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Reinhardt Becker Kukri Passaround

Doing this from my phone, so bear with me. I'll add the rest tomorrow, then send her out Thurs. I'm really sorry I haven't posted more by now and had her this long. Ok, this bad little gal truly is a weapon/tool of mass destruction. I'm very impressed thus far and hope to see a return of this model one day. Clich, I feel very fortunate to be part of this and thank you for allowing us to enjoy this piece of Becker legacy. Especially in lieu of recent events.

Sat I took her to the woodpile out back for the glamour shots. Sun I happen to still have the Junglas and RBK in my pack when I showed up at Todd's. So y'all following the Beckernet know what that means. I'll go ahead and throw a disclaimer in here. Bladeforums, Ethan nor the mods condone using these tools while imbibing in alcohol, so let's pretend my glass has used 10W-30 in it.


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I'm not a fan of the Camillus micarta, so to me the Junglas has a better handle. This could be remedied with a cord wrap over or inner tube fix for those of us just borrowing her.

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Sheaths, man I'm a kydex guy, but damn the leather on this thing had 3 options for wear(if you don't include reverse).

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There's a slot through the belt loop, the loop itself, then another loop sewn lower down the sheath.

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I was worried about the lack of fastener to retain the RBK, but that's totally unnecessary, unless your Bear Grylls. Really, she stays where you put her until you take her out. (Are you reading this Christina?! )

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Length wise the RBK has a slight edge, plus being a Kuk it tends to be a bit better of a chopper. I'm not well versed with Kuhkris, but I'll be thinking of picking up a decent one after this week.

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Even though the Junglas had a bit more thickness, some due to coating, she really just could outcrop the Kuk. If I remember I'll check them with the mic tomorrow.

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As I said, I feel more comfortable with the Junglas handle. The RBK was a bit snug for me.
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End of Sat glamour shot session.



Sun saw me and T acting the fools with a bit of log.
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I know she could handle it, but I just didn't feel comfortable batoning on this thing. Basically we buried them as far as we could.

Tying a lanyard, safety first.

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Honestly, we weren't that bad off. We're not completely stupid(it's true) . We did have fun!

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The RBK with it's forward heavy blade, thinner profile and just flat out great design sunk a lot deeper.

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End Sun idiot testing.
 
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hell yes. Tha camillus micarta was more for show and not for go. I actually wanted to throw kabar stuff on it before she went out and completely forgot. Either way, she is a beastie beast. Have you found her sweet spot? you will know when you do. she will purr like a kitten and you wont even hafta work to get her to chop.
 
I'll hafta check, but I may have some spare grivory. Unfortunately no spare micarta. I think I found the sweet spot, we'll know for sure tomorrow!
 
Murphnuge said:
Well I stand with egg on my face sir. Thanks OF! Cool, I really figured it was for a smaller belt. Like I said, she stayed pretty snug where I left her.
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You know for informatinal purposes, I didn't know until I bought a brute with one of those sheaths and it to was missing the thumb snap.
 
Murphnuge said:
I'll hafta check, but I may have some spare grivory. Unfortunately no spare micarta. I think I found the sweet spot, we'll know for sure tomorrow!
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Lemme know about the hole spacing, if they are the same as Ka bar. My blackjack brute won't take any camillus or ka bar scales, The holes are just a hair off.
 
OREGON FAL'ER said:
Lemme know about the hole spacing, if they are the same as Ka bar. My blackjack brute won't take any camillus or ka bar scales, The holes are just a hair off.
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I threw Camillus grivory on, fit pretty well. I didn't do any fieldwork with it on, but it felt pretty good. I included the grivory in the box when I sent it out. Just another option for grip during the passaround.
 
Here's the rest of the review. I pitted a Camillus era Machax, ESEE Junglas and the RBK against eachother. The blades were tested in the aforementioned order. I chopped for 30 seconds and allowed a 5 min break between each knife. Not much to say so I'll kinda let the pix speak for themselves.

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I remembered to keep one hand or thumb in my back pocket for safety.

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Who knew Ethan designed a hand scythe?!
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Not bad, got about halfway through.
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Next, ESEE Junglas.

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Quite a big difference in the Machax to the Junglas.
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RBK time.
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I'd give this one to the Junglas, but if I wouldn't have went so wide with the RBK, I honestly believe the Kuk could've tied or even won. L-R Junglas, RBK & Machax.
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I did put a piece of tubing over the micarta on the Junglas and the RBK. It helped with grip on both tremendously! I didn't put anything on the Machax because I'm just a bit biased to grivory.

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I'd be interested to know if y'all think I was hitting the sweet spots of these blades. I'm still figuring the Junglas out, the Machax I've got pretty down pat and the RBK felt right.

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All in all, I want an RBK! Because it's a Becker I knew it could take abuse, but since it's not mine and it's a piece of history I steered clear of batoning. She made a decent draw knife like most blades of this shape do. I also found the point easy to control with only one hand on the knife. She's very well balanced. Thanks again Clich! L4ne4 she's enroute.
 
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Clich forgot I was in IL so the rotation did change. No ones left out and I promise not to keep it TOO long
 
tradewater said:
It does kind of appear that way, doesn't it? :confused:
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Sorry trade but I did switch you and l4ne4. I made the order thinking he was in Texas and made it so it didn't back track at all just worked its was the pacific northwest. Then when realized both murph and l4ne4 are in Illinois I switched you guys. Sorry bout that.
 
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