Show me your Becker!

mneedham

mneedham

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I am not sure that title came out just right, but anyway... I picked up this camp knife a while back and haven't used it much, but I am going take into the woods an see what it will do. I almost picked up machax at the same time and didn't, I'm kicking myself now... Let's see yours.
 
Here's mine - my favourite blade, actually. This is a Cincinnatti Becker, not a Camillus.
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Doc
 
mneedham said:
Doc,

That's the one. Is she a good chopper? I haven't actually handled one.
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Better than a beaver's teeth! I really love this knife. As mentioned in a previous thread, I have a bad back so I can't really use an axe, and I consider a hatchet to be too dangerous when you're tired and in remote locations, so this is my 'go-to'. Not too big to cause carrying problems (Balric rig) but still ample for what I need.

I've also used it for roughing out a bow stave (worked quite well) and as a draw knife (adequate).

It could probably be outcut with some of the large Khuks and others, but it does the TFM (trick for me). A friend of mine bought the Camillus version, and I didn't like it quite so well, but it may be fine.

Doc
 
Doc,

Sorry to hear about the bad back. I hurt mine seriously for the first time about a year ago. It left me immobile for a couple days (not a feeling I liked), but gave me an appreciation... I notice that people make a distiction between the Cinci and the Camillus, what is the difference?
 
mneedham said:
Doc,

Sorry to hear about the bad back. I hurt mine seriously for the first time about a year ago. It left me immobile for a couple days (not a feeling I liked), but gave me an appreciation... I notice that people make a distiction between the Cinci and the Camillus, what is the difference?
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For one thing, the handle feels different. The handle on my Machax does not feel slippery, the Camillus does. The Camillus blade is coated, the Cincinnatti is not. I don't know if the steel is different and I have never tried the Camillus.

defaultuser, I really like the Brute. I was going to buy one before the wall dropped. Maybe once Kabar starts to produce............

Doc
 
Those BK7/Brute - Necker combos are awesome! Are the grips still available anywhere?


Doc,

From Marty Simon's thread (which prompted this one) it sounded like Kabar might not make the old line for a while
 
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It pains me to see the over inflated prices and under used blades on these knive as they are the everyman do it all knives.
 
Here's a rather crappy pic of my BK7 after stripping, polishing, and repainting the slabs with automotive finish. Its a dark gray semi-gloss with texture additive.
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I'll try to get a better pic tomorrow.
 
Well I don't have one of those pointy things. Here is my Becker:

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It gets a lot of use!
 
kgd said:
Well I don't have one of those pointy things. Here is my Becker:

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It gets a lot of use!
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Are those Sabatiers? I had a 12" as my learner knife I had to make Tourne Potatos and Zucchini by the truck with it. :o
 
^ I think i just cried a little. Thats so beautiful. :o

here my only Becker, a BK7 with Spec-Ops sheath:

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