BK4 still amazes me

[tman038]

Oh btw congrats Warrior on the mod status. It is well deserved.

 

[The Warrior]

Oh btw congrats Warrior on the mod status. It is well deserved.

Thanks man, appreciate it.

 

[91bravo]

Oh btw congrats Warrior on the mod status. It is well deserved.

Dubz has been kickin' ass and takin' names...

 

[Brad "the butcher"]

Love the 4 on my 10 acres up north, great bush tool
For the love of god don't cut those mature trees....you will regret it for decades, just maintain them....nice property needs some diverse foliage and character trees or its too sterile.

 

[19-3ben]

I love the 4. I have had BK9s and, I know it's heresy to say but... I sold them. Once i had the BK4 I just had no need for a 9. It is an amazingly versatile tool. Here are some recent pictures of her.

Edit to add: The skinny part up near the handle gets a nice 15DPS with 20DPS microbevel. The "sweet spot" we use for chopping in the round part of the belly gets a 20DPS convex. with that combo I can make clean wood shavings and use it as a draw knife, but at the same time chop with almost the authority of a hatchet.

 

[Roguer]

The BK4 has more blade parts to do more and different things with. Its one of things on a short list to take for me if weight is going to be an issue for a day or two outing. I don't SPEED HIKE to get from one point to another I like to go at MY SPEED, yes its slow, but then you don't scare every thing away and they look at what the pokie human is doing. Camp for me means more than a tarp over a slit trench filled with plant matter. Its amazing how many people find out how tasty oatmeal and raisins (no extra milk or water) can taste after a day of "Starving" and that cup of Folgers crystals coffie can be after they had their "Ration" of energy bar. The BK4 makes short work to get fire making material, other blades can do it, but when "weight Limiting" load outs the light saw and large blade does help a lot. The BK-4 is light enough to be a hip rider is another reason its handy when you need some thing more multi-toolie than your other blades. As I said its on my Short List on what to take, some times its not where I need it and I take another knife, but for the one large blade carry on the hip its one of the few I have I grab. Yes I take a smaller blade or two, but big knives can do little knife jobs, a hatchet when your tired I found can be a bit more dangerous in the hands of not so experienced or ignorant people.

And speaking of ignorant I admit I am one when it comes to the BK4, I don't know ALL the jobs it can do, for longer forays that aren't car based or boat based I grab the straight edge blades with no recurve for easier field sharpening as I am not very good at sharpening recuvers but with a pull through shaprener. Some times being protected by the shield of ignorance can suck.

 

[19-3ben]

I'll add to my previous comment, the only thing better than a BK4 is a BK4 AND a BK16.
I've said many times before, but from my own experience, there is just no better pairing, and I really feel like there is no reasonable knife task that can't be done with that combo.

If I'm not mistaken, i've heard Uncle E himself say that the 4 and 16 are his two favorites as well.

 

[Tanker 1/66]

I love the 4. I have had BK9s and, I know it's heresy to say but... I sold them. Once i had the BK4 I just had no need for a 9. It is an amazingly versatile tool. Here are some recent pictures of her.

Edit to add: The skinny part up near the handle gets a nice 15DPS with 20DPS microbevel. The "sweet spot" we use for chopping in the round part of the belly gets a 20DPS convex. with that combo I can make clean wood shavings and use it as a draw knife, but at the same time chop with almost the authority of a hatchet.


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I started using the 15 convex with 20 micro convex edge also. Really impressed with that combo.

 

[Guyon]

I bought a straight one.

 

[19-3ben]

I bought a straight one.

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What in the holy hell is that?!?!? Inquiring minds are very very curious.

 

[The Warrior]

I bought a straight one.

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Bend it back, dammit.

 

[91bravo]

A straightened BK4. I'd love to have one of those too!

 

[The Warrior]

What in the holy hell is that?!?!? Inquiring minds are very very curious.

Todd Hunt made a few.

 

[1066vik]

the Patrol Machaxe -- Todd made 10 blades, not sure if all of them have been sold yet.
pretty sure E has #1.

 

[knifejunkie1928]

The machax is legend. Favorite blade. Which is really a curse. Every time I try a different large blade I end up wishing I had my machax.

I think I'm up to 8 unique versions of users and I already have plans for 9 and 10. Starting to think of myself as a machax scientist. Obsession is an unhealthy lifestyle. I won't even bother to show you guys what I have on the wall...

Todd's patrol machax is super nice. I think he might have one or two spots left if you are interested get it now. Only 10 will ever be made.

 

[Bladite]

the machax is basically what started this sub-forum

might have a few :>

or one

and of course, mody oldy,

 

[Bladite]

 

[tanglediver]

Um, knifejunkie1928, uh, your sig line images kind of, um, remind me of NCC 1701.

 

[GeofS]

the machax is basically what started this sub-forum

might have a few :>

or one

and of course, mody oldy,

That gets my vote for pics of the day. Most impressive!

 

[19-3ben]

Todd Hunt made a few.

the Patrol Machaxe -- Todd made 10 blades, not sure if all of them have been sold yet.
pretty sure E has #1.

Very interesting. Is there any performance advantage to it being straight?

I can't imagine that Ethan would have designed the Machaxe with an offset handle if a straight one would have performed better...

I'm certainly interested. I could see getting one of these straight ones... maybe pimping it with some VZ scales...