Still the Best Chopper

[Yonose]

So not that long ago, we are at Ethans, and we are setting up for the gathering, and I see the usual shuffle to find the right spot, and I see someone bust out a BK20 to cut down some small saplings that are in the way of their hammock. It is a huge knife, and it is not light like the BK9, and they struggle with it a little because it is so dang big and so dang heavy. They weren't cutting down a six inch thick tree, they were cutting down three quarter inch saplings.

I have cut down a six inch tree with a BK9. I have cut down three quarter inch saplings with a BK9. Neither was difficult, or strenuous. The BK9 wasn't unwieldy or difficult or tiring to use.

To me, that is why the BK9 is king. Because it is the right amount of knife for the job. It isn't too much, it is the right amount.

My 9 was on loan to a guy who only brought a 5!

 

[Roguer]

Get more than one 9! I learned a long time ago get a spare you tell NO ONE of! Then you always have one.

 

[Yonose]

Get more than one 9! I learned a long time ago get a spare you tell NO ONE of! Then you always have one.

Where do I hide another 9? I’ve got the 20, 29, 2, 7, 5; maybe I’ll trade the 29 for 2 bk9’s, if I can get that deal...

 

[Roguer]

Hide it where they can't find it or it sounds like you can hide it with the others there in plain sight!

 

[cbach8tw]

I like my 9, now that I saw the micarta slabs on one , it got me thinking of an up grade. I got the micarta slabs for my 7 which makes it feel like a different knife, so I wonder what they would be like on my 9? The thought is enticing.

 

[Yonose]

Put them on the 9!

 

[Yonose]

Get more than one 9! I learned a long time ago get a spare you tell NO ONE of! Then you always have one.

I was checking out knifecenter and saw an ad for discontinued Becker models, one of them being a 9.?!Turned out to be the smooth coat version, the powder coat version is still in production, but at $85 not a bad deal so I will finally have another 9! Long live the King!