new BK-2: break-in?

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flivver

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My new BK-2 should be arriving this week... It's my first Becker. Do I need to do anything to/with it, to break it in right? Clean, oil, something else? I intend to try it out on a tree that fell in my back yard the last time storms blew through... Want to be sure I don't do something that's going to hurt the blade from the get-go, though.

Thanks!
 
I don't personaly have a becker (yet) but I don't think you can hurt the BK2...without trying to that is.
 
First off, welcome to the forum and enjoy your stay. There are good people here.

Luckily, knives are pretty simple (no moving parts on fixed blades, etc), so there isn't really a break in process other than just using it.

So I would just go ahead and attack that tree that was downed. And remember, pics, or it didn't happen ;).
 
Here's how you break in a Becker bk2: (pay attention and follow these steps carefully).

1. Unbox. Take pictures (without taking pictures and posting them in the Becker forum you will never unleash the full campanion power)
2. Admire and give thanks. Thanking the knife gods will protect you from stitches, and thanking ethan Becker for designing the knife is just being polite. Post pics
3. Shave hair off your arm. Another sacrifice to the knife gods, and bk2s like to eat hair. Post pics
4. Baton/chop through a battleship, or automobile, or a tank whatever you have on hand. If you don't have any of those things then wood will do.
5. give thanks again after the wood has been processed and is now keeping you warm/cooking your food/out of your way
6. Shave arm again
7. post more pictures
8 buy more beckers


Those are the steps on how you properly break in a bk2. Now off with you, go sit by the mailbox......it isn't here yet wtf!
 
put blue loctite on the threads and re-tighten the handle bolts.
 
JV3 said:
put blue loctite on the threads and re-tighten the handle bolts.
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+1

You might want to add a lanyard for some added safety. Otherwise just get comfortable with it and enjoy.

Welcome to the forums.

Jeremy
 
Gawd, this place is gettin' better and better. :D

Welcome flivver. Your BK2 is ready to go outta the box. The sheath lock will be tight, be sure and use your thumb on the pushramp to assist in freeing the blade.

Check to make sure the handles are flush and fit. If you don't loctite the screws (I don't), then just crank them down REAL tight, and you are good to go.

Glad you got a BK2, it will be a faithful campanion for all your adventures, misadventures, or just basic life.

Wo0t!!! BK2 Holla'!!!!!

Moose
 
never wash it

do not strip it

make sure it tastes blood soon, they hunger

don't leave it in sunlight

find out where olean, ny is from your location, as well as ethan's place. incline the knife towards both places at least hourly while chanting :)

buy more Beckers - they are pack animals ypu know
 
The first batoning is considered the "break in" period, you should change the oil after this. Then your good to go for a good 3000 whacks. If your using synthetic it's a whole different story... ;) welcome to the Beckerland
 
Welcome to the campfire! Good choice on the BK2, it will serve you well for a lifetime.

Bladite had a little typo, what he ment to say was "Do strip it"

:D :D
 
pay close attention to clichs rule 3. If you leave your Becker to hunger it will turn on its master. BK2s also enjoy wood as well so rough up that pretty black coating! ROUGH IT UP!:D
 
Yup. When I first got my 7 within minutes I took her to the firewood rack to feast. I'm fairly new to Beckers as well, so welcome and enjoy.
 
Welcome to the forum, great knife you have there.
Do not drop it on granite and chip the blade.
I hear throwing it at trees is the correct way to break it in.
 
JV3 said:
put blue loctite on the threads and re-tighten the handle bolts.
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What he said. Also, wipe down and put away dry after every use. That's about it. Well, maybe the occasional coat of oil just for insurance. What's good oil? Anything you use on your guns. Personally I use CLP.

Camillus used to put a thin coating of petroleum jelly on the exposed edge before shipping, and that sounds like a pretty good idea for extended storage.
 
Check the fluids regularly, and don't get it above 85 on the freeway for the first 10,000 miles.
 
The best way to break-in a Becker is just to take it everywhere you go. Hang it around your neck, put it a bag, stick it in a wagon and pull it. Doesn't matter. Just make sure you never leave it's side.
 
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