Coming this Spring - KA-BAR Becker BK40 Folder

19-3ben said:
Perhaps let me do this, to piggy back onto my previous post.

Let's say that this new product rolled out as an Ethan Becker design, it has the same shape, same features, same exact design, but it is made in Taiwan, with D2 steel and G10 scales.

Would you buy one if those were the specs? Would you have received this product announcement more warmly?





I would buy at least one, and likely two.
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Yes, I would have. I'll go you one further, I most likely would have bought one. No problem with Taiwan at all.
 
Im thinking just some flitz. At the same time it doesnt change where its made and it kinda makes it dishonest. I donno.
 
I wish people would stop the China bashing BS. I get it, but how many times does it need to be said? I locked this thread up because it had ran it's course, then unlocked it when I found out they were released. Right back to it...
 
The Warrior said:
I wish people would stop the China bashing BS. I get it, but how many times does it need to be said? I locked this thread up because it had ran it's course, then unlocked it when I found out they were released. Right back to it...
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Some people just can't stop beating the dead horse.
 
The Warrior said:
I wish people would stop the China bashing BS. I get it, but how many times does it need to be said? I locked this thread up because it had ran it's course, then unlocked it when I found out they were released. Right back to it...
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Agreed. I want to be very clear what my perspective is and why I try to buy goods manufactured elsewhere. China makes some very good products, it’s nonsense to suggest everything coming out of China is inferior. Further, I find it reprehensible when some talk about Chinese people in a derogatory fashion. I have no time for racism. Whether thinly veiled or not, take that elsewhere. What I take issue with is the lack of workers rights, a living wage, and a lack of safe working conditions. I believe all workers deserve that. I try to apply a similar logic across the board on a global scale for all my purchases.
 
i hope i wasnt misunderstood. I wasnt saying china was dishonest. Scrubbing off china etch is, since it also says olean, ny usa on the blade. For all that didnt see the knife before that, it false advertises the knife as a usa made product. Kabar did right to have china on it. Obviously, if you buy the knife its yours to do what you want though.
Ill take some guns made in china any day of the week. Ive only met a handful of people from various asian countries. They have all been very fine people.

My tracking says its going to be awhile before it reaches me.
 
GeofS said:
What I take issue with is the lack of workers rights, a living wage, and a lack of safe working conditions. I believe all workers deserve that. I try to apply a similar logic across the board on a global scale for all my purchases.
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↑↑This is my problem. ↑↑ Make anything imported to the US have to be manufactured under the same safety and environmental standards we have to follow and I wouldn't have a problem
I know people who have went over there to help set up factories
 
The Warrior said:
I wish people would stop the China bashing BS. I get it, but how many times does it need to be said? I locked this thread up because it had ran it's course, then unlocked it when I found out they were released. Right back to it...
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I get it, and will politely now out from here on out. I understand the idea that this is the manufacturers home and negativity can be seen as rude and disrespectful. With that said, if everybody only commented on what the like about the knife at best, or simply remained silent, how would they ever know there was a problem or better yet, gain valuable information for future product decisions. Like others have said, I am not racist, and have nothing against Chinese people, but I don’t support their government or business practices. With that in mind, I avoid buying products from there when spending discretionary funds. No disrespect intended.
 
I ordered mine 3 days ago, never got a shipping notice yet. Supposed to ship in one or two days.
 
Mines been floating around virgina for a couple days. Wouldnt be bad if i still lived there. But now its on the other end of the country from me.
 
Ready to see some abuse threads... 8cr always seems to work well for use as a can opener in a pinch.
 
I’ve been using it hard for dirty work since it arrived two days ago. It’s been in mud and mulch and wipes off nice after. It’s really a solid no-frills budget knife.

Just tried to tinker a little bit to open her up. She’s held together with a T8 pivot and two T6 screws. You may need two separate bits and torx tools to open her up, you spin one screw and it moves the other side. That’s budget engineering, but on a positive side, it’ll allow you to center your blade easily.

I gave up mid-way once opened...

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Note the silver pin under the sharpening choil, it looks like it serves as the blades stop in both directions (I was wondering what was stopping it). Gotta give props where they’re due, nifty little engineering there. I didn’t want to lose it on my rug. lol

In case you’re wondering, I tried to add the stock screws back to see if I could make a BK40 slim (I was thinking about making something Mercator knife like) but the screws are too long without further modification.

Also, FYI the country of origin stamp on its spine is deep!
 
GeofS said:
In case you’re wondering, I tried to add the stock screws back to see if I could make a BK40 slim (I was thinking about making something Mercator knife like) but the screws are too long without further modification.

Also, FYI the country of origin stamp on its spine is deep!
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You've just reminded me that my plan was to make a shmancy replacement blade for the iconic handles... Guess I do have to order one after all.
 
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