BK-9 story!

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whitty

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It is late and I have been meaning to post this for a few days now. I will try to keep this short!

I am a big ESEE fan and have been for a long time. A couple years ago I adopted a couple of soldiers in Iraq! These guys were in a pit of hell and need all the support they could get. I truly enjoyed sending them packages of just stupid shit (dvd's, magazines, knives, inflatable pillows, candy, batteries and what ever else they needed). Over the past year or so I became friends with one of the guys and discovered we had knives in common. I shipped him a couple knives and copies of blade magazines. A few months back I learned they had all gone home and I moved on to adopt some different soldiers.

Well not long after these guys got home I got a package in the mail from my friend
with a BK-9 in it! The deal was I had to use it. He had the knife in Iraq and wanted me to have it. He stated not once but mulitple times I had to use it and use it hard. Well, I did!

A couple weeks ago I had some yard work to do and basically used my becker as a Machete, destroying everything in my way. I have to say I was very impressed. I beat at roots in the ground and at decent size trees. I was determined to use my knife and nothing else to get it all done! This thing was amazing! I can not tell you how many times I hit rocks and heard a chink! I figured this knife would be chipped to hell when I was done. It already had a ship or two in it! I added one more chip, that was it!

I usually use my ESEE 6 for these task because it is beat to hell anyway, but I have to say the BK 9 did the task just as well!

Great job on this knife! I may not have paid for this knife but I look forward to buying some of your other products. Any reccomendations would be great!

Whitty
 
Great story. Way to look out for the soldiers. I recommend getting the BK2. You can't believe what a slab this thing is.
 
Very cool. Thank you for taking care of our soldiers, way to give back!!

The BK9 really is a great kinfe and is well deserving of the praise it recieves. Like others have said pics would be sweet.


As far as reccomendations go, the BK2 is a great user as well and makes a nice companion to the 9.
 
As everyone else said, great story, thanks for helping, how can we do the same, pics and BK2!

Set a spell and enjoy Beckerdom. :D
 
Love your story! I love knives that find a home with our guys oversees. I have a couple of knives that previously saw action, and they hold a special value to me. Keep on using the crap out of it!
 
Thanks for sharing. Great story! The fact he gave you his active duty blade shows how much your support meant to those guys. Enjoy your 9 and remember what he told you... a used Becker is a happy becker
 
great story and very noble of you to do this for our troops, that Awesome:thumbup:

I'd recommend the BK2 as well as the Eskabar kinda like an izzy only with a real blade:p, you already have the 6 so there's really no point in getting the BK7 (yet;))

thanks for sharing..
 
Ask and you shall receive! Here are pics after the abuse I put it through. When I recieved it, outside of a few minor scrapes, the knife looked brand new. The first pic is of the knife the day I received it! I did as I was told and will continue to do so, "use the hell out of it".


becker by whittappraisals, on Flickr


BK 9 006 by whittappraisals, on Flickr


BK 9 004 by whittappraisals, on Flickr


BK 9 001 by whittappraisals, on Flickr

If any of you are interested in adopting a soldier take the time to google search Ryan Rust and the Adopt a Hero program. Do not expect the same result as me. I have adopted over 40 soldiers and have only had real dialogue with one. Do it because you want to and because you believe in helping/thanking a soldier, not because you expect anything in return. Most never write or e-mail back and most of the time I never know if they got the package. Also check on the mailing form to give the package to another soldier if they can not get it to the soldier you adopted. I promise you someone else can use the stuff you are sending.

Thanks for all the great responses. I do not think it will be long before I become a Beckerhead!

Whitty
 
Very commendable of you. I wish more folks would get involved. As the father of a soldier, I can tell you it means more than you can imagine to know they have support at home.:thumbup::thumbup:
 
whitty said:
If any of you are interested in adopting a soldier take the time to google search Ryan Rust and the Adopt a Hero program. Do not expect the same result as me. I have adopted over 40 soldiers and have only had real dialogue with one. Do it because you want to and because you believe in helping/thanking a soldier, not because you expect anything in return. Most never write or e-mail back and most of the time I never know if they got the package. Also check on the mailing form to give the package to another soldier if they can not get it to the soldier you adopted. I promise you someone else can use the stuff you are sending.

Thanks for all the great responses. I do not think it will be long before I become a Beckerhead!

Whitty
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First, thanks for letting us know how to get involved with that.

Second, I know that some if not most of you guys have no idea what it is like to be deployed in the military. I do, and I can tell you getting that package from home was always a real morale booster. Not just for me, but for my whole division also. Simple things like a yo-yo, silly-putty, slinkys, and other such small toys. Magazines, and books, and other such random things were always fun for us all to play with.

Third, following in with the second these guys and gals typically try to keep busy to keep their minds occupied off the bad things going on around them on patrol, and like whitty said will most likely not write back to you. But, please know that you are making a difference in their life over there.

Thanks Whitty for doing what you did to help my brothers and sisters in arms serving over there.
 
MyWifeThinksImCrazy said:
First, thanks for letting us know how to get involved with that.

Second, I know that some if not most of you guys have no idea what it is like to be deployed in the military. I do, and I can tell you getting that package from home was always a real morale booster. Not just for me, but for my whole division also. Simple things like a yo-yo, silly-putty, slinkys, and other such small toys. Magazines, and books, and other such random things were always fun for us all to play with.

Third, following in with the second these guys and gals typically try to keep busy to keep their minds occupied off the bad things going on around them on patrol, and like whitty said will most likely not write back to you. But, please know that you are making a difference in their life over there.

Thanks Whitty for doing what you did to help my brothers and sisters in arms serving over there.
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Classy Response! There is no other way to respond to this! Thank you for your service and sacrifice! Letting others no what helps will only help the cause. I will always hold dear the sacrifice that others have put forth to keep me and my family home and safe.

Thank you again,

Whitty
 
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