My buddy has 60 pounds on me, so when we were standing around the camp fire with a couple cold ones and he decided to wrestle, I knew I was going for a ride. But I'm craftier from my back and baited him with a gogoplata so that he would defend it and in the process position me for a triangle choke. Of course, given his strength advantage, he would try to slam his way out, but I'd latched on and would certainly get the tap eventually. Luckily, my other buddy, interrupted the action and I shudder to think about what would have happened if he hadn't.
My trusty Mora, jostled out of it's worn out sheath, had come loose and was standing straight up at my side, waiting to impale me on its point. *shudder*
It was time for a new everyday fixed blade, and one with some reliable sheath retention.
Having recently purchased a Condor Lochnessmuk for tree limbing I decided on their Rodan model which is basically a poor man's bk2. I ordered from Amazon but cancelled realizing that the area between the blade and the handle was going to bother my OCD, so I started looking dreamily at the Becker's despite them being outside my price range.
By some twist of fate, the BK15 was significantly cheaper than the other tweeners, I believe by accident, since it was 25 dollars more when I checked back moments after ordering. Either way, I was excited enough to refuse the free shipping and pay a couple dollars to get it faster.
It arrived today and I'm a convert. I spent 5 hours this afternoon carving maple handle scales before cracking one in half while mounting it (it was my first time making these, disappointing, but I learned a lot).
Here it is with its new family, the Condor I mentioned and a neck knife by Nighthaxen and a fixed blade by Austin Goldman, both bladeforums members I admire and support in my little way.
And another pic during my failed handle scale project. Tomorrow's another day.
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Bah, my internet is only through cell phone towers out here in the bush and isn't as enthusiastic as I am to upload pics. I'll post them later and my story now, before I screw up and have to retype this for the fourth time.
My trusty Mora, jostled out of it's worn out sheath, had come loose and was standing straight up at my side, waiting to impale me on its point. *shudder*
It was time for a new everyday fixed blade, and one with some reliable sheath retention.
Having recently purchased a Condor Lochnessmuk for tree limbing I decided on their Rodan model which is basically a poor man's bk2. I ordered from Amazon but cancelled realizing that the area between the blade and the handle was going to bother my OCD, so I started looking dreamily at the Becker's despite them being outside my price range.
By some twist of fate, the BK15 was significantly cheaper than the other tweeners, I believe by accident, since it was 25 dollars more when I checked back moments after ordering. Either way, I was excited enough to refuse the free shipping and pay a couple dollars to get it faster.
It arrived today and I'm a convert. I spent 5 hours this afternoon carving maple handle scales before cracking one in half while mounting it (it was my first time making these, disappointing, but I learned a lot).
Here it is with its new family, the Condor I mentioned and a neck knife by Nighthaxen and a fixed blade by Austin Goldman, both bladeforums members I admire and support in my little way.
And another pic during my failed handle scale project. Tomorrow's another day.
...
Bah, my internet is only through cell phone towers out here in the bush and isn't as enthusiastic as I am to upload pics. I'll post them later and my story now, before I screw up and have to retype this for the fourth time.
