Camping with my BK2

[John G]

My girlfriend and i went camping this weekend at Letchworth State park. My Becker BK2 came along too.

Here's my BK2 mounted on my old army ruck. I picked thisknife up from Toooj at this summer's WNY get together.:thumbup:

The mint tin fire kit.

My little fire kit: a DP Knives tin knife w/some fatwood and a Bic lighter.

The BK2 saw plenty of action, splitting firewood from Thursday afternoon up until Sunday morning's coffee fire.

These were my go-to wood splitting pals. The axe is an old Bridgeport Boy Scout hatchet.

All that split wood went to good use. I don't build my fires tall and bright, but I do build them low and hot for cooking.

Chorizo and spanish rice w/squash, zuccini, and bell peppers.

Corned beef and cabbage w/baby carrots and potatos. Hot dang this was a good meal.

The BK2 also helped me start a spoon carving project.

The BHK scandi took over from here.

We had a great time, and had enough time Sunday morning to brew up one last pot. To quote Bob Dylan, "One more cup of coffee for the road."

Thanks for looking!

 

[Flexxx]

Cool, good food and nice spoon bro....

 

[Captain28]

Looks like a great trip.

 

[Junglas]

whoa that's some serious camping food!!!!!!!!! Thanks for sharing. Makes me want to pick step up my cooking

 

[s7brad]

cool spoon! I really like that old hatchet

 

[Tomchung]

Good deal!!!! and now I am hungry

 

[B.Mauser]

Nice pictures. That food does indeed look great.

 

[Liveitloud]

Good looking food and knives. How do you like that boat tail? What kind of sheath are you keeping your 2 in?> Nice!

 

[clich]

Very very nice

 

[BRL]

Great photos and that's some serious camp food there. Nice spoon, too!

What's the double-bit hatchet? Still looking for one to flesh out my Nessmuk trio.

 

[Klutz]

Awesome camp food and hardware you got goin' there. Looks like it was a good time.

 

[tradewater]

Good looking sharps and awesome camp fare. Made me hungry as hell.

 

[John G]

Thanks, guys! We had a blast.

@Liveitloud: the BHK Boattail scandi is a great knife. It can really carve wood, and the full-sized handle is really nice to have. The sheath I use for my BK2 is a Spec-ops given to me by a friend. It works just fine. :thumbup:

@BRL: the little hatchet is a Kentucky belt axe. It's not a double-bit, but I can see how it looks like that in these pics. Just one edge on this one, as the other side is a hammer poll. It is small but handy.

 

[John G]

Here's a few more pics, from my girlfriend's camera.

Me, prepping the fire.

Me, entranced by the fire.

The Genesee River gorge.

Middle Falls

Upper Falls and train trestle.

We'll be back!

 

[Taonari]

Thanks for sharing all the pictures and your experience. I am itching to go camping with the BK2 I ordered!

 

[jacksterp]

Must say that trip makes me very envious and I just got back from a couple days out with my BK7.

Beautiful pics, food and girl. Couldn't ask for more.

Thanks for posting!

 

[TwinStick]

Hey there John G, I know you ! LOL Nice pics & nice food. Thanks for sharing. I have many of those same pics of Letchworth. Good stuff. I did end up w/one of those Kentucky Belt axe's, from the STT show at LSP.

 

[trailbum]

Great pics, looks like a good time.