Bk2 or Garberg?

Superjock said:
selling my BK2 and getting a Mora Garberg
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To me, that’s like saying: “I’m thinking of selling my chefs knife so I can buy this nice paring knife.”

I don’t own a BK2, and I believe there are better survival knives, but if you don’t HAVE other survival knives, why sell off your only one?

Carrying a knife capable of chopping dead hard wood (my definition of a wilderness survival knife), allows someone to gather dry firewood (chopping down a dead standing tree for instance) and gather shelter materials (delimbing tree branches for insulation) much more efficiently than with a smaller knife.

I personally always carry a larger fixed blade along with a smaller knife whenever I’m going into deeper woods and I’m not carrying a tent.

Don’t sell your only survival knife to buy a paring knife. ;)

ETA: For me, a survival knife in the woods often performs the same primary function that my pistol does: Weighing me down without actually being used. That’s as it should be and I’ve learned that I enjoy hiking with a little more weight and a lot more peace of mind.
 
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scdub said:
To me, that’s like saying: “I’m thinking of selling my chefs knife so I can buy this nice paring knife.”

I don’t own a BK2, and I believe there are better survival knives, but if you don’t HAVE other survival knives, why sell off your only one?

Carrying a knife capable of chopping dead hard wood (my definition of a wilderness survival knife), allows someone to gather dry firewood (chopping down a dead standing tree for instance) and gather shelter materials (delimbing tree branches for insulation) much more efficiently than with a smaller knife.

I personally always carry a larger fixed blade along with a smaller knife whenever I’m going into deeper woods and I’m not carrying a tent.

Don’t sell your only survival knife to buy a paring knife. ;)

ETA: For me, a survival knife in the woods often performs the same primary function that my pistol does: Weighing me down without being actually being used. That’s as it should be and I’ve learned that I enjoy hiking with a little more weight and a lot more peace of mind.
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Solid points made there! Seems like the BK2 and the stainless Mora Companion I bought yesterday would make a decent pair!
 
Superjock said:
Also, I can’t seem to be able to post in the selling blades for individuals section of the forum. Is it because I’m relatively new?
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If you end up deciding to sell your BK2 you have to have a Gold or higher membership to sell here that's why you were unable to post a for sale ad.

But they are very different knives you may want to hang on to the BK2 also.
 
JJ_Colt45 said:
If you end up deciding to sell your BK2 you have to have a Gold or higher membership to sell here that's why you were unable to post a for sale ad.

But they are very different knives you may want to hang on to the BK2 also.
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Thanks for the reply! That’s makes sense. I thought maybe I did something wrong
 
Superjock said:
Solid points made there! Seems like the BK2 and the stainless Mora Companion I bought yesterday would make a decent pair!
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Very much so! They should complement each other well, as the BK2 is hatchet-like with a thick edge vs the Mora that will carve well (you might need to thicken the edge slightly if carving very hard woods…).

Learn how to use a lanyard around your thumb to reduce fatigue in long chopping sessions, and how to chop efficiently with your Bk2 (by “making chips” as you would with an axe and not just hacking away haphazardly), and you’ll be amazed at how much work it’ll get done.

 
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I'm trying to like the Garberg but it's edge retention (at least mine) leaves much to be desired. I would keep the BK2 and get a Mora Companion or Companion HD if you feel you need the extra thickness.
 
sodak said:
I'm trying to like the Garberg but it's edge retention (at least mine) leaves much to be desired. I would keep the BK2 and get a Mora Companion or Companion HD if you feel you need the extra thickness.
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Stainless or carbon?
 
I have both and love both, I keep the Garberg in the zipper pouch of my lunchbox. The BK2 I keep in a junk drawer. I use the Garberg a lot.
 
The Kansbøl will do just about everything the Garberg will do for a lot less money. For the same dough as the Garberg, you could have the Kansbøl and the Green River 4215, for good food processing and Kephart-like handling.

Or, you could just get the knife I would choose over any Mora or the BK2, the Jääkkäripuukko 110.
 
Henry Beige said:
The Kansbøl will do just about everything the Garberg will do for a lot less money. For the same dough as the Garberg, you could have the Kansbøl and the Green River 4215, for good food processing and Kephart-like handling.

Or, you could just get the knife I would choose over any Mora or the BK2, the Jääkkäripuukko 110.
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I started another thread about this! Haha wondering if someone would talk me out of the Garberg and into the Jaakkaripuukko 110!
 
BK2 is overly heavy for its size with very little benefit. It is short so not efficient for chopping, over 6mm thick for a 13cm knife!! Becker makes up for it by having wider blade to get low angle grind for cutting performance, then again, more weight to compensate for something that shouldn't be. Controversial take, 1095 does not impressive me and all of the toughness from Becker series is from the thickness. Wear resistance is nothing to write home neither.

If it is for something longer like a BK7 or BK9, it would make more sense since you have more edge and leverage to actually chop with heavy blade. Even then, BK knives' goal is being close to indestructible, and utility as secondary. Much "survival"...
 
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