Is there ever going to be a Becker folder? I would love one similar to the svord peasant knife. Seems like the only thing I'd consider if I would buy a folder again. I didn't pull the trigger on the sword only bc it's made of aus8 and It's not a becker.... To be honest. I trust my life w my knives. I'll just leave it at that.
-
The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details: https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is$300$250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.
I know this may have been brought up before...
- Thread starter SynSerp
- Start date
- Joined
- Feb 28, 2007
- Messages
- 330
A Bk16 folder would be AWESOME.
or an eskabar folder - though i think id prefer the bk16 folder (bk2 folder would be friggin hilariously awesome - someone did a rendering of it too)
Bk9 folder? Seriously though...I've actually come to appreciate fixed blades. Always had a folder since I was young. But a fixed blade is a much better choice for outdoors use. Don't get me wrong, folders have a place and a use. I just think for a hard use knife a fixed blade is the way to go. That's what I consider Ethan's knifes to be. Something you can use hard and count on. A Becker folder would have to be a tough knife to live up to the name. All that being said, if he made one I'd give it a try in a heartbeat.
NJBillK
Custom Leather and Fixed Blade modifications.
- Joined
- Mar 27, 2014
- Messages
- 9,594
I dunno... I have heard some rumors that a 1095 crovan friction folder might be in the works...
To be fair, the Svord isn't aus8, it is L6. A former bandsaw blade steel, easy to forge, tough with pretty good wear resistance. I picked one up for the misses and she likes it, took on a "pretty" patina since she uses it for food prep sometimes. Some bright pinks, purples and blues.
To be fair, the Svord isn't aus8, it is L6. A former bandsaw blade steel, easy to forge, tough with pretty good wear resistance. I picked one up for the misses and she likes it, took on a "pretty" patina since she uses it for food prep sometimes. Some bright pinks, purples and blues.
Last edited:
Haven't heard anything about that, but it's not like I have access to that sort of info. 1095 should make it less expensive, as would a friction folder rather than a super tough locking folder with sv357zxy super ultra steel.
Saw someone make a BK13 into a folder, that was neat.
I would have figured they would have used either 1095cv or D2 even if they did use a locking mechanism
I have brought this up a few times actually, but usually it appears that others don't love friction folders as much as I do 
.
But seriously. A friction folder is cheap, mostly because you're making a short tanged knife with folding handle extensions... most likely in grivory/zytel. Then maybe a washer or two, stop pin and two screws. Kabar basically could cut half of the handle of the BK14 off (the lower part), drill a pivot in the ricasso, and slap some of the scales on there and call it good.
Plus, because its a friction folder, people could "actually" respond "Becker Folder" for "best folding knife to baton with" type questions.
It seems to tick all of the kabar/becker boxes of things they like to be known for (mostly value, performance, etc) while not having to do anything different than they are differently (no lock face machining, etc).
Anyway. I've thought about getting a BK23 when they come out to experiment on. A tiny BK9 looking friction folder would be pretty sweet methinks.
In the mean time, I've got a peasant, and a peasant mini that I use quite a bit. That L6 is a pretty good steel as long as you're ok with its lesser corrosion resistance.
.But seriously. A friction folder is cheap, mostly because you're making a short tanged knife with folding handle extensions... most likely in grivory/zytel. Then maybe a washer or two, stop pin and two screws. Kabar basically could cut half of the handle of the BK14 off (the lower part), drill a pivot in the ricasso, and slap some of the scales on there and call it good.
Plus, because its a friction folder, people could "actually" respond "Becker Folder" for "best folding knife to baton with" type questions.
It seems to tick all of the kabar/becker boxes of things they like to be known for (mostly value, performance, etc) while not having to do anything different than they are differently (no lock face machining, etc).
Anyway. I've thought about getting a BK23 when they come out to experiment on. A tiny BK9 looking friction folder would be pretty sweet methinks.
In the mean time, I've got a peasant, and a peasant mini that I use quite a bit. That L6 is a pretty good steel as long as you're ok with its lesser corrosion resistance.
- Joined
- Jul 14, 2010
- Messages
- 15,417
I have found that ZT scratches my folder itches....
But a D2 BK24 folder would scratch some itches too.....
Oooooohhh.....scratch that itch......oooooohhhh....yeah.....
Sorry, I'll just grab my hat and be on my way...
Moose
But a D2 BK24 folder would scratch some itches too.....
Oooooohhh.....scratch that itch......oooooohhhh....yeah.....
Sorry, I'll just grab my hat and be on my way...
Moose
- Joined
- Apr 18, 2012
- Messages
- 774
I have found that ZT scratches my folder itches....
But a D2 BK24 folder would scratch some itches too.....
Oooooohhh.....scratch that itch......oooooohhhh....yeah.....
Sorry, I'll just grab my hat and be on my way...
Moose
I'm with Moose, a folding 24 OMG 👍
SALTY
Gold Member
- Joined
- Mar 19, 2000
- Messages
- 5,803
Making a Becker folder is probably a little more challenging than one may think.
It's easy to make a cheap folder of poor quality; there is no shortage of them.
While it may not be easy, it is far from impossible to make a high quality folder at a premium price point; they're not too difficult to find.
