BK17 Short Clip Point Contest *WINNER*

[Moosez45]

Ok, gonna be a short and sweet kinda contest.

Rules
You must have a Beckerhead # at the time of this contest posting. Those that have applied for their number are eligible, as soon as I get their numbers issued.

You get ONE post in this thread to enter. Any more than one, and you are disqualified. Any chatting or questions, and you are disqualified.

Post up your best BKT picture or BKT story. If you have a pic and a story, post them up, but in ONE post.

Show off your best picture and/or BKT story. Something you did, something you saw, how you got started here, etc. Just make it good.

I will pick the one I like the most, or a random drawing, I'm not sure, doesn't really matter, as there will be only one winner.

To enter, post your BH# FIRST, then your picture and/or story.

What do you win?

A roll stamped, BK17.

What makes this so special?

Well, 1) you can't even buy these yet. 2) There are not many like this knife out there 3) Its pretty badass

With it, you will recieve a new sheath.

Must be 18 to win. Don't hurt yourselves.

Moose

 

[L4NE4]

#147

My story is pretty simple. I have been into knives as long as I can remember. The above picture is my favorite Becker knife (BK9) and two knives that my grandpa made. I was too young by the time he had past to learn anything about knife making from him. But I was lucky enough to get a small portion of his collection this last Christmas which included two he made and a box of case pocket knives. About a year ago I started getting more into knives and I joined the forum back in august Shortly after I was gifted a BK11 by another Becker Head. That started it all! I soon had six Becker knives and even bought a couple friends some Beckers.

Thank you for the chance moose!

Might wanna reread the contest
Sorry I was too excited but couldnt get on photobucket at home!

 

[madhappy]

#74

 

[MrKnifekid]

Dang Moose, this is an epic contest.

BeckerHead #139.

Here is my long winded story, which I have spent about 45 minutes on.

MKK was a cop, with a keen interest in wilderness survival. He also took 3 Judo and Aikido classes per week. He then began talking with his martial arts teacher, and discover that he, to, had an interest in wilderness survival as well. He then discovered that his intructor owned and operated a wilderness survival school. MrKnifekid then attended one of his wilderness surival classes.
During the survival class, MKK noticed that his instructor was carrying a knife. A tank, actually. MKK then talked to his teacher about the knife. He then was offered to look over the knife. He took the knife in his hands, and what power it brough him. On one side of the knife, the stamp said, "BK&T/Ka-Bar" on the other side of the blade it said, "BK-2" MKK then knew that it was his destiny to have the knife. There was one nut and bolt missing out of the handle, and the spine had large nicks and dings in it. MKK then traded with his teacher a used Gerber Prodigy and 3 Buck Slpjoints. MKK used the beast all during the 2-day class.
MKK got home from the class 1 day later, unpacked, and looked over the beast carefully. He then found a wrench to fit the 2 remaining bolts in the handle of the knife. He took the scales off, and found that the middle and top holes for the bolts were bigger than the bottom. MKK thought this was a factory defect, so he sent it out to KA-BAR Knives to see if they would replace it.
While the knife was at the KA-BAR factory, MKK took a trip down to Tenessee, to SMKW particularly. While he was at SMKW, he was looking over the KA-BAR booth. He then was a gleaming silver stripe that caught his eye. He immediatly motioned for the slaes person to let him look at the knife. MKK took the blade in his hands, and fell in love. This knife was, of course, the BK-14 EsKaBar.
MKK recieved a brand new BK-2 from KA-BAR. His love for the beast grew and grew, and he will forever keep the BK-2. He discovered that the BK-2 could wreck a train, survive a nuclear blast, feild dress a lawnmower, and tons of other things. MKK then found the Becker Knife and Tool forum. An awesome place this forum was. Filled with tons of great, amazing, knowlegible, and extremely generous people. He then foundd out about the Beckerheads, an elite group of Becker lovers from around the world. MKK earned his Beckerhead number, and will forever be happy.
About a month of Becker-lovin' life later, MKK and his girlfriend went into a China shop. that my friends, is where the extreme sadness of his life happend. You see folks, while MKK was at the China shop, he had made up his mind that when he arrived home, he was going to buy a Becker BK-9. While he was at the China shop, a horrid accident happened. MKK was putting a nice vase back on the shelf, and while he was retracting his hand, his wrist hit another vase. The vase then tumbled to the floor, and all that was left of the vase was the price tag that had written on it "$274.99." MKK was devestated. He then posted this experience on the Becker Knife and Tool forum.
A very awesome person had seen this post on the forum. She sent MKK an e-mail, and attached was the order confirmation from a store named after a rainforest and it said that a BK-11 was being sent to me, free of charge. She siad that it was for doing all the right things, and paying for the vase. MKK will forever be in debt to this person.
About another month of a Becker lovin' and usin' life later, MKK then saved up enough spending money to buy a Becker BK-5. He got the knife from Tomar's Ka-Bars, which had amazing customer service and outstanding handling time. MKK recieved the knife, used it, and then thought that he did not like the BK-5. He posted in the trade forums that he would trade his BK-5 for a BK-9. He then, being the crazy and indesicive man that he is, decided not the trade the 5, but to use it until it can be used no more.

