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BK4 vs. BK9

TravisH said:
and gave Ben his first BK9 on his 13th birthday. Hence Ben's long lasting affair with the 9, accumulating in that historic saying.
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The lighting hitting the key/kite was just a story. He was trying to harness the power of the BK9.
 
What's really gonna blow your mind is when you realize what exactly George Washington chopped down the cherry tree with…
 
I don't know if you guys know this, but rumor has it that Daniel Boone's hat was actually made from a pelt of the fearsome Tennessee Grivor.
 
I don't know why I feel the need to chime in here......BK4 vs. BK9? Why? I mean, they can co-exist.....Obviously the 4 is curvier, and the 9 is a bigger number, so....really it's apples and oranges - except for the handles, which are peaches - so I guess I kind of agree with what everyone else is saying, mostly. Maybe just split the difference and get the closest integer, the BK5. It's even differenter than the other two. But that way, you'll have 50% more fruit to choose from. Yeah.....get the Becker. That's really gonna be your best option. Certainly can't go wrong with the BK(X). See? You never thought you'd need algebra, did you? Just solve for "X" and you've got your answer.
 
If you've ever felt like you missed the boat not buying a Brute (boy do I!) then don't let that feeling happen again a few years from now when you get a strong, curious itch for a BK4. The King isn't going anywhere, and you'll no doubt end up with one at some point. But right now the BK4 is less expensive, and on the way out the door. Things like wrist angle, ease of sharpening, and finding that sweet spot can sort themselves out later. The Machax is a sweetheart, and you'll kick yourself if you miss your chance.
 
That's why the BK9 is so awesome. He's been working on it for millennia. He almost had it ready near the end of the Roman empire, but not quite in time...
 
It was not ready at the end of the Roman empire, and then the empire fell.
Post hoc ergo propter hoc?
 
19-3ben said:
It was not ready at the end of the Roman empire, and then the empire fell.
Post hoc ergo propter hoc?
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Yes to the first sentence, no to the second. He didn't have it in time to save the empire, which it would have. Because it's The King.
 
Well that's why the second makes sense.

The empire fell because the BK9 wasn't ready yet.

After this, therefore because of this.
 
19-3ben said:
Well that's why the second makes sense.

The empire fell because the BK9 wasn't ready yet.

After this, therefore because of this.
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No, a lack of the Bk9 didn't cause their fall, but the BK9 would have prevented it from falling if they had had it.

It's like if I uncovered a plot to rob a bank, and so I went to the bank to stop the robbery but didn't get there in time. My being late didn't cause the robbery, but had I arrived earlier I could have prevented it.


And Sean Connery was there doing a terrible job of passing himself off as a Spaniard.
 
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Gotchya. Makes sense and you're right.

either way, I think we all know that if the Romans had the BK9, we'd be typing in Latin.
 
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