A folder can be made to be very rugged, durable and dependable if the target market for that knife appreciates the value of these qualities and is willing to pay accordingly - not only in price but in weight and bulk. Striking a balance of these oftentimes competing design criteria, at a style and price that will sell, is something that entertains spectators of the folder market/industry - and makes BF a popular handout place for us Knife Knuts.
I would suspect that of Ethan were to put his name on a folder that his design inputs would not be too far afield from what we see in his fixed blade knives: rugged, durable, comfortable for prolonged use and value packed considering the foregoing. One may chop wood, prepare food, skin & quarter, carve, whittle or judiciously baton for a half hour or more with a fixed blade knife; I would choose a Becker for those sessions. Folders don't seem to see the prolonged use, per event, that fixed blades see. If I'm doing food prep at camp for a while, out comes my BK-5. If processing wood for a fire, the BK-9 (or maybe the 4) will be in my hand. Skinning a deer? Where's my beloved BK-15? Disemboweling a Buick? Got a BK-3? While I very well may have a folder on me during these events, it would not be my go-to choice if a fixed blade was nearby.
Back to folders. Like most of you here, I always have a folder on me - except of course in a courthouse or some other restricted or controlled area. If a knife chore presents itself I use my folder and put it back in my pocket. To open a package, cut a cord, peel a peach, separate a sandwich or bifurcate a bagel are the favored feats for many a folder. Speaking for myself, the folder is a tool of opportunity contra to a fixed blade which is planned for and possessed either for a dedicated task or anticipated task (i.e. hunting knife) where they are more comfortable, more durable, more useful and thereby preferred.
So, I said all of that to say this: Becker knives are comfortable for prolonged use, purpose built for dedicated (though also varied and versatile) tasks, rugged, reliable and affordable. Accommodating these characteristics, as I suspect Ethan would, in a folder is not as readily attainable as it is in the fixed blades we have come to know and love that bear his name.
It's easy to make a cheap folder of poor quality; there is no shortage of them.
While it may not be easy, it is far from impossible to make a high quality folder at a premium price point; they're not too difficult to find.
A folder can be made to be very rugged, durable and dependable if the target market for that knife appreciates the value of these qualities and is willing to pay accordingly - not only in price but in weight and bulk. Striking a balance of these oftentimes competing design criteria, at a style and price that will sell, is something that entertains spectators of the folder market/industry - and makes BF a popular handout place for us Knife Knuts.
I would suspect that of Ethan were to put his name on a folder that his design inputs would not be too far afield from what we see in his fixed blade knives: rugged, durable, comfortable for prolonged use and value packed considering the foregoing. One may chop wood, prepare food, skin & quarter, carve, whittle or judiciously baton for a half hour or more with a fixed blade knife; I would choose a Becker for those sessions. Folders don't seem to see the prolonged use, per event, that fixed blades see. If I'm doing food prep at camp for a while, out comes my BK-5. If processing wood for a fire, the BK-9 (or maybe the 4) will be in my hand. Skinning a deer? Where's my beloved BK-15? Disemboweling a Buick? Got a BK-3? While I very well may have a folder on me during these events, it would not be my go-to choice if a fixed blade was nearby.
Back to folders. Like most of you here, I always have a folder on me - except of course in a courthouse or some other restricted or controlled area. If a knife chore presents itself I use my folder and put it back in my pocket. To open a package, cut a cord, peel a peach, separate a sandwich or bifurcate a bagel are the favored feats for many a folder. Speaking for myself, the folder is a tool of opportunity contra to a fixed blade which is planned for and possessed either for a dedicated task or anticipated task (i.e. hunting knife) where they are more comfortable, more durable, more useful and thereby preferred.
So, I said all of that to say this: Becker knives are comfortable for prolonged use, purpose built for dedicated (though also varied and versatile) tasks, rugged, reliable and affordable. Accommodating these characteristics, as I suspect Ethan would, in a folder is not as readily attainable as it is in the fixed blades we have come to know and love that bear his name.
Last edited:
Ethan is a knife designer. He can design and sell knives that aren't always going to tackle EVERY possible scenario. That's why becker knIves are so great is because he makes them to perform in a certain way. A 14 would perform in a task differently than a 2. Both have dons and pros to tasks but they can generally handle the same ones. Now, in that light I'm going to use this example in a bit.
I think short of Batoning and prying, a folder can handle quite a bit of abuse. This shouldnt exclude a becker folder from making it to market.
MY example I brought up is the design that Svord has used in their peasant knife. Where there is an extended tang that swings around and locks into place upon the handle. There's no locks and one bearing, two slabs of scales and CroVan. This doesn't seem to be a very complicated knife. That's why its been around for hundreds of years... Bc it's simple.
I understand production and explaining it IS good for people to get a grasp that this has to have a market. I just thought that if Esee can produce their first folder, becker could do the same and do it better.
A Becker multi tool would be pretty sweet too. Just throwin that out there.
I love a rugged knife, Ive enjoyed batoning, prying and push my knives an edge beneath their limits. To me, every tool has a task and a folder is a convienience, not a necessity. I would just really enjoy carrying a blade as comfortable as a Becker folder. Preferably a tweener-esque handle.
I love a rugged knife, Ive enjoyed batoning, prying and push my knives an edge beneath their limits. To me, every tool has a task and a folder is a convienience, not a necessity. I would just really enjoy carrying a blade as comfortable as a Becker folder. Preferably a tweener-esque handle.