BK-2 or...?

[hhmoore]

I can tell you without checking that the 5 will not fit into a wine bottle. The 15...I'm not sure if it would go in deeply enough to to dislodge a broken cork - I'll check when I get home in the morning. The simple answer there is to just open the wine for her

 

[wacbzz]

The simple answer there is to just open the wine for her

The gentlemanly thing right?! Or at least, get a better wine opener!

 

[Silverthorn]

Use the 5 to cut a stick that will fit into the wine bottle, then just push the broken cork in. Or carry a Swiss army knife. The right ones have a cork screw, aaaand a blade that will definitly fit down the neck of a wine bottle.
I carry a Vic Picknicker i think its called. But the Vic Farmer is also super popular, just doesnt have a cork screw.

 

[SALTY]

I like this idea. You have both obviously, so what exactly is it that you do with the 2 that you cannot do with the 16 - besides trying to chop down some larger tree?



LOL Do you have both?

Both can be used to cut a bagel and both a Lotus and a DM800 can be used to drive to the store for milk - but, like they say about Harleys, If I had to explain - you wouldn't understand.

Seriously, the BK2, IMO, will stand up to the rigors of use bordering abuse (and beyond) in the field better than the Tweeners - though not in anyway taking away from the virtues of the Tweeners. IOW, just because I am a fan of the DM800 (and the BK2) doesn't mean that I do not appreciate a Lotus or any of the tweeners - especially my beloved BK15.

 

[wacbzz]

Both can be used to cut a bagel and both a Lotus and a DM800 can be used to drive to the store for milk - but, like they say about Harleys, If I had to explain - you wouldn't understand.

The funny thing about the Harley quote is that people don't understand until they have one (which I don't BTW). The same could be said about anything really, but I think it applies to Beckers in a particular way. Some probably think that for the price they are paying, the blades/knife cannot possibly be as good as the "fanboys" make them out to be. Now, I don't have mine yet, but it seems to me that upon a ton a research, the price to value ratio of a Becker in general is off the charts.

That is exactly what is drawing me to these knives...

Seriously, the BK2, IMO, will stand up to the rigors of use bordering abuse (and beyond) in the field better than the Tweeners - though not in anyway taking away from the virtues of the Tweeners. IOW, just because I am a fan of the DM800 (and the BK2) doesn't mean that I do not appreciate a Lotus or any of the tweeners - especially my beloved BK15.

So, when you do go out - camping, fieldwork or whatever - which knives do you find yourself taking? This thread is pretty interesting and relates to this question in particular. If that really is all that Mr. Sears would carry with him, I'm all in.

*Opinion ALERT* I see these guys camping and taking photos of the sixteen knives that they brought with them for "bushcraft" and "survival" and because PreparedMind 101 said you should have them with you at all times...and I laugh. Not out loud of course, but I still laugh inside. And I do so because it seems to me that rather then becoming extremely proficient with the three tools you should carry, they are mediocre at best with the sixteen they actually carry (in their "super-tactical zombie-apocolypse-Walking-Dead-Daryl-Dixon backpack that they bought from the "Operator Outlet" I might add).

Anyway, thanks for the thoughts and the vehicle comparison. They make sense.

 

[SALTY]

So, when you do go out - camping, fieldwork or whatever - which knives do you find yourself taking?

Very good question. Given that the camping I do anymore is certainly not backpacking and usually within convenient distance to the truck I would answer a BK-15 and a BK-5. However, a BK-9 would not be far away; nor would a few others for that matter as this scenario affords the luxury of not having to chop down a tree with a Tweener and not having to core apples with a BK-9 - though I suspect both could be done.

The 15 and 5 are just such great food prep knives which, when you think about it, is a good percentage of knife use in camp. The 2 and the 9 are beefy choppers that are good for heavy work and the 7 is a compromise all-arounder. The BK-2, IMHO is the DM-800 of the Becker line-up.

With all of that said, and back to the original topic, the BK-2; you can't tell me that there isn't a part in all of us that would see it as a blast to take a DM800 to the store for milk?

 

[hhmoore]

Here's the comparison pic I promised the other day (photobucket was being uncooperative when I tried to retrieve it previously)


An obvious difference, in size...but that image only tells part of the story. This comparison of the handles helps show how different they are

The difference in blade thickness isn't as obvious as it might be.

BK15 in a wine bottle.....only a little way - maybe half the depth of the average cork - so I don't think it would do the trick

 

[BeeKayNutCase]

BTW, for you guys that have a 5, will it fit into the mouth of a wine bottle? I cannot even begin to count the number of times that I've had a bottle of wine for my wife while (car) camping and she's broken the cork in half....

It won't fit inside the neck of a wine bottle, no. But what you could do is let your wife break the cork off then get your 5 and cut the whole neck off the bottle in one gnarly swoop..

 

[Lakanen7]

If you like to have immense amounts of fun killing perfectly good trees, try a 9 and mod the ramp off if you don't like it. A hatchet is no where near as fun as the 9 if you're just fooling around.

I'm all for the King as a nice chopper, but you can't throw it and make it stick like a nice hawk or hatchet. Each have their own elements of fun and positive/negative attributes. Get some of each type and play with and use them all!

 

[wacbzz]

Here's the comparison pic I promised the other day (photobucket was being uncooperative when I tried to retrieve it previously)


An obvious difference, in size...but that image only tells part of the story. This comparison of the handles helps show how different they are

The difference in blade thickness isn't as obvious as it might be.

BK15 in a wine bottle.....only a little way - maybe half the depth of the average cork - so I don't think it would do the trick

Thanks for posting these photos - especially the second. This really shows how different the two handles really are. They remind me a lot of the Bark River scales and those were the most comfortable handles on a knife that I've had so far. I'm fairly amazed that more manufacturers aren't on board with the palm swell and coke bottle shaped handles...

And as for the wine bottle/cork thing, I've taken the advice of more than one of you guys and am carving a simple "cork pusher" to have at all times!

 

[adrenalizd]

I don't understand the "or...?" after the BK2. The BK2 no matter the question, the BK2 is the answer... I carved a cornish game hen up like a thanksgiving turkey yesterday just to prove how multi-functional the BK2 is. I will do it again and take pictures the next time i do it. The knife is big, it is heavy and the spine is thick, but all knives as long as they are sharpened are the same width on the cutting edge. It just depends on the user for how it cuts. The BK2 is practically indestructible and will do anything you would ask out of a knife and more