So, the other day I ordered this Ka-Bar Becker BK9 from Amazon.com, and it just got here. It came in a black box, not the usual gold-ish looking Becker Ka-Bar box that the usual Ka-Bar Becker's come in. It also did not contain any other things besides the BK9 and the sheath. I have saw some videos and I believe it is supposed to come with a pamphlet and another little knife. Is this normal? Am I wrong? Did I get a [expletive deleted] order? PLEASE HELP.
Hi, and welcome to the Becker forum
all the new knives that i'm aware of come with a Black box now. there's probably old stock with the gold boxes. KaBar likes to change and fiddle, they update things all the time. new generations of boxes, packing, and so on...
the new blades coming for 2012 will all have new stippled epoxy coatings and laser etching for instance. small change, but interesting, good, and welcome...
back to your knife...
sometimes there's literature, esp if you order from certain vendors, they like to stuff the box with a catalog if they have them, and other things.
as for the "little knife", the BK13, that was an extremely limited run special, using a sprint run of china made BK13s as a proof of concept for the BK13. a freebie / thankyou from KaBar. when those ran out, they stopped putting them in boxes. some vendors might have old stock, but Amazon moves so much stuff, that barring cross-over periods, and regional warehouse issues, they are almost always bound to burn through inventory and have new stuff flowing as soon as possible.
if you were to have worked with another vendor, you probably could have called them and asked, but i would imagine that at this point, almost EVERYONE is out.
good news is, your sheath (as do several sheaths of that type), all come with the insert for the BK13. if you buy a new BK13, you'll be getting an American made model, of pristine quality - it's much nicer than the china made sprint run... has a better surface treatment, and excellent grind.
good luck...
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