I realized something last night

The BK2 is my go to knife.
Not sure how I feel about the BK10 yet.
I'm a knife user, not a collector.
If I decide it's not for me, I will sell it to another beckerhead at cost.
 
...and I would gladly buy it! I love the 10. The thumb-ramp is one of my favorite features. Not picking a fight here, but I thought I'd like the 2 more. I do like it, but of all it's the least I prefer. It's a great knife and all, as has been stated repeatedly, but it's like a splitting maul with a sheath. I'll keep my 10 on my belt for normal stuff and the 2 in my pack for abnormal stuff. :eek: I know, right?!
 
heres the thing... the 10 was subtitled "Crewman" and not "Bushmaster Flash" or whatever for a reason, presumably. isnt it really more of a military knife?
 
Dunno, but I carried it in combat and it served quite well. I don't believe it to bet the end all be all for everyone, myself included, but neither is the 2 or any knife for that matter. I like all of em that's why I buy, buy, buy all the time. Except the 5, I'm still skeptical.
 
Had my 2 out today cleaning and burning brush up and what not around my old mans place. Needless to say I had the flame up to my chest before noon. That thing just hates wood like it was talkin' smack about its mama. :) Don't have a 10, but the 2 likes to remind me it's stronger than I am.
 
Murph, what were some of the things you actually did with your 10 when you were deployed and using it? We all know what we use the 2 for when recreatin' in the woods, but by comparing a totally (?) different set of needs and uses we might get closer to seeing where which one belongs.

The one thing that has jumped out at me from day 1 is that the 10 has a sharpish swedge, which is the opposite of what you want for batoning in the forest with a wood baton.
 
BRL said:
heres the thing... the 10 was subtitled "Crewman" and not "Bushmaster Flash"
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I've been struggling to come up with a name for mine. Bushmaster Flash. LMAO....love it. :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
 
BRL said:
heres the thing... the 10 was subtitled "Crewman" and not "Bushmaster Flash" or whatever for a reason, presumably. isnt it really more of a military knife?
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My memory isn't the greatest, but when the 10 first came out I think there was talk that it was designed as a smaller size more suitable for tank crews (who operate in confined spaces obviously) hence the name "crewman". Does anyone else recall this?
 
Blue Sky said:
My memory isn't the greatest, but when the 10 first came out I think there was talk that it was designed as a smaller size more suitable for tank crews (who operate in confined spaces obviously) hence the name "crewman". Does anyone else recall this?
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You can be a "Crewman" on a tank, helicopter, ship...its a term used a bunch. When I was a "crewman" on a Bradley Fighting Vehicle I would have LOVED to have a BK10, alas..I didn't know about Beckers back then.
 
gunknifenut said:
You can be a "Crewman" on a tank, helicopter, ship...its a term used a bunch. When I was a "crewman" on a Bradley Fighting Vehicle I would have LOVED to have a BK10, alas..I didn't know about Beckers back then.
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True, I am considered a crewman as an ATC. I wear the crewmember wings.
 
gunknifenut said:
You can be a "Crewman" on a tank, helicopter, ship...its a term used a bunch.
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You're right of course, but when the 10 first came out I believe they referred specifically to tank crews in discussion of their source of inspiration.

(Unless I remember it wrong, which is entirely possible. :o)
 
BRL said:
Murph, what were some of the things you actually did with your 10 when you were deployed and using it? We all know what we use the 2 for when recreatin' in the woods, but by comparing a totally (?) different set of needs and uses we might get closer to seeing where which one belongs.

The one thing that has jumped out at me from day 1 is that the 10 has a sharpish swedge, which is the opposite of what you want for batoning in the forest with a wood baton.
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BRL, my daily tasks could've and did include prying ammo crates open, raking glass from windows or doors, splitting wooden crates/skids for firewood once we established a firmbase, drilling holes in walls(not sure if it was drywall, but something similar) for comm wire, and really just a lot of oddball applications that one finds in an urban warfare situation. The best thing was with our new at the time MCMAP (Marine Corps Martial Arts Program) I had a good piece of mind going into a confined space with that piece of steel hanging at my hip.
 
Ok, Blue Sky's link confirmed my suspicion that the 10 is a short 7 for military folks operating in confined vehicle spaces. So a stubby fighting knife, basically. Which means it shouldn't really be compared to a Campanion in bushcraft duties, although it might be able to perform some of them.

I actually like the idea of a lighter, slicier but still beefy Becker since I typically don't do much heavy wood processing when I'm backpacking. I could see myself bringing the 10 sometimes. The 2 can get heavy...
 
It (10) is still 3/16 ths thick, that is not thin by knife standards. Actually a little on the thick side by Bushcraft knife standards. For example I have 4 or 5 Bushcraft knives and I think all are 5/32 thick.
 
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