So, the Mrs. and I went camping this weekend, as we often love to do and of course I had to bring all kinds of knives, many of which had yet to get some real play. I was sitting around the fire processing some firewood for the upcoming blaze planned for the night when I remembered the E2E(equipped to endure) interview with Mr. Becker which explained the designed use of the exposed pommel on the Gen 2 BK-2.
So I gave her a whirl... I imagine this is what a Becker would look like before the stone age.
Enter... BK-WOOD
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That's right! I drove the knife, blade deep, into a piece of wood. Hey... I was board! (catch that one?
) Oh... I wasn't gentle with it, either. I used another log the same size, to pound the knife in with a hell of a lot of force.
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So great, now what? How the heck am I going to get my knife out? Well, I have the BK-WOOD and a large rock behind me... lets try some unconventional wood splitting techniques!
After several hard smacks against the rock, the knife started to rotate around a pivot point in the center. I gave her a few more hits on the backside(keep it clean guys!) and had the knife rotated to a 90 degree angle with the wood.
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At this point I could have managed to get the knife out, but that's no fun... so I grabbed a make-shift baton and decided to split the wood from where the knife was sitting.
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Right through a knot without flinching a bit!
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Now onto the other side!
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Now you have two neat pieces of firewood!
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Mind you, when I finished, I realized the center was a little softer(rotted) than I have anticipated(it was pretty heavy after all), but the rest was solid. It just goes to show you how strong the BK-2 really is. It doesn't matter how you decide to work with a piece of wood, it will handle it without an issue.
~Joe
So I gave her a whirl... I imagine this is what a Becker would look like before the stone age.
Enter... BK-WOOD
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That's right! I drove the knife, blade deep, into a piece of wood. Hey... I was board! (catch that one?
) Oh... I wasn't gentle with it, either. I used another log the same size, to pound the knife in with a hell of a lot of force.
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So great, now what? How the heck am I going to get my knife out? Well, I have the BK-WOOD and a large rock behind me... lets try some unconventional wood splitting techniques!
After several hard smacks against the rock, the knife started to rotate around a pivot point in the center. I gave her a few more hits on the backside(keep it clean guys!) and had the knife rotated to a 90 degree angle with the wood.
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At this point I could have managed to get the knife out, but that's no fun... so I grabbed a make-shift baton and decided to split the wood from where the knife was sitting.
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Right through a knot without flinching a bit!
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Now onto the other side!
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Now you have two neat pieces of firewood!
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Mind you, when I finished, I realized the center was a little softer(rotted) than I have anticipated(it was pretty heavy after all), but the rest was solid. It just goes to show you how strong the BK-2 really is. It doesn't matter how you decide to work with a piece of wood, it will handle it without an issue.
~Joe
