not have the terminal beak, but as you will see, it really works on this knife.
The second way that this knife is a handful is that it is quite heavy for such a compact knife. It also has a grind that at first inspection seems more like what I would expect on a chopper.

As posted above, the knife arrived with one of the bolts loose.
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I put some blue treadlock on each bolt. I noticed that the bolts are the only thing holding on the handle. If I were going to depend on this knife for survival, I might add some epoxy.

I thought that it would be fun to compare this knife with another knife in the same general class. I certainly would not be fair to compare this relatively inexpensive production knife with a custom or semi-custom knife. So, I dug out my Ontario Spec Plus SP 17 Quatermaster.
Here are the 2 knives side-by-side
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The BK2 at 15.5 oz has quite a weight advantage on the 9.5 oz Quartermaster.

I put the 2 knives to work.
First a slicing test using a tomato.
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The BK 2 did the job but was definitely out classed as a slicer by its competitor.

Next chopping. I put a lanyard on the BK2 so that I could grip it closer to the end without danger of it flying out of my hand.
The BK2 was an amazing chopper for its size. It really made the chips fly.
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The Ontario did a lot less with a lot more effort.
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I also tried to do some curls on the same board with each knife.
Both did a decent job but the BK2 took more pressure to cut a curl and seemed a little harder to control.

I want to thank cmdr249 for the chance to use this knife and for the great passaround/giveaway.

I will get the knife packed up and on its way to dttomcat
 
No problem!

I wish you could have gotten out and used it like you wanted but I think you got some solid info in your review put in.

Thanks for the pics and the review. Hope you continue to feel better!
 
I just received this one from Sharp Eye. It'll be 2 or 3 days until I can get out and put it to work because of a work school overload at the moment. I will post a review in a few days. My initial impressions are: Comfortable handle, About the weight that I expected, Good size for most of what I would use it for, Probably an excellent "hard use" knife. We will see how it performs in the out of doors soon. -dttomcat
 
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