i've been doing some research on the bk10 crewman and was wondering if any of you have custom knives influenced by the design. i found a beaut by jk knives. i love their blade design but i prefer the becker handle. also, does anyone know the origin of the first bk10? great design.
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bk10 influenced designs
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The 10 seems like a shortened 9 to me. The swedge at the tip is identical!
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X2 what he said
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the BK10 is the result, iirc, of a military that wouldn't allow its soldiers to wield a BK10 or even BK7, thus, the short BK10.
the military is also GAH GAH about thumb ramps. BONKERS for them. so, those knives have them. by request, be design. military mentality. you decide.
the military is also GAH GAH about thumb ramps. BONKERS for them. so, those knives have them. by request, be design. military mentality. you decide.
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same thickness and shape. Appears as though Ethan Becker liked the 9 but wanted something with more utility.
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Lighter, better to fit on a plane, pilots quarters. Crewman, as in Air Crewman. Ethan's take the Pilot survival knife.
Ya'll really didn't know this. You know, the older ones with the saw teeth, and thin stick tang? Leather handle, leather sheath, with a small Crystalon stone?
This,
That is what class the Crewman was supposed to be in. Pilot/Survival knife.
Works pretty good, but that damn thumb ramp has to go.
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Thumb ramp hater....but that damn thumb ramp has to go.
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Lighter, better to fit on a plane, pilots quarters. Crewman, as in Air Crewman. Ethan's take the Pilot survival knife.
Ya'll really didn't know this. You know, the older ones with the saw teeth, and thin stick tang? Leather handle, leather sheath, with a small Crystalon stone?
This,
That is what class the Crewman was supposed to be in. Pilot/Survival knife.
Works pretty good, but that damn thumb ramp has to go.
Moose
both Phil and Ethan are BK8 haters
for good BLOODY reason too
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WTH was I supposed to say, anti thumb ramp hater?
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both Phil and Ethan are BK8 haters
One thing I don't get is, if Ethan Becker hated it so much how did it get a #?
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Community Knife. Several people worked on the design, and prototyping. Ethan wasn't one of them.
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For whatever it's worth, when the 9 was first designed/released, it was .210" thick. The Camillus version maintained that throughout their production runs. Ka-Bar shaved a few 10ths of thickness to .188". As far as I can discern from the database, the Crewman has always been .188", so it wasn't actually a cut down 9 when it was designed.
Definitely fair to say the blade shape is nearly identical though.
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Camillus had a way to slip things into the lineup without asking apparently
also they seem to have semi randomly assigned the numbers. BK1? the brute hardly came first historically... the BK4? yeah, there we go #1 #1 #1 :>i've got a 9 on the way. i'm hoping i like it enough to curb my craving for the 10. thanks for the input.
that puts the evolution into perspective. i pledge allegiance to the thumb ramp...
Lighter, better to fit on a plane, pilots quarters. Crewman, as in Air Crewman. Ethan's take the Pilot survival knife.
Ya'll really didn't know this. You know, the older ones with the saw teeth, and thin stick tang? Leather handle, leather sheath, with a small Crystalon stone?
This,
That is what class the Crewman was supposed to be in. Pilot/Survival knife.
Works pretty good, but that damn thumb ramp has to go.
Moose
i can see the similarities. thanks for sending!
both Phil and Ethan are BK8 haters
i'm guessing that when (and if) ka-bar re-issues the bk10, it will be sans thumb ramp?
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I seriously doubt it. That'd be too similar to the BK2 and from the business perspective it'd be pretty dumb to do.