New Becker First Impressions

[sqoon]

These are indeed some of the nicer "work" pics I've seen around here... No offense to anyone else. Really great action shots. Better than watching a video. You make me love my BK2 even more, and make me jealous that I don't have a nifty tang extension on my Gen 1.

Very nice.

 

[Jake Bauer]

Dangit Mist. You should be hired by KABAR in their advertising/sales dpt. for your photos. Seriously, it was your review like this one on the BK7 a year or so ago that made me bite the bullet on mine, and now this one makes me want to buy another BK2!!

Please.. don't do one of these on the new magnum camp.

 

[Mistwalker]

Nice work. It's all true, too. I love the BK-2. What a beast of a knife!

Thank you.

Yep it's like a large-ish "pocket-beast", which actually fits my pockets on my cargo pants and BDUs just fine, which makes it even that much better. I usually end up relocating high retention straps such as this one. I have always lowered the retention straps on my old conventional leather Ka-Bar sheaths to make the knife break better on the hip. I really loved the dual retention straps on the Eagle sheath of the Ka-Bar D2 Extreme I gave my nephew as a going away gift when he deployed over seas. I would have likely removed the upper strap but he left it.

However I really do like this sheath as well as any I have seen and better than a lot of them. I love how the belt loop on the BK-2 is designed so that it will go over pretty much any possible belt buckle and that it breaks on the hip well even when the upper retention strap is snapped, those are both big pluses for me. In fact the one possible complaint I can muster so far is that the location of the rivets on the belt loop are forward ot the center of gravity of the knife, which is just barely forward of the first finger, which makes it handle heavy when in the sheath and the knife wants to turn and lay horizontal. I see this as no big deal really the sheath's retention is positive enough that I do not fear losing the knife, and because the pouch kit and cordage I add will counter-balance that weight. Also I think I am going to try to buy another sheath to experiment on with making it a a quick-release drop sheath like I did one of my Kydex Ka-Bar sheaths.

nice post! great pics. i'm inspired to go outside and baton my neighbor's truck in half


Bladite

It may take a while....and be rather noisy...but I think the BK-2 just might handle that

As always, great pictures that illustrate well taken points.

I like the way you evaluate blades and I look forward to reading your continuing comments as you use the knife more.

Thanks Knar, I am glad you enjoyed it/them.

I'm looking forward to it myself :thumbup:

Great review! Just further reiterating my need to get this knife.

Thank you, I've know for months I needed to get this knife. I wish I had gotten it sooner.

These are indeed some of the nicer "work" pics I've seen around here... No offense to anyone else. Really great action shots. Better than watching a video. You make me love my BK2 even more, and make me jealous that I don't have a nifty tang extension on my Gen 1.

Very nice.

Thank you for your compliments. I like doing some video, and I will probably do some video with this one, but I also like to do a lot of macro shots to show details.

It was the absence of the tang extension that delayed me in getting one to start with. I a sure my eyes lit up when I saw the new generation at Blade, that was almost as good as getting to interrupt Ethan's day and spend a few minutes talking to him in person. I would have gotten one then if it weren't for a money transfer issue that had me concerned about the trip home and kept me from spending anywhere near as much money as I would like to have spent.

Dangit Mist. You should be hired by KABAR in their advertising/sales dpt. for your photos. Seriously, it was your review like this one on the BK7 a year or so ago that made me bite the bullet on mine, and now this one makes me want to buy another BK2!!

Please.. don't do one of these on the new magnum camp.

Thanks Jake. I do take the occasional photo job here and there lol, even for some custom knife makers I know locally. I wouldn't mind letting my camera make a little more money here and there :thumbup:

Ah yes, the BK7, awesome blade in the field. I love my BK7, but I really like how this BK2 is less bulky, fits in my pocket and less visually imposing to younger students.

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[JUST1MOR]

Man, I knew I should have went to bed awhile ago . . . but no, I had to look one more time on here, should have listened to Sally . . .
Mist, I swear between you & Moose, the only thing Becker's can't do is fix breakfast for you, but I bet it's close. My 5.85 is telling me that a Becker just might be heading to Ohio after the first of the year. Too many people & too many posts & good reports about them say it would be worth it to have one. Heck, I bet if I did get one, ole' Moosez might just let me have my very own Becker club # . . .
Great shots, great comments once again Mist, thanks.
Be safe.

