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Do You Remember Your First?
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My first was the 9. I like big knives. I always think of that scene from the 1st Crocodile Dundee movie. "Mic he has a knife. Thats not a knife, now thats a knife. My second was the necker. Along with micarta handles for the 9. I just got a 2 about a week or 2 ago. I think the 7 is next along with micarta handles and a different sheath for the 2. Addiction is tough.
Dr Rez
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I am jusr curious do you guys whom own the BK2 often find it too thick for certain tasks? I have a Mk1 about the same length and have been considering a bk2 but the massive girth scares me for carving widdling and tasks that require a thinner blade.
No, I dont know about the regular factory edge but the convex BK2 I have is fine.
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Sure is, although I'd rather have a Two Hearted Ale
I hear ya on that one man. Two Hearted is one of my favorite IPAs by far.
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Ritter/Becker RSK-MK2 (AKA the BK12) was my first:
Got a nice BK14 now too:
Can't decide if I want a BK9 or BK15 next...
Is the bk12 out of production?
It looks great,ive been wanting one but cant find them.
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Yes,yes it is,and now i have a problem.
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DKibb..... Im sure this site is no help. Bunch of users here too. 
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I still have, and with the original box, my first Cub Scout knife made in 1946 by Camillus, and given to me by my uncle in1954 when I joined the Scouts. On a scale of 0 -10, its condition is still an 8+; I have always taken care of my chit.
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The 11 was my first. It actually helped cook my wife and I's first thanksgiving with our daughter (she was days old). It was a gift on the day my daughter was born. I know technically it is only worth what it is in metal, but it means a lot to me.
Next was the BK2. Found it new for SUPER cheap and jumped. Here it is upon arrival... I instantly fixed the sheath dangle issue.
within days...
I stripped the coating after it became pointless and this is the most recent photo I have... almost a year ago.
Have picked up a couple more amazing Beckers since then... but I will bore you no further...
Hooray for story time!.... and BECKERS!
Next was the BK2. Found it new for SUPER cheap and jumped. Here it is upon arrival... I instantly fixed the sheath dangle issue.
within days...
I stripped the coating after it became pointless and this is the most recent photo I have... almost a year ago.
Have picked up a couple more amazing Beckers since then... but I will bore you no further...
Hooray for story time!.... and BECKERS!
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Life... She was friends with a thieving so-n-so. When he went AWOL she felt it would be traitorous to still be around. Then she got into a new relationship and is happy with that guy, but he is NOT a knife-a-holic. And she is dealing with life.
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Wow, awesome thread! Loved reading the stories. I'm glad it got resurrected.
Anyway, I haven't owned Beckers for that long. My first one was a BK14 and in June I can say I've had it for one year. I still love the heck out of it.
It went through a few changes on the way, but nothing spectacular. It got stripped after a while, got unwrapped from its paracord and equipped with the zytel handle scales. I forced a patina on it to try some stuff out, but it wore off and came back just by using it. I put some stainless hardware on it as well. I also got tired of having to take the scales of to clean it, since it rusted under the scales quite easily. So I just spraypainted the handles with some black paint that is being used for fences. It's not duracoated or anything, but it seems to hold up just fine. I did not have to clean it underneath the scales in months. Most recently, I got an azwelke kydex sheath for it. The poor thing kept on dulling so I thought I'd fix that since she had already served me so well.
Here's a thread I made on the first 14 weeks I've had the 14.
And this is what she looks like right now.
Anyway, I haven't owned Beckers for that long. My first one was a BK14 and in June I can say I've had it for one year. I still love the heck out of it.
It went through a few changes on the way, but nothing spectacular. It got stripped after a while, got unwrapped from its paracord and equipped with the zytel handle scales. I forced a patina on it to try some stuff out, but it wore off and came back just by using it. I put some stainless hardware on it as well. I also got tired of having to take the scales of to clean it, since it rusted under the scales quite easily. So I just spraypainted the handles with some black paint that is being used for fences. It's not duracoated or anything, but it seems to hold up just fine. I did not have to clean it underneath the scales in months. Most recently, I got an azwelke kydex sheath for it. The poor thing kept on dulling so I thought I'd fix that since she had already served me so well.
Here's a thread I made on the first 14 weeks I've had the 14.
And this is what she looks like right now.
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My first was a 24, and I was 18....she was Irish, whole family were NYPD, and then I got drafted, she joined the IRA, and I haven't heard hide nor hair of her since.