New BK 11's out.

srobin59 · Oct 1, 2008

I have been loking around and was on the Kbar site and they have the new BK 11 on their site. I have also seen the new ones on ebay. There might be some online knife stores that have them at this time also. Here is the link. https://www.kabar.com/product_detai...egoryId=1,2,3,7,8,9&categoryName=New Products

barrabas74 · Oct 1, 2008

That looks interesting. Would be cool to try that White steel out.

texastonydobbs · Oct 1, 2008

I like my Camillus version better....

j williams · Oct 1, 2008

Im gonna wait for the US 1095 one to show up.:thumbup:

bladefrienzy · Oct 1, 2008

Me too, I wish I could snatch up a few of those becker blanks on Ebay, several on there now for those when $$ to spend.

chewbacca · Oct 1, 2008

I agree with williams. The price is a little too high for me on the laminated one, I will wait for the 1095 version.

ilbruche · Oct 1, 2008

I wonder how hard the White Steel is compared to the outer 410 stainless. Usually it is in the low 60's. I'd like to try this one out. If done properly it would hold an edge longer than 1095.

bladefrienzy · Oct 1, 2008

Is it actually laminated? I thought it was kinda like the Kershaws , but I could very easily be wrong.

mtnfolk mike · Oct 1, 2008

texastonydobbs said:
I like my Camillus version better....

i agree..:thumbup: these look pretty wild..

orrey45 · Oct 1, 2008

Wow, I was planning on getting on of these but thats a bit pricey. I hope the 1095 will be about half that.

Badge54 · Oct 1, 2008

What happened to affordable. I was hoping that KaBar would keep the tradition of a quality knife at reachable prices.

Hopefully this is just to launch the line and they come down.

Badge54

Fonly · Oct 1, 2008

Badge54 said:
What happened to affordable. I was hoping that KaBar would keep the tradition of a quality knife at reachable prices.

Hopefully this is just to launch the line and they come down.

Badge54

yea they will, this is just a high end run. the norms will be made of 1095CV, and afordable.

PB Wilson · Oct 1, 2008

ilbruche said:
I wonder how hard the White Steel is compared to the outer 410 stainless. Usually it is in the low 60's. I'd like to try this one out. If done properly it would hold an edge longer than 1095.

Is that the same White Steel (Hitachi?) that's commonly used in Japanese chisels and plane blades? If so, it could have great edge retention but brittleness can be a possibility. If it's in the high 50's like it said, it should be fine.