BK2 Blade Profile & Handle w/ 0.188" or 0.165" Thick Blade

[kenk]

Has anyone ever discussed a Becker knife with the BK2's blade profile & handle, but using a 0.188" thick blade, or even a 0.165" thick blade?

With the 0.188" steel it would be kind of similar to Doug Ritter's RSK MK2 - which I'm pretty sure is no longer available. Truth be told, I actually have two Ritter MK2's.

I have a Camilus BK10, but like the BK2's drop point blade shape better, thus the Ritter MK2.

I truly like my BK16, but with my XXXL hands I think that I'd prefer the bigger handle of the BK2, BK10, ...

 

[The Warrior]

It's been discussed amongst us before, yes. I would love to see a BK2 in thinner stock. I too, prefer the drop point of the 2. I have the same problem you do, big hands.

 

[FAL'ER]

Yeah. We ask for all kinds of things.
I'm sure a 3/16 thick bk2 would sell pretty well.

 

[daizee]

Yeah. We ask for all kinds of things.
I'm sure a 3/16 thick bk2 would sell pretty well.

agreed.
0.165" would also be awesome and light for its size.

Some have modded the BK-10 to be close to that idea.

 

[trailbum]

That would be a great knife.

 

[Jonny1280]

I’d buy one or three.

 

[bearfacedkiller]

Yeah, not a fan of the 2 because it is too thick and too heavy. I have an RSK, great knife. I would like a thinner 2.

 

[FAL'ER]

While we're asking. Let's have it full flat as well, or are least a very high saber.

 

[The Warrior]

While we're asking. Let's have it full flat as well, or are least a very high saber.

 

[FAL'ER]

That's a knife people can get excited about.
Been awhile since there's been any excitement round these parts.

 

[FAL'ER]

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Thats a winner right there. People want that knife.
Seems like it'd be a no sh$tter to slam that out.
They've got the steel in the right thickness already, I'm sure Ethan would be good with it.
Hell, do a 1000 piece sprint run without a coating just to see how fast they sell.
When they sell out, give it a coating and make it part of the regular line up.
Call it the "Bk 81" or "Warrior drop point" or some dam thing like that.

 

[The Warrior]

Doubt it would ever happen, but it would be cool. The BK2, is a big seller the way it is.

 

[daizee]

How wide is the BK-2 blade, spine-to-edge, exactly?
Mine's up at the cabin, and I sold my spare...
Looks like it's exactly the handle-height, and measuring on my BK-7 it looks like 1-5/8". Can anyone confirm?

 

[FAL'ER]

Yeah. Gimme a min

 

[FAL'ER]

1 5/8, kinda blurry, and that's the Camillus serrated one.

 

[daizee]

1 5/8, kinda blurry, and that's the Camillus serrated one.

Cool, thanks!
Shd be the same, since it comes down to the bottom of the handle in all models, I THINK. And handles are interchangeable AFAIK.

 

[FAL'ER]

While we're dreaming,
.165 on some kinda modified mega tweener handle would be cool.
Width doesn't have to be 1 5/8 for that one.

 

[The Warrior]

How wide is the BK-2 blade, spine-to-edge, exactly?
Mine's up at the cabin, and I sold my spare...
Looks like it's exactly the handle-height, and measuring on my BK-7 it looks like 1-5/8". Can anyone confirm?

Thinking of grinding your 7 into a 2?

 

[daizee]

While we're dreaming,
.165 on some kinda modified mega tweener handle would be cool.
Width doesn't have to be 1 5/8 for that one.

Ooh yeah.
I do love fantasizing about these variants, and also about making prototypes.
Unfortunately, as I discovered with the Kepharts, once you deviate from the factory handle profile, you've bought yourself a LOT more work...

 

[daizee]

Thinking of grinding your 7 into a 2?

Nah, I'd start with fresh material.
10 years ago, I tried to make a BK-Kleaver, about 5" long on the standard handle (this was pre-tweeners, of course). We hadn't worked out our HT protocols for thicker stuff and it failed badly. It's still kicking around in the shop, all rusty somewhere. And to this day, I've still never made a full-size BK-handle piece despite having done a tweener-compatible and a bucket of '62-compatible blades.