Yesterday was the first day above freezing we have had in a while, so I jumped at the opportunity to finally use my BK9 and see what all the fuss was about. Full disclosure- my goal was to snap this blade in half; I wanted to see what the breaking point was in real use, not chopping a concrete block putting it in a vice and snapping it. I also decided to put it in a head-to-head chop off with my Fiskars X7, I will post the results of that in another thread. Long story short, this knife is unbelievable! I pounded it as hard as I possibly could and it never flinched! I chopped and batoned until I couldn't lift my arm, and there wasn't a single chip or roll in the blade, and it still cut paper easily. Now onto the porn!
Poised and ready for a showdown!
A little warm up to get a feel for her
Moving onto something a bit bigger, but still went through it like nothing
Now that we are warmed up, lets see if we can get through a fallen tree! This was a lot of fun!! Huge chips were flying everywhere!
Ok, she chops. But can she baton without snapping? Lets start with a 3" log first and see what happens..
It only took 3 whacks to blast through logs those size. But lets see what happens when she goes up against a monster!
I was hitting the baton as hard as I possibly could to see if she would snap. I got about 15 degrees of blade deflection and got a little worried....
But in the end, this was all that was left of that beast
After all that, still made fuzz sticks with ease
So all in all, I think I am in love! When I go backpacking this spring, I think a BK9, folding saw, and a folder/sak are all that I will need. I have a garage full of 4-5" fixed blades that will never be used again!
Poised and ready for a showdown!
A little warm up to get a feel for her
Moving onto something a bit bigger, but still went through it like nothing
Now that we are warmed up, lets see if we can get through a fallen tree! This was a lot of fun!! Huge chips were flying everywhere!
Ok, she chops. But can she baton without snapping? Lets start with a 3" log first and see what happens..
It only took 3 whacks to blast through logs those size. But lets see what happens when she goes up against a monster!
I was hitting the baton as hard as I possibly could to see if she would snap. I got about 15 degrees of blade deflection and got a little worried....
But in the end, this was all that was left of that beast
After all that, still made fuzz sticks with ease
So all in all, I think I am in love! When I go backpacking this spring, I think a BK9, folding saw, and a folder/sak are all that I will need. I have a garage full of 4-5" fixed blades that will never be used again!