And this is how MKK came to love Becker Knife and Tool.

And here is a pic of the beast that made me love BK&T:

MKK

 

[Widerstand]

BH #31

This is the story of how I first got into Becker knives.

A little over two years ago I was working in a warehouse and I was using my Buck119 to pry open things like some wooden creates and then one day after an ice storm I tried using it to pry open the frozen shut roll up door on the box truck, that was a little to much for that Buck I guess. That, night I was telling my girlfriend what happened, and that I should have just used a pry-bar, unknowing to me she got on the internet and after some searching found the BK2 since it was described as a sharpened pry-bar, she ordered it and surprised me with it. To say the least I was shocked at what a kickass knife it was, at work it only took about a week until the other 4 warehouse guys also ordered BK2's.

Once the coating started to come off the BK2 I found this forum cause I was searching for ways to remove all of it.

If it wasn't for this forum I would have never added a two BK9's, BK10, BK11, two BK13s and a BK77 to my line up, along with making some really good real life friends at the gathering.

The BK2 will always be special to me since it's what got me into this but currently I am really digging on the 77/13 combo... Maybe the Shorts will give the 77 the bump.

Even if I don't win (which I really hope I do) I am certainly thankful for this forum and its users.

 

[mrn8]

Beckerhead 152 reporting for duty, sir.

I was fortunate enough to get into Haze's Tough-Guy pass around, and got the privilege of using his modified BK9 for a week. At that point, I had a 13, 11, 14, and 10, but had yet to handle one of the big boy knives. Ok, the 10 is pretty stout, but we haven't had any real field time yet. Anyway, my friends / family know that I love to camp and they know that if they go camping with me, they're going to put on a few pounds, because I am always pushing the limits of what's considered camping food. No, I'm not skinning rats and serving them up, I take my smoker along and we have things like brisket, pulled pork, and other things that take an entire day to make. That being said, when I review a knife like this, it's got to be able to chop and split my fire wood, as well as help out in the kitchen. I found that the BK9 could pass as a kitchen blade, but it probably isn't going to be my go-to kitchen tool.

OK, it's my b-day tomorrow, so I'm off to place that order on a BK9 and BK5...and hope I can get away with ordering that Machax in a week.

