Here's a repost of the bk4 I just posted on BCUSA. Hope ya'll enjoy.
I was lucky enough to recieve a becker BK4 at the beckerhead gathering this past weekend(Thanks again Ethan!) and wanted to see how well it did at the typical camp tasks.
Here is a comparison pic with the BK5, the bk4 is alot smaller than I was picturing in my head, but it's still a beast.
Chopping. Outchops all my other knives, only belt sized tool I own that chops better is the wetterlings hatchet.
It did well for carving, better than most tools its size. Only thing I didn't like is how the blade is curved right where I carve, nothing major, easy to get used to.
Fishing spear, no problems with this.
Did fine for batonning, not a big piece of wood but through a knot.
When I was talking to Ethan about putting this thing through the paces he told me to try using it as a drawknife. I was thinking, "WTF do you use a drawknife for, making bows or something?". Rather than doing the smart thing and putting the internet to use to find out what draw cutting is all about I just tried it out. Turn out you can make some great feathersticks with this method.
Fairly fat stuff here.
Putting the feathersticks and fatlighter to use.
Overall I think it's a great tool, paired up with the small Remora there's nothing you can't do. If you don't mind this big boy hanging off your leg or you're in the market for a large knife definetly take a look at this thing.
I was lucky enough to recieve a becker BK4 at the beckerhead gathering this past weekend(Thanks again Ethan!) and wanted to see how well it did at the typical camp tasks.
Here is a comparison pic with the BK5, the bk4 is alot smaller than I was picturing in my head, but it's still a beast.
Chopping. Outchops all my other knives, only belt sized tool I own that chops better is the wetterlings hatchet.
It did well for carving, better than most tools its size. Only thing I didn't like is how the blade is curved right where I carve, nothing major, easy to get used to.
Fishing spear, no problems with this.
Did fine for batonning, not a big piece of wood but through a knot.
When I was talking to Ethan about putting this thing through the paces he told me to try using it as a drawknife. I was thinking, "WTF do you use a drawknife for, making bows or something?". Rather than doing the smart thing and putting the internet to use to find out what draw cutting is all about I just tried it out. Turn out you can make some great feathersticks with this method.
Fairly fat stuff here.
Putting the feathersticks and fatlighter to use.
Overall I think it's a great tool, paired up with the small Remora there's nothing you can't do. If you don't mind this big boy hanging off your leg or you're in the market for a large knife definetly take a look at this thing.
