My idea for a Becker.

DerekH

DerekH

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I call it the Brutus. For slightly obvious reasons.

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Not a Brute, but similar enough to kinda stay within the realm of "Hey, that looks like a Becker." Quarter inch thick, ten plus inch long blade, and somewhere around sixteen inches overall. That big area near the notch? It always bugged me that I had to turn my knife over to strike a firesteel. I mean the handle is designed to be the optimum means of holding the knife, right? So now we got a little something to do some scraping, or even some light hammering when you aren't using the rear of it for more heavy duty work. Nice flat spine in case you swing that way. The tip has a slight sharpen to it to facilitate drilling, and to add a little badassedness to the overall look. I want to gut me a Chrysler with it.

Thoughts, ideas, suggestions for mental care, etc... lay 'em on me.
 
Hey, I've seen that, isn't that a Kershaw D2 Outkast?

LOL:D

Moose
 
I like it a lot. I would get one!
 
i like it. i'll like it better if it didn't have that swedge or whatever it's called on the spine near the tip. i don't like it on the bk-9 as well. if it was sharpened then i can see it acting like a dagger - improving the stabbing performance, but as it is it only hinders batoning performance but more so on aesthetics for me.
 
moosez45 said:
Hey, I've seen that, isn't that a Kershaw D2 Outkast?

LOL:D

Moose
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I ain't gunna lie, there might be a little truth to that. I was looking at gettng an Outcast after Christmas was over, loved the whole shape, but after reading the lackluster reviews, decided against it. I tried to kind find a compromise between the outcast and the Brute as far as overall shape though, and a few little tweaks here and there. 'Course, pretty much every blade shape has been done before, so I would be hard pressed to come up with anything even remotely new. Still though, I like it, and would love to have something like it since I can't get ahold of a Brute anymore. I likes a bit of belly on my knives.

:D
 
JV3 said:
i like it. i'll like it better if it didn't have that swedge or whatever it's called on the spine near the tip. i don't like it on the bk-9 as well. if it was sharpened then i can see it acting like a dagger - improving the stabbing performance, but as it is it only hinders batoning performance but more so on aesthetics for me.
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That area isn't that big, and the actual sharpened bit is even smaller, still leaving a good flat spot to pound on, but also having a bit of a sharpened tip. I went for a best of both worlds kinda thing there.
 
DerekH said:
I ain't gunna lie, there might be a little truth to that. I was looking at gettng an Outcast after Christmas was over, loved the whole shape, but after reading the lackluster reviews, decided against it. I tried to kind find a compromise between the outcast and the Brute as far as overall shape though, and a few little tweaks here and there. 'Course, pretty much every blade shape has been done before, so I would be hard pressed to come up with anything even remotely new. Still though, I like it, and would love to have something like it since I can't get ahold of a Brute anymore. I likes a bit of belly on my knives.

:D
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Well, yours has a full tang, and that is one up on the Outkast, but I'll be honest, my friend has one and he has beat the shit outta that knife, and its still good to go.

Brute would have to stand on a Machax's shoulders, just to kiss a BK9 on the ass, in my honest opinion.:D

Moose

Wadda ya wanna bet, Bladite will have something to say about this post:D
 
moosez45 said:
Well, yours has a full tang, and that is one up on the Outkast, but I'll be honest, my friend has one and he has beat the shit outta that knife, and its still good to go.

Brute would have to stand on a Machax's shoulders, just to kiss a BK9 on the ass, in my honest opinion.:D

Moose

Wadda ya wanna bet, Bladite will have something to say about this post:D
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It's the thumb ramp isn't it? I am looking now and that is what does it. Without it, it looked much more Brute-ish. I like sexy curves though, what can I say? ;)

What, is Bladite a huge Outcast fan?
 
DerekH said:
It's the thumb ramp isn't it? I am looking now and that is what does it. Without it, it looked much more Brute-ish. I like sexy curves though, what can I say? ;)

What, is Bladite a huge Outcast fan?
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Nope, Machax fan. He'll get around to it.

Yep, its the thumb ramp. I honestly think they are a waste on a big heavy knife. They don't give you anymore control and if you are doing fine work with a knife that weighs over a lb, you will need to keep that thumb wrapped for stability, not flying up on top of the blade. YMMV.

Moose
 
Here we go. That better boss? Shortened up that sharpened bit up top too. Still there, but not as long.

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DerekH said:
Here we go. That better boss? Shortened up that sharpened bit up top too. Still there, but not as long.
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Looks good to me, but its your knife, what do you think?

Definetly has that Brutish look about it more.

Moose
 
moosez45 said:
Looks good to me, but its your knife, what do you think?

Definetly has that Brutish look about it more.

Moose
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I like it. I had added in the thumb ramp cause like I said, I like curves, but I would rather a functional blade than a pretty one. Of course, at around 2 lbs 10 oz I don't know how functional this thing would be. Also, without the thumb ramp there is one less area to snag come zombie apocalypse time. Overall, I think I would buy it. Or maybe make it if I had the gumption. Or maybe pay someone to make it.
 
DerekH said:
It's the thumb ramp isn't it? I am looking now and that is what does it. Without it, it looked much more Brute-ish. I like sexy curves though, what can I say? ;)

What, is Bladite a huge Outcast fan?
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moosez45 said:
Nope, Machax fan. He'll get around to it.
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moose is going to be the outcast ;)

the Machax has *style*

the BK9 is ... well... a big chunk of sharp steel. no elegance ;)
 
DerekH said:
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this last one is coming close to an HI Pen Knife... which was designed by Dan Koster.

also close to his WSK ... which well, is very Pen Knife like :)

i'm pretty sure that Siegle also sells something in 5160 very much like your design. i bet he could be talked into making one ;) with holes/handle blank shaped for KaBar micarta even (that would be easy, and decrease the cost a lot, and increase the build speed)
 
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