 

[One Legged Josh]

BH#153

 

[clich]

Beckerhead #113


How clich came to be a staple in the Becker forum:

Like most, I started my collection with Chinese blades. Easy to dull and easy to sharpen, but with the light use I used it for it seemed adequate. Until I tried field dressing a deer with a Walmart Gerber. The blade dulled before I could get the gut open. Without another knife i had to drag the deer to the butcher still full of guts. This couldn't happen again so I set off looking for a better knife. In my research I stumbled upon reviews and info about knives that can do more than just slice open boxes, but could do camp chores and be a real all around tool. So I changed my search to utility style knives, which led me to the Becker necker. And I was completely dumbfounded by a knife I could wear around my neck! I bought one and was taken back by the sharpness and toughness of this little blade. Since my curiosity was sparked about these Becker blades I looked into other models, and low and behold the bk2 came up. I read reviews, watched videos, and was in awe of the ultimate survival knife. I had to have one, so I did.
Then came the thirst for knowledge on care, maintenance, and how to use this beast properly. BladeForums was my new heroin, both in the positive and negative sense. I began Becker collecting with my next Becker being the bk9. Then came my hardcore collecting. All sorts or customs and productions needed to be mine. In this frenzy I forgot my roots and ended up selling or trading my beloved beckers just chasing the sharpened white pony. It was only after I had dozens of knives did I realize that my favorites weren't with me anymore, and I made a bee line to get them back. And traded and bought the whole Becker line. It was about this tine I was inducted into the Beckerheads, and also when I got bit by the modding bug.
I started modifying beckers for myself and others and really found one of my favorite hobbies. It was around this time I discovered the bk5 and its become my favorite Becker, traveling everywhere with me and slicing whatever got in our path. Life was good. But then came the dark time.
I made a financial mistake that cost me not only my knife collection, but other toys as well. I was left penniless and with only my bk11. But low and behold the becker forum and the beckerheads stood up for me in my time of great despair, and a friend sent me a bk7 to help get my collection started again, and then I won the fabled knife rights bk10 and I was back in business. It was then I decided that I shouldn't just be collecting for myself, but also to help others who may not know about the Becker brand and the good folks that follow it. So I started buying things just to giveaway, doing mods for others at no charge, and creating contests to draw interest into the forum that treated me so well. It was my way of repaying the community for supporting me and also giving me a new outlook on the goodness of people and a damn fine fun new hobby in modding, camping, hiking, sharpening, and collecting. This place is the place to be, in all of the interwebz. And ill be here for as long as there air in mu lungs and a piece of sharpened steel in my belt......or until.my neighbor realizes I'm stealing their wifi and shuts me down.


Thanks for the chance moose as always. I'm proud to be a member.


My favorite Becker and my favorite pic of her

 

[1066vik]

BH # 57
I love this picture because I used the BK6 chopping up that cedar to make a shelter and it was a perfect day, not too cold, not too windy, and there was snow!
Under all that snow is a pond. (have I ever mentioned I love snow)

(I would have posted up a pic of the shelter, but there was no Becker content... )
thanks for the chance and congrats to the winner.

 

[CCMI]

Beckerhead # 155

Here is a picture of the first camping trip with the BK2. I had just bought it month or two before after searching forums for a good camping knife - that's how I came across both Beckers and this site. Needless to say the BK2 was more than adequate for my needs. I've since stripped, thinned the edge, patina, added micarta, and a specs ops sheath. That led way to a 14, 5, 9, & 10...... the rest is history (ok, history may be overstating it a little).

 

[Snakedoc]

BH# 111

This my favorite Becker pic. Love my family and love my Beckers!!

 

[LECTER]

BH #148

When I was a kid I was a boyscout and saved my paper route money for a nice hunting knife I had seen at the hardware store.

Little did I know that this blade was carbon steel and turned gray after I used it!! I took back and the old guy said : "kid! That's a carbon steel blade, can't buy anything better "!!

Many years later, like 35, I was looking to replace that long lost blade and happened onto this forum and after not hesitating too long, bought this beauty and the madness began!!

 

[Col Defender]

BH #162

The day after tomorrow marks the third anniversary of the loss of our son CW2 Matthew G. Kelley, a Kiowa pilot shot down in Iraq; a total of four pilots lost in an instant. This year for Christmas, our older son Psyop gave me a set of Micarta Grips on a BK2; the grips were made by Oregon Faler from parts of Matthew's ACU flight uniform. I ordered a BK10 LE and have now put the grips on this limited edition knife which I do not plan to use - ever. It is on display in a glass fronted cabinet in our home.

