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Let me introduce myself in this forum as well since it looks like I am going to be spending some time here!
In my youth in the 80s I had a substantial collection of knives. Diver's knives, Rambo style knives, a couple of the obligatory hollow handled survival knives and a bunch of others. As time went past, the collection dwindled to only one: a Glock field knife model 78 that I got in 1987.
This knife has been a constant companion years later. On long trips it was either in my bike's topbox or under my car's seat. A few weeks ago I ordered the CRKT FTWS and this seemed to kick start the whole knife fascination again.
I really like the whole bushcraft / camp knife idea and decided that my next knife had to be something utilitarian in that category. I stay in a town about 30km from the Kruger Park in South Africa - an ideal area to use a knife like this. Of course the BK2 came up in just about every internet search that I did.
I looked at the BK7 and BK9 as well, but finally decided on the Bk2 because of the problems with this knife: why? Everyone seems to dump the standard scales and sheath and then do something unique from there.
Correct my if I am wrong, but it seems that the Bk2 is probably the MOST modded and most often customized knife out there. I like the size and weight. I like the blade geometry. 1/4 Inch thick! I NEED ONE!
To start with I am looking forward to stripping the knife and making a pair of African Hardwood scales for it, followed by a nice leather sheath.
When I think back to the collection of my childhood, my favourite knife was a big dramatic diver's knife. It was the 'pride' of my collection.
BUT
The knife that I used by far the most was a butt-ugly knife that I got from a friend. It was a blade heavy 6 inch thing with a drop point and a black plastic handle. It came in a leather sheath that looks like the one used by the Ray Mears knife. It had "Jumbo" printed on it somewhere. Damn I miss this knife and I am sorry it's gone! I used it to chop stuff. I used it to dig holes. I used it for everything....
This is what I want, and what I am sure I will find in the BK2....
The only problem is that the other buggers in this country seems to have the same idea and nobody I contacted has any stock.
In my youth in the 80s I had a substantial collection of knives. Diver's knives, Rambo style knives, a couple of the obligatory hollow handled survival knives and a bunch of others. As time went past, the collection dwindled to only one: a Glock field knife model 78 that I got in 1987.
This knife has been a constant companion years later. On long trips it was either in my bike's topbox or under my car's seat. A few weeks ago I ordered the CRKT FTWS and this seemed to kick start the whole knife fascination again.
I really like the whole bushcraft / camp knife idea and decided that my next knife had to be something utilitarian in that category. I stay in a town about 30km from the Kruger Park in South Africa - an ideal area to use a knife like this. Of course the BK2 came up in just about every internet search that I did.
I looked at the BK7 and BK9 as well, but finally decided on the Bk2 because of the problems with this knife: why? Everyone seems to dump the standard scales and sheath and then do something unique from there.
Correct my if I am wrong, but it seems that the Bk2 is probably the MOST modded and most often customized knife out there. I like the size and weight. I like the blade geometry. 1/4 Inch thick! I NEED ONE!
To start with I am looking forward to stripping the knife and making a pair of African Hardwood scales for it, followed by a nice leather sheath.
When I think back to the collection of my childhood, my favourite knife was a big dramatic diver's knife. It was the 'pride' of my collection.
BUT
The knife that I used by far the most was a butt-ugly knife that I got from a friend. It was a blade heavy 6 inch thing with a drop point and a black plastic handle. It came in a leather sheath that looks like the one used by the Ray Mears knife. It had "Jumbo" printed on it somewhere. Damn I miss this knife and I am sorry it's gone! I used it to chop stuff. I used it to dig holes. I used it for everything....
This is what I want, and what I am sure I will find in the BK2....
The only problem is that the other buggers in this country seems to have the same idea and nobody I contacted has any stock.
