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BK-9? Those who have one...
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thrillbilly
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Use #639 for the King
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I use mine to keep away wood trolls too. (just kidding... I have no BK9
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Cool picture shot there!
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Use #639 for the King
No King Becker? What the mess? Get one and you'll see why the thrill of the BK-9 just has to be experienced!I use mine to keep away wood trolls too. (just kidding... I have no BK9
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No extra knife money.
First I have to get a new EDC. (BK14 and probably a Spyderco UKPK)
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As has been said, there isn't a whole lot the BK9 can't do.
It was my biggest blade until I got the Junglas. The Junglas is definitely a better chopper... but it's significantly larger and heavier. The Junglas certainly can't perform the smaller tasks that the BK9 can.
The BK9 is an excellent do-everything woods blade. Chopping, batoning, carving, slicing, looking pretty, being intimidating... it'll do whatever you ask of it. If you do get one... do yourself a favor and get a nice kydex sheath for it. You'll find it to be much more functional.
It was my biggest blade until I got the Junglas. The Junglas is definitely a better chopper... but it's significantly larger and heavier. The Junglas certainly can't perform the smaller tasks that the BK9 can.
The BK9 is an excellent do-everything woods blade. Chopping, batoning, carving, slicing, looking pretty, being intimidating... it'll do whatever you ask of it. If you do get one... do yourself a favor and get a nice kydex sheath for it. You'll find it to be much more functional.
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I use mine to keep away wood trolls too. (just kidding... I have no BK9
But you DO have wood trolls?
Right over here, boys. He's the one typing on the computer keyboard. They say he's been off his meds for a while...
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Yes, I do. They are very irritating. My BK2 just barely keeps them at bay.
Meds? What meds?
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Smiting mine enemies!
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It's a great all around tool. Good for chopping, slicing, poking, and anything else you can imagine a knife doing, short of really stupid things. And it's pretty good at those too. And surprisingly light!
Rar.
It's a great all around tool. Good for chopping, slicing, poking, and anything else you can imagine a knife doing, short of really stupid things. And it's pretty good at those too. And surprisingly light!
thrillbilly
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It's only light because of your guns there CF! lol
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I find the 9 to be quite a good stabber. Certainly better than the 4. Obviously not like the 7...
Perhaps it's just my factory scales that are the issue with regard to the hand slipping forward onto the blade.
The 2 splits, the 5 slices, the 7 fights, the 11 opens longnecks, the 9 chops, batons, slices, fights and makes me feel happy. The 9 is the go to knife for grabbing just one blade and running for the hills. I never feel under-knifed when I hold it. Slide a good sharpening stone or diamond slab in the sheath's pouch and head out. I've batoned mine through seasoned oak, watching the blade warp and bend in the process. And when the wood finally split, the knife came out perfectly straight and asking me "Is that all you've got?" I can use it. It demands to be used. It is the anti-safequeen. And it comes with a sheath (I'm looking at you, Busse.) I'll never get rid of mine. It's the first Ka-Bar made Becker I purchased. If I lose it, I'll immediately replace it with a new one. If it were the only knife model Ethan Becker ever made, he would still be one of the greats in the cutlery world. To not have a BK 9 is unthinkable to me. And if I sound over-the-top to you, you probably don't own one.
I use mine for everything. It's great for grabbing firewood or clearing trails, but light enough for smaller tasks. And lately for cutting pizza! Ever since I moved I can't find my pizza cutter, something I keep forgetting until after I cook a pizza. I think it is the closest thing to a "one-and-only" knife for any task.