Here it is:

I thought the timing of all this was most appropriate. Thank you Moose.

 

[FAL'ER]

Beckerhead #22.
Back in 2004 my brother Tom was down in San Diego at the Marine Recruit depot. One day while Tom was down there I was at work and ran into a recently returned Iraqi war vet and we got to talking about gear I could get for my brother and things he might need that he wouldn't be issued. He took quite a bit of time and wrote out a list, The main thing he talked about was this knife called a Tac Tool made by Becker. He said its about $100 bucks but worth it. He said they use them over there to rip doors off of hinges and to take crates apart, I also remember him talking about being able to puncture a 55 gallon drum with one swing, though I don't know why you'd wanna do that. So I bought him one and gave it to him for christmas a couple days after he got the Eagle globe and Anchor. He shipped out to the school of infantry about 10 days later , then to Norfolk for security forces school, then Cuba, dubai, and on a float. Not sure where and when he used the BK3 but when he got back and had been out for a little while I asked him if I could trade him another knife for it. This is what he gave me,


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Real beat up, the serrations would still cut, sort of. The geometry of all the grinds were off. He said he used it a ton in training and that knife has opened a lot of beer.
I can't really use it for anything, but it sits in my safe just the same.

 

[SaturatedShadow]

BeckerHead 091

Author’s Note: Here follows an account of a survival situation I found myself in last weekend, a situation fraught with peril and danger, in which a single mistake could mean disaster, a situation I was only able to escape because I had my BK-14 Eskabar. The following is a true story. However, parts of it may be gruesome and frightening. If you lack the fortitude to read such things, you have been warned.

My Survival Story

It began as any normal Saturday in January, the rising sun shining brightly over a landscape still covered in places by the sparkling white of frost and a chill breeze beginning to blow. But beneath this appearance of calm, danger lurked. The climate of Southwest Missouri can be merciless, and this day was no exception.

I had planned to help a buddy of mine place some 2x10s on what would be the floor in the loft of his new barn. On the surface, this seemed a rather benign task, and in my foolishness I agreed to take part not knowing the peril that awaited me. I will be forever thankful that among the items I carried in my pockets that day was a Becker BK-14.

Before undertaking such a task, I knew I had to make preparations. After driving into town and running some errands, I stopped at the corner store in this small town to gather the provisions I would certainly need: one bottle of Cream Soda.

With supplies gathered, I drove out to the barn. I must say at this point that this was no ordinary barn. It was not intended to house cattle, horses, or even hay. It had a more sinister purpose. This barn was built to hold weddings. I had much experience with cattle and hogs, and even some with sheep, but I had never managed weddings. Are they docile or aggressive? Can they be contained by a five strand barbed wire fence or is something stronger required? What do they feed on? I didn’t know the answers to these questions, so I was wary as I approached this strange barn.

I arrived and greeted my friend. He pointed out a small pile scrap lumber and requested… a fire.

My heart sank. Fear gripped me. I had not anticipated building a fire. I didn’t know if I could do it. The only fire making equipment I had was my knife and a mini Bic lighter. How had I gotten myself into this situation? I cursed myself for walking so blindly into almost certain doom. All my training useless. All my preparations for naught. I had drank over half my cream soda on the drive out to that accursed place. I would have to ration what little I had left. All my proper fire starting items, ESEE fire kit, road flares, fatwood, chafing gel, I had stupidly left in my truck, and it was a good 40 yards back to my truck. Furthermore, the nearest road was over 50 yards away, and it was another 300 yards to the closest house. No, help was not coming. I was on my own, and I would have to rely on my own skills and what equipment I had in my pockets.

