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Hello all,
Just wanted to make my introduction here as someone who is a new discoverer of Becker knives as well as new to these forums. I have been an avid outdoorsman all my life with many camping, hunting, and fishing excursions under my belt. Of course as part of this knives have always been a necessity, yet until recently I seldom gave more thought to my knife as more than a mere necessity. That is, until I handled a becker for the first time.
On a casual camping trip in the fall of 2015, we were gathering wood to prep for the fire. While I reached for my hatchet, my friend broke out his BK7 and started batoning. Now I had never seen this technique before and had to try it, so after a few minutes I quickly felt the strength of a solidly built large knife. Yet this knife was more than just a fancy splitting wedge with a handle. After using it for some basic wood prepping it became apparent that I had been overlooking larger knives as a useful tool, so here I am today with my first serious knife, the Becker BK2(BK32).
I had done enough research to see that I would have little interest in the coating so I decided to go with the clear coat version simply because it came with a nylon sheath and the price was comparable to the option of ordering the basic BK2 with the optional nylon sheath(BK22). I plan on using this knife hard and keeping my tools in working order is not the same as keeping them pretty. To me a beautiful tool is a well used one.
I present my new BK2 Clear Coat. Having received it in mid winter I have just had a few day hikes to bring it along to use for fire prep and some basic tasks, but I am chomping at the bit for my first trip this spring to get out and put it to some hard use. Thanks for reading and thanks for drawing me into what I suspect is going to be an addictive, and potentially expensive,
new interest in knives.
Along with my blade, the sheath also carries the obligatory ferro rod as well as a small Altoids tin full of useful accessories along with a length of 550 fastened to the back. For anyone interested there is a link to photos below.
https://goo.gl/photos/MFC2Zv1rswT5t6Dz5
Just wanted to make my introduction here as someone who is a new discoverer of Becker knives as well as new to these forums. I have been an avid outdoorsman all my life with many camping, hunting, and fishing excursions under my belt. Of course as part of this knives have always been a necessity, yet until recently I seldom gave more thought to my knife as more than a mere necessity. That is, until I handled a becker for the first time.
On a casual camping trip in the fall of 2015, we were gathering wood to prep for the fire. While I reached for my hatchet, my friend broke out his BK7 and started batoning. Now I had never seen this technique before and had to try it, so after a few minutes I quickly felt the strength of a solidly built large knife. Yet this knife was more than just a fancy splitting wedge with a handle. After using it for some basic wood prepping it became apparent that I had been overlooking larger knives as a useful tool, so here I am today with my first serious knife, the Becker BK2(BK32).
I had done enough research to see that I would have little interest in the coating so I decided to go with the clear coat version simply because it came with a nylon sheath and the price was comparable to the option of ordering the basic BK2 with the optional nylon sheath(BK22). I plan on using this knife hard and keeping my tools in working order is not the same as keeping them pretty. To me a beautiful tool is a well used one.
I present my new BK2 Clear Coat. Having received it in mid winter I have just had a few day hikes to bring it along to use for fire prep and some basic tasks, but I am chomping at the bit for my first trip this spring to get out and put it to some hard use. Thanks for reading and thanks for drawing me into what I suspect is going to be an addictive, and potentially expensive,
new interest in knives.Along with my blade, the sheath also carries the obligatory ferro rod as well as a small Altoids tin full of useful accessories along with a length of 550 fastened to the back. For anyone interested there is a link to photos below.
https://goo.gl/photos/MFC2Zv1rswT5t6Dz5
