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JamesofArc said:
I don't collect knives i use them. I aint paying 260 bucks for a $90 knife. Making a limmited number and have people fight over them to make you feel like your a knife God is not cool. If your a good knife designer then back up your design by putting it into production so those that need it can use it.
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It’s not a $90 knife, it’s a $300 knife going for $260. Thanks for the heads up, I might grab that! I love limited edition knives! Maybe you should buy a production Busse!
 
It starts with ONE THING I don't know why ...

I didn't get excited over the 29 Moses because they were SO CLOSE to the 20 Bundok, which I did get a hold of. I went ahead and let mine go (my could have been BK29 Moses Bowie) to someone else. So, if that was you, you're welcome! :D

... it doesn't even matter how hard you try ...
 
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After reading all these comments and hearing most everybody say they like the 9 or some other number better I realize...........no i don't realize nothing because most here buy knives to collect. I know the bk9 probably chops better and the 9 also chops better than my Marine Raider but i do not trust it as much as my Marine Raider because its too thin to trust as my only chopping tool in my pack very deep in the woods. Thats why my intrest was in the 29. I like low priced, good steel, big, thick knives and was wanting the 29 to see if it could replace what i have. I am sure I could go to bark river and get something expensive and a great chopper but that's not in the cheap range.
Forget it, i dont care. I'm getting a Jarosz Chopper and if i dont like it then i will stick with my 1095 Marine Raider and hope it never breaks to where i would have to buy a 1075 model which just grosses me out thinking about a great knife being produced by a lesser steel. But it saves the company 3 pennys every 10th knife plus $10 on tool wear for every production run.
 
I take pride in the fact that this forum is one of the warmer forums filled with those who conduct themselves as ladies and gentlemen. I see plenty of other forums that digress into a battle of words, and I am sure most of the folks here would rather this place not become like some of the others that turn into shouting matches. We also show great respect for Ethan Becker, not because we see him a knife designing god, but because he has made tools that stand up to hard work, he is active on our little forum here, and those who have met him talk about him being a genuine and warm individual that respects others.

With that being said, I will say nothing to inflame anyone, but I must disagree. If you take some time to look at posts here, you will find that most of us use our knives quite hard...even the ones with limited numbers or that have been discontinued. There are quite of few posts that show the knives out in the wild getting used and getting used hard. There are even a few destruction test posts.

I ask in the nicest way I can, please refrain from repeated negative comments aimed at Mr Becker, or forum members. This is one of the rare places where we all get along, and that is the way we like it. Sure, anyone can have an opinion...and not everyone has to agree, but there are much better ways to disagree than inflammatory statements aimed at other people.

Just my 2 cents.
 
JamesofArc said:
After reading all these comments and hearing most everybody say they like the 9 or some other number better I realize...........no i don't realize nothing because most here buy knives to collect. I know the bk9 probably chops better and the 9 also chops better than my Marine Raider but i do not trust it as much as my Marine Raider because its too thin to trust as my only chopping tool in my pack very deep in the woods. Thats why my intrest was in the 29. I like low priced, good steel, big, thick knives and was wanting the 29 to see if it could replace what i have. I am sure I could go to bark river and get something expensive and a great chopper but that's not in the cheap range.
Forget it, i dont care. I'm getting a Jarosz Chopper and if i dont like it then i will stick with my 1095 Marine Raider and hope it never breaks to where i would have to buy a 1075 model which just grosses me out thinking about a great knife being produced by a lesser steel. But it saves the company 3 pennys every 10th knife plus $10 on tool wear for every production run.
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If you’re worried about your knife breaking in the woods, especially one thats already 3/16” thick, maybe you should think about an axe?? Right tool for the job and all that. Although people here do collect Beckers, many more actually do use their knives. I for one, will happily be using all my Becker’s while in the woods without any doubt on their toughness. As will many other great members here on this fine forum.
 
I admit, I collect tools. A knife is just that, a tool. So is a gun, and a road flare, and a fire extinguisher.
I also create tools. I repair tools. I modify them. Some day I might even sell some of them (again).
Having too many tools that might never get used is more satisfying than needing one which I don't have.
When I got my first knife, I carved a wooden knife. That's a true story.
(Then I had to find a sharpening tool for my knife.)
 
Most Beckers are used, not collected. Beckers aren't even that expensive, that's the appeal for some folks here. I've been trying to break a BK9 for years now, by batoning it through every hardwood log I can find. I have failed miserably. A Becker will stand up to anything you throw at it. If you're worried about breakage, well, I don't know what to tell you. Try some other brand?
 
Guys I am just playing around so dont take anything I say serious. I am just saying stuff as i go just to get more people posting.

Fact is i would like a 29 mostly just to see how it holds up compared to the greats like my Marine Raider but that is not going to happen so no big deal.

Hope no feelings were hurt. Good day.
 
tanglediver said:
I admit, I collect tools. A knife is just that, a tool. So is a gun, and a road flare, and a fire extinguisher.
I also create tools. I repair tools. I modify them. Some day I might even sell some of them (again).
Having too many tools that might never get used is more satisfying than needing one which I don't have.
When I got my first knife, I carved a wooden knife. That's a true story.
(Then I had to find a sharpening tool for my knife.)
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You collect Road Flares???
haha...sorry, I have an odd sense of humor... :P
(and I'm sure you probably Do collect road flares now that I think about it)
My dad had a Huge stack of them buried in the garage, back in the 70's... As a kid, all the neighboring kids, and myself thought they were a large stack of dynamite...….. *I hope they were road flares! Hmmmmm? :/
 
I collect road flares. It sets next to my toothbrush collection and toothpick collection.
Ok i am lying, i just wish I had a road flare collection.
 
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