The realization sank in that I would have to start this fire with only my knife and a Bic lighter. There was a chance it could be done. I had to try. If I failed to start this fire, I might get cold. It was at least two degrees below freezing. If I couldn’t get a fire going, this pile of scrap lumber would not get burned and would continue to lie there in the way, in the way. No, failure was not an option. I forced down my fear, and my panic became an iron resolve, a determination that I could do this. Fate had led me to this very moment to challenge me, to test me, to make me stronger.

I drew my BK-14 from its sheath made from .093 black kydex by AZWelke. Its polished convex edge peeking from beneath the blued surface of its blade gleamed in the bright sunlight, a gleam of hope in this dark time. I gripped its brown micarta handle and began making shavings. I made a large pile of fairly coarse shavings and then began making finer shavings with which to start the fire. All the while praying that the kiln-dried lumber I was using for fuel could be lit by the tiny, fleeting flame of my lighter. I used my knife to split some scrap wood into pencil sized kindling and placed them over the pile of shavings.

I pulled out my lighter, shielded it from the wind, and lit a fuzzstick. The feeble flame clung desperately to its small sliver of wood against the swirling breeze that sought to extinguish it. I transferred the flame to the shavings and urged it to spread. The small flame began to ignite the shavings, and with them, it ignited a hope within me that the shadows of despair could not stand against warmth and light. The flame grew, and with it grew my convictions that all the incomprehensible darkness and chaos of this world could be overcome by determined deeds of virtuous men. The fire roared to life, and I knew beyond any doubt that all things are possible. Against all odds I had made fire.



Thanks for the contest, Moose.

 

[ocnLogan]

Secretly, my desire in life is to become the ultimate Renaissance man. Joining this forum is just another step that helps me with that goal.

I started out late last school year wanting a new knife for the outdoors. My previous "grail" knife was the Gerber LMF II (it cut through a huge power cable in Iraq... it MUST be epic!). Because I am a research-aholic for new gear, I started trying to find reviews and comparisons to other knives. My quest took me from the LMF II to the Progidy, to this new strange competitor named the "BK2" (who has ever heard of "Becker"), and the KaBar MK1. This is where I started to fall down the rabbit hole that is learning about steels, grinds, tangs, bevels, and everything else.

Based on tons of research, and after trying to decide how I would use the knife I started narrowing in on the BK2. After doing that, this lead me to this subforum (specifically brabs crazy BK2 test). I lurked here for about two months learning everything I could (you have no idea how confused I was by words like "swedge" and acronyms like "FFG") before I pulled the trigger on the BK2.

My first thread here was about how to set up the BK2 and its stock sheath in scout carry configuration, and then the rest of my questions just came tumbling out. Sorry to everyone that had to answer my incessant questions .

Now, I'm well on my way to knowing much more about knives and the outdoors. I love this place because it is a great place where people that actually do this stuff come and talk about it. No better source of information than that in my opinion. I've now started my own fire with a firesteel (personal first, and it was done with my BK9 IIRC), and will be trying out some shelter building sometime this next summer.

Here's to hoping for some great stories like the ones I've seen here .

 

[Psyop]

Beckerhead 146

I got into Beckers recently after looking for a hard use neck knife. Turns out I don't like neck knives much but they work great on a belt. Really enjoyed the camaraderie and knowledge in this section of the forum. I had browsed BF for several years but the general and such wasn't as friendly as it seems here. I now have several Beckers got my Dad turned on to here, he is now a BH and I have a son that is "into" Beckers now. Here is a pic of my BK2 new with my old uniform. Thanks

 

[BRL]

Beckerhead #104.

BRL's STORY
by
BRL​

Once upon a time, I had a beer. The beer was in a bottle. The bottle had a cap. I also had a BK-11. I used the BK-11 to lift the cap off the beer, then I drank the beer. And then I lived happily ever after.

THE END.​

 

[panzertroop]

#154

Tea and Knives, a great way to relax in the woods...

 

[Bladite]

BH #4

one of these is a sleeper

one of them got me a sleeping companion

one of them saved my bacon

there we go :>