OK....2nd day of Beer Deer Season, on day one I passed on a few bucks to let the step brother and nephew get them...they didn't even on the second day. I saw what looked like a doe but it was a Spiker...IMHO one of the best eating deer. Well took it, registered it, remembered the "Evil" stepmother (They are called "EVIL" by tradition! And Traditions are Important! Right?) liked the liver, so did my dad who died last year...unfortunately the deer have healthy livers where I hunt...so that had to get out of the Gut Pile along with the hunt. Fortunately, I found a perfect time to get my Nephew in woodsy crafty stuff and told him how to gut a deer. So no Gut Pile Picking through for me. Got it registered took it to the "Evil" Stepmother (They are called "EVIL" by tradition! And Traditions are Important! Right?) so venison for Tanksgiving, (I find it hard to find tanks to give but some one said to give water tanks and not T-55s, M60s or Merkavas as every one is hanging on to them now a days, since its a "Tank" of sorts I find that's a lot cheaper.)
Well the other nephew who the apprentice butcher took out the BK18 Harpoon with the Black Micarta Handles and started using it for the first time! He could of used it during Critter Cutting Season on the Farm he lives with his Grand Mother with, but he saved it to work on that deer I brought over for the first deer to cut up he ever did with his favorite knife he wanted to use for the perfect critter cutting upper session. The nephew who did the um...passable Gutting, see I didn't say Disemboweling and yanking out the guts in to a pile, of course I had to point out it was his doing was watching as well. They grew up like brothers so their battle banter was all in good fun.
The Newphew, who lives with his grand mother, took and used his BK18 HARPOON pretty deftly. He skinned it using every part of the blade, the piercing pointy part (Forgive my Technical Tactical Typing if you can't understand the complexity of it), to pokie though the skin and tendons, and the curve of the blade worked well to skin the dastardly plant murdering deer in deft motions that a straight blade would take longer and more actions per flaying action on that Dastardly Deer that murdered many plants that gave us life sustaining oxygen. The trimming off of the hide and cutting of the connective tissue was done with greater efficiency of the curve belly of the blade where the whole of the blade was used and not just the curving front pointy end of the pointy knife. And where the piercing was needed, the piercing point of the pointy end of the pointy part, AKA the tip, was Very effective with greater control and precision with less energy to do those tasks. My other nephew, the passable gutter (It was his first time at it), also watch and was learning as I pointed out some things he said "Huh?" to. As his cousin translated it to more their "language" so his understanding oh how do the flaying...er carcus skinning and preping was done for hanging before critting cutting commenced. IE so my co-kibitzing observer would have an idea how to do it when his grand mother was going to make sure he knew how do it later on.
I asked the Deer Flayer how the BK18 HARPOON handle felt, he said it was great, gave him decent control felt comfortable and the black micarta handles made every thing more controlable. It was like an extension of his own hand when I saw him handling the BK 18 HARPOON. Well to an apprentice butcher telling me this I assume its a great handle. He seemed to be waiting to use the BK18 HARPOON for that "Special" first time using his favorite knife. He flayed that deer down to get it ready for critting cutting in to meat parts.
My Deer Flaying Nephew sure likes that BK18 HARPOON and saved it for his first real world hunting participation assistance in a family slaying tradition. He knew I was asking him questions on how it felt during his use of it, so I could understand what his thoughts and performance of it was like at the time of his using it, he understood my seeking of its technical performance. He liked the strong point and the saber grind of the blade, guess it was easier to grab and use over a FFL one. Oops meant to say "TACICAL!" technical performance. (We are all still trying to be the
So the long of the short of it is...
The BK18 is the best all round Becker Tweener.
Well the other nephew who the apprentice butcher took out the BK18 Harpoon with the Black Micarta Handles and started using it for the first time! He could of used it during Critter Cutting Season on the Farm he lives with his Grand Mother with, but he saved it to work on that deer I brought over for the first deer to cut up he ever did with his favorite knife he wanted to use for the perfect critter cutting upper session. The nephew who did the um...passable Gutting, see I didn't say Disemboweling and yanking out the guts in to a pile, of course I had to point out it was his doing was watching as well. They grew up like brothers so their battle banter was all in good fun.
The Newphew, who lives with his grand mother, took and used his BK18 HARPOON pretty deftly. He skinned it using every part of the blade, the piercing pointy part (Forgive my Technical Tactical Typing if you can't understand the complexity of it), to pokie though the skin and tendons, and the curve of the blade worked well to skin the dastardly plant murdering deer in deft motions that a straight blade would take longer and more actions per flaying action on that Dastardly Deer that murdered many plants that gave us life sustaining oxygen. The trimming off of the hide and cutting of the connective tissue was done with greater efficiency of the curve belly of the blade where the whole of the blade was used and not just the curving front pointy end of the pointy knife. And where the piercing was needed, the piercing point of the pointy end of the pointy part, AKA the tip, was Very effective with greater control and precision with less energy to do those tasks. My other nephew, the passable gutter (It was his first time at it), also watch and was learning as I pointed out some things he said "Huh?" to. As his cousin translated it to more their "language" so his understanding oh how do the flaying...er carcus skinning and preping was done for hanging before critting cutting commenced. IE so my co-kibitzing observer would have an idea how to do it when his grand mother was going to make sure he knew how do it later on.
I asked the Deer Flayer how the BK18 HARPOON handle felt, he said it was great, gave him decent control felt comfortable and the black micarta handles made every thing more controlable. It was like an extension of his own hand when I saw him handling the BK 18 HARPOON. Well to an apprentice butcher telling me this I assume its a great handle. He seemed to be waiting to use the BK18 HARPOON for that "Special" first time using his favorite knife. He flayed that deer down to get it ready for critting cutting in to meat parts.
My Deer Flaying Nephew sure likes that BK18 HARPOON and saved it for his first real world hunting participation assistance in a family slaying tradition. He knew I was asking him questions on how it felt during his use of it, so I could understand what his thoughts and performance of it was like at the time of his using it, he understood my seeking of its technical performance. He liked the strong point and the saber grind of the blade, guess it was easier to grab and use over a FFL one. Oops meant to say "TACICAL!" technical performance. (We are all still trying to be the
[B]TOP TACTI-COOLIOS![/B] Aren't we? Was I suppose to add Edgey and EXTREME as well?)So the long of the short of it is...
The BK18 is the best all round Becker Tweener.
