Campanion design based on MOD knife?

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On another forum a member claims that the BK2 Campanion is based on the MOD Knife.

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That is different than the understanding I had. Just historical curiosity, interested in how a knife design comes to be. IMHO the BK2 is the best field knife I have even over all the other Beckers
 
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$123! Ouch. Now you know how we feel over here paying lots for American knives.

From what Moose and Ethan have said, Ethan got a MOD knife back in the '80s, wasn't too impressed and cut it up to make it into a Companion! Whether he would've designed the BK2 without having a MOD knife is another matter though.

I do believe that the MOD knife has evolved over the years and may not be the same beast that is now available from dealers, but I don't know the full story.

I've posted a couple of threads comparing Beckers with my MOD knife.

HTH.

Claudiasboris
 
Yes, the BK2 was cut out of a MOD MKI Survival knife. Ethan bought one and just knew there was a good knife in there somewhere. Check the Equip2Endure Youtube video interview with Ethan at PWYP last year. The entire interview is based on the BK2, and Ethan's thoughts on it. There are 4 parts and they are all very interesting and good to watch. I strongly recommend them.

Moose
 
and these days people are cutting up perfectly good BK2 and BK7s to get the knifes they wanted :)

what goes around... goes around some more...

CONFIRMED!
 
To save you the trouble of looking for it, here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7BgFtT69WE

When I first saw a BK-2, I thought it looked somewhat similar to a MOD 4. Now, years later, we hear Ethan talk about how the design of the BK-2 came from his disappointment in a MOD 4 he bought. It was "ground like a cold chisel", wouldn't hold an edge, and trying to reprofile it removed most of the differentially heat treated edge. So he combined the MOD 4 and the classic Loveless drop point shapes, a slicing edge, and the handle he had designed for the Machaxe, his first design, and created his second, the BK-2. In one of the later parts of the interview, I think he names the knifemaker friend who dubbed it "the perfect tool for field dressing a Buick". LOL. Enjoy all four parts, including the part where he empties his pockets to show his EDC.
 
marantz said:
To save you the trouble of looking for it, here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7BgFtT69WE

When I first saw a BK-2, I thought it looked somewhat similar to a MOD 4. Now, years later, we hear Ethan talk about how the design of the BK-2 came from his disappointment in a MOD 4 he bought. It was "ground like a cold chisel", wouldn't hold an edge, and trying to reprofile it removed most of the differentially heat treated edge. So he combined the MOD 4 and the classic Loveless drop point shapes, a slicing edge, and the handle he had designed for the Machaxe, his first design, and created his second, the BK-2. In one of the later parts of the interview, I think he names the knifemaker friend who dubbed it "the perfect tool for field dressing a Buick". LOL. Enjoy all four parts, including the part where he empties his pockets to show his EDC.
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And that pocket dump is not an exaggeration either, he really carries all that, everywhere, daily.

Moose
 
Claudiasboris said:
I've posted a couple of threads comparing Beckers with my MOD knife.
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Links please would like to read what you wrote.

Moose45 I heard more redesigned to replace a "horribly disappointing knife" to use Ethan's words is more accurate than to say a BK2 was cut out of a MOD. I know probably just semantics.

Thanks for all the input. GREAT link BTW. Now I have a bit more knowledge thanks to you all. Wish I knew how to save You Tube videos to my hard drive.
 
Hey Long Rider........

The MOD 4 was certainly the inspiration of the Two....I have been serially disappointed with the steel/heat treat/edge profiles of "issue" British knives.....I love the 'PARA' knife in theory but reality is unfortunate....more on that in years to come, I hope......I truly feel that a soldiers knife must be first and foremost a fieldcraft knife and the British blades have universally crummy fieldy characteristics.....They got no slice, they got no dice and they are just a bit too sharp to use as hammers.....Actually most decent hammer heads have better steel and heat treat........I really sometimes question the Brits commitment to their soldiers well being....

WOW did I get on a rant or what?????.......

Anyhoooo, did this answer the question ?????....

All Best.....

ethan
 
Hey Marantz.....

The field dressing a Buick quote came from an old friend who is now most unfortunately deceased---The late Chuck Karwan who wrote, and wrote well, about both guns and knives.....He was a great raconteur, a true scholar and firearms expert.....I really miss the big guy.....I only saw him at shows but had many a meal made memorable by his presence and insight.....Several of those discussions about blades have heavily influenced my continuing struggle to get knife design "right"......

All Best......

ethan
 
Thanks, Ethan. Sorry, I didn't want to go through the other three parts of the interview to recall the name. I recall a lot of good articles in gun and knife mags by Chuck. Thanks for the reminder, Ethan, and thank you, Chuck for the stories. RIP.
 
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