 

[Mistwalker]

Man, I knew I should have went to bed awhile ago . . . but no, I had to look one more time on here, should have listened to Sally . . .
Mist, I swear between you & Moose, the only thing Becker's can't do is fix breakfast for you, but I bet it's close. My 5.85 is telling me that a Becker just might be heading to Ohio after the first of the year. Too many people & too many posts & good reports about them say it would be worth it to have one. Heck, I bet if I did get one, ole' Moosez might just let me have my very own Becker club # . . .
Great shots, great comments once again Mist, thanks.
Be safe.

Lol, thanks man. Hey...no food this time, but no promises for next time

They may not do it on their own but they sure can help :thumbup:

This is my third BK knife, and I see more coming in the future They are definitely worth every penny.

 

[GRIM 62]

Great,now I want the Kabar version for the extended tang.Up to this point I've been quite happy with my Camillus BK2 for the last 8 or 9 years.Great write up on an awesome knife!:thumbup:

 

[Battle Creek Knives]

Mist,

With all the praise given, if I may offer just a bit of criticism.

The 5th picture down from the top, 3rd page bottom left corner there seems to be a piece of lint on the image j/k

You know I have the same exact knife, but yours just seems so much better:thumbup:

take care,

 

[Mistwalker]

Great,now I want the Kabar version for the extended tang.Up to this point I've been quite happy with my Camillus BK2 for the last 8 or 9 years.Great write up on an awesome knife!:thumbup:

Sorry man, my first 2 Beckers had the tang extensions and I just got used to them....

Thanks, glad you enjoyed the write-up!

Mist,

With all the praise given, if I may offer just a bit of criticism.

The 5th picture down from the top, 3rd page bottom left corner there seems to be a piece of lint on the image j/k

You know I have the same exact knife, but yours just seems so much better:thumbup:

take care,

Thanks man, I'll try to remember to clean the lens better first next time :thumbup:

Lmao.

 

[blade1981]

great review and awesome pics man,im taking my bk2 to the smoky mountains in tennessee in a couple of weeks to put it to some serious work.your pics make me wanna run outside in the dark an chop a tree down with it right now lol.

 

[JV3]

awesome review, brian. i think you just caused at least 10 guys to buy a bk-2 after reading this!

 

[Mistwalker]

great review and awesome pics man,im taking my bk2 to the smoky mountains in tennessee in a couple of weeks to put it to some serious work.your pics make me wanna run outside in the dark an chop a tree down with it right now lol.

Thank you. The Smokies are an awesome place to go camping, I love it up there. I'm at the southern end of the same temperate rain forest, the BK2 is a great tool for that environment.

awesome review, brian. i think you just caused at least 10 guys to buy a bk-2 after reading this!

Thanks man, glad you enjoyed it!

 

[cody1]

Nice pics, Mist. I am happy that I have a BK2 in both of the Kabar Generations. They are awesome. Huge improvement to the sheath, between 1st and 2nd generations. Still ambidextrous, but much better design.

 

[Claudiasboris]

An excellent review as always Mist. For me, your posts are required reading, both here and on BCUK. I like the way that you show technique while reviewing cool sharp things.

The BK-2 is high on my wish list as my first Becker, though all of the others keep shouting at me too. Far too many good knives out there!

Claudiasboris

 

[Mistwalker]

Nice pics, Mist. I am happy that I have a BK2 in both of the Kabar Generations. They are awesome. Huge improvement to the sheath, between 1st and 2nd generations. Still ambidextrous, but much better design.

Thanks Cody, glad you enjoyed it. Don't recall the first gen sheath at the moment, but I'm really digging this one :thumbup:

An excellent review as always Mist. For me, your posts are required reading, both here and on BCUK. I like the way that you show technique while reviewing cool sharp things.

The BK-2 is high on my wish list as my first Becker, though all of the others keep shouting at me too. Far too many good knives out there!

Claudiasboris

Thanks Claudias, I'm glad you rnjoy them.

I'm loving the BK-2. Once I have more material in habd for an actual review I'll definitely be putting one up over there too :thumbup:

 

[imaginefj]

Great post! What knife is in your avatar? There is on in mine too although it is long gone. Not real wild about SR77 or whatever it was.

 

[Moosez45]

Great post! What knife is in your avatar? There is on in mine too although it is long gone. Not real wild about SR77 or whatever it was.

Fiddleback Forge Bushfinger. Only one like it. Has a tang extension, and thinner blade than the ones you can get now.

Moose

 

[Mistwalker]

Fiddleback Forge Bushfinger. Only one like it. Has a tang extension, and thinner blade than the ones you can get now.

Moose

Yep, mine was the first one, and it is technically one of a kind...like me