Ok, so I have a bit of a request/idea for the guys at Bk&T. I recently saw an article in a magazine that you where coming out with a "tweener" series of some of your bigger knives like the camp magnum and the companion. However, the design I have in mind takes the BK15 (tweener of the camp magnum) and takes it even smaller. The idea I have in mind takes a 3 7/8" blade that is the same style as the BK15 and Camp magnum and mounts it to the same handle as what is featured on the Eskabar(I own one and love it but this has been in my head for a while). The overall idea just seems like a good EDC IMHO. I'll tell you now that I've been carrying my BK&T Eskabar as one of my EDC blades for 6 months solid, never leave home without it! *wearing it as I'm typing this too lol* But yea, Just an idea for you guys there at BK&T!!
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New design/idea for Becker?
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That's very interesting indeed.
Interesting but not very workable in actual use..
Not enough handle on an Eskabar/Izuala for a blade of that size/length.
Heck many folks with large hands don't even think it has enough handle for smaller blades, hence the reason why Esee makes the Izula II. Also, the total length would take it out of the neck knife realm .
Sounds like a great idea for a custom knife just for you, not for a production knife,IMHO.
Not enough handle on an Eskabar/Izuala for a blade of that size/length.
Heck many folks with large hands don't even think it has enough handle for smaller blades, hence the reason why Esee makes the Izula II. Also, the total length would take it out of the neck knife realm .
Sounds like a great idea for a custom knife just for you, not for a production knife,IMHO.
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Clever. It'd be fun to see. Perhaps some day.
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Roach Belly is pretty much the knife your describing.
Roach Belly is pretty much the knife your describing.
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I agree, a 3 inch diamond-profile skeletonized handle slicer makes alot more sense to me than a .165 inch thickness designated slicer. All or nothing for that design.... thin and small.
The production model will be FFG per Mr. Becker.
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don't read too much into pictures... some of them are prototypes, one offs, and experiments.
this is why we cannot ever give you the one true spec early, because they bloody well keep tweaking until the last day... and even then, they tweak later generations in small ways. adding. taking away. polishing. getting it more right.
subject to change.
if they say FFG, it's FFG, even if it doesn't look that way NOW
subject to change :>
While I realize some people don't like the handle of the izula/eskabar... there are many other like myself who do. I'm just thinking of something that would improve upon my uses and what I imagine the uses of many other eskabar carriers are as well. I may wind up having a custom made like that anyways but as I said, I'm just hoping they consider it as it may be a design that others would buy as well.
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a few problems I have with the roach belly (as I did consider it before) are the hollow grind (I like my blades either sabre or flat ground) and the steel. (I'd rather take a 1095 carbon blade over the 4116 Krupp any day! ....personal preference lol) and its basically a bit too bulky for EDC. this is something that would be carried either handle-down (as with my eskabar) or scout carry so a snap-in sheath is a must. Not a bad knife though.