Fixed blades

[M.McAlevy]

Is that Bog Oak?

That is gorgeous. She for sale or for show?

Yes, bog oak.

Thanks for the good words. This one is spoken for.

 

[SwissHeritageCo]

Was out for a walk with Grim in the woods.
Had enough time for a nice cup of tea

Last weeks snow melted away and left a lot of water everywhere

Found a quiet spot and prepared some firewood with the Becker BK-16

Some nice feathersticks to get the fire going

Grim enjoyed a snack

Flint and steel to get the fire started with some charcloth and birchbark

Love that glowing of the charcloth

Let the fire grow

And put my mug on

Cut some gingerroot for tea

Wait a few minutes

And tea is ready

Your dogs face is freaking me out. What is it with this place and human-esque dog faces?

Looks like a bro that was converted to dog form via witchcraft.

 

[hunterjrg]

 

[oldmanwilly]

 

[Barnacle-bill]

 

[horseclover]

When are too many, not enough? I did sell one of the EGW but it's like snacks.

Some of the long and the short of it. About half of my blades, a decade ago. Mostly fixed blades

An inventory is always pending and smalls take up less space

 

[Valken]

My interpretation of the famous Hmong knives of South East Asia.

Blades are L2 and Handle charred ash.

 

[SharpBits]

My interpretation of the famous Hmong knives of South East Asia.

Blades are L2 and Handle charred ash.

Those look great!

 

[Valken]

Those look great!

Thanks !

 

[RLB0414]

My interpretation of the famous Hmong knives of South East Asia.

Blades are L2 and Handle charred ash.

Great looking knives

 

[AntDog]

Not bad for a $75 slab of 1095.

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I plan on hacking up a bunch of wood for BBQ this weekend with that Böker. I’ll trade you update for update.

Here is my full, unabridged report on the Böker Wenger Tracker.

Few whacks with the wooden baton:



…..aaaand, it broke. It’s shït.





If you look closely you can see that it not only broke across the tang, it split lengthwise down the blade and tang as well.

This cannot be properly heat treated 1095. No way in hell. My wooden baton put dents in the damn spine.

Oh well, Busse Combat to the rescue. This one split the logs no problem.

 

[SpyderPhreak]

Here is my full, unabridged report on the Böker Wenger Tracker.

Few whacks with the wooden baton:

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…..aaaand, it broke. It’s shït.

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If you look closely you can see that it not only broke across the tang, it split lengthwise down the blade and tang as well.

This cannot be properly heat treated 1095. No way in hell. My wooden baton put dents in the damn spine.

Oh well, Busse Combat to the rescue. This one split the logs no problem.

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Holy crap, WTF! Will, that sucks dude! Sorry bro.

As soon as I saw the pics, I was like, is that a longitudinal crack??? Yep. Looks like cast pot metal.

ETA - What is the "1059" engraved on the spine? 1095 typo?

 

[KentuckyBlackBird]

Would ya'll call this a Puukko?

I’d call it smooth as molasses.

 

[Arathol]

Here is my full, unabridged report on the Böker Wenger Tracker.

Few whacks with the wooden baton:

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…..aaaand, it broke. It’s shït.

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If you look closely you can see that it not only broke across the tang, it split lengthwise down the blade and tang as well.

This cannot be properly heat treated 1095. No way in hell. My wooden baton put dents in the damn spine.

Oh well, Busse Combat to the rescue. This one split the logs no problem.

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Where did you get that? Made in China for sure, might even be a fake from the looks of it.

 

[AntDog]

Holy crap, WTF! Will, that sucks dude! Sorry bro.

As soon as I saw the pics, I was like, is that a longitudinal crack??? Yep. Looks like cast pot metal.

ETA - What is the "1059" engraved on the spine? 1095 typo?

I appreciate the sentiment! I was pretty bummed at first. Good thing I have some quality cutlery around to get the job done. That Busse went through the same logs like cheese with nothing to show for it but a couple scuffs in the coating. Still razor sharp even.

That “1059” is the serial number. They’re all numbered. It does say 1095 on one side of the blade.

1095 does NOT behave like that at all in my experience. I’m thinking about contacting Böker because I really expected better from them. Don’t know if they can make it good since these are discontinued. Don’t think I’d trust another one anyway.

 

[AntDog]

Where did you get that? Made in China for sure, might even be a fake from the looks of it.

Got it here on the forums. I don’t think it’s a fake at all, just a POS. If it happened to be a fake I’m 100% sure the guy I bought it from didn’t know. He would not sell something like that on purpose.

 

[John A. Larsen]

Here is my full, unabridged report on the Böker Wenger Tracker.

Few whacks with the wooden baton:

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…..aaaand, it broke. It’s shït.

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If you look closely you can see that it not only broke across the tang, it split lengthwise down the blade and tang as well.

This cannot be properly heat treated 1095. No way in hell. My wooden baton put dents in the damn spine.

Oh well, Busse Combat to the rescue. This one split the logs no problem.

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Looks like the marking on the spine is "1059", not 1095? John

 

[RPZIP]

I appreciate the sentiment! I was pretty bummed at first. Good thing I have some quality cutlery around to get the job done. That Busse went through the same logs like cheese with nothing to show for it but a couple scuffs in the coating. Still razor sharp even.

That “1059” is the serial number. They’re all numbered. It does say 1095 on one side of the blade.

1095 does NOT behave like that at all in my experience. I’m thinking about contacting Böker because I really expected better from them. Don’t know if they can make it good since these are discontinued. Don’t think I’d trust another one anyway.

Definitely give Boker a chance to address this. Highly unusual catastrophic failure for such a thick 1095 blade.

 

[SwissHeritageCo]

I want to say it was S Seedy Lot who always said properly treated 1075 was superior to 1095. Somewhere along the way 1095 got the reputation for being super tough but I'm unsure if the numbers back that claim up.

 

[shinyedges]

Here is my full, unabridged report on the Böker Wenger Tracker.

Few whacks with the wooden baton:

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…..aaaand, it broke. It’s shït.

View attachment 3078668

View attachment 3078669

If you look closely you can see that it not only broke across the tang, it split lengthwise down the blade and tang as well.

This cannot be properly heat treated 1095. No way in hell. My wooden baton put dents in the damn spine.

Oh well, Busse Combat to the rescue. This one split the logs no problem.

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I've broken my share of blades, I've never seen one break both directions like that. Denting from wood indicates it's soft, but cracking running both directions looks like a to hard problem. Some serious cluckery with that one.