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the accidental necker

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namida

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Yesterday I picked up my second necker from a small scale outdoor goods importer who ordered it for me in the US. I was a previous customer (gregory z-35r!) and he was kind enough to entertain my inquiry about buying some knives in the US although with great reluctance. After conferring with his associate in the US he informed me that he can't handle the BK-2, just the BK-11. During the course of our discussion, he must have assumed that he could go ahead with the order. And I was surprised that he informed me that the necker was on its way. Maybe it was my fault for not clearing things up. Couldn't fault him seeing my enthusiasm with the Beckers. And he is a nice person to work with anyway (and will be my small knife resource from now on).

I just thought, well, two is one. And a spare necker would always be handy. So here she is, the accidental necker, the one on top.

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The accidental one came out remarkably sharper than both my BK-2 and first BK-11. Somehow I now have an idea of how sharp I can really push for and more as I am currently learning how to sharpen my necker. And I think I'll be seeing the tweeners firs before the King :D

Off to the sharpening stone for me to shed some metal.

In profoundness and profanity,
namida
 
wasatchdan said:
Two is one and one is none. Nothing wrong with a matched pair of blades.
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My sharpening time turned into barbeque time instead.

Useful mentality imo. Although in hindsight I wish I mentioned Eskabar to him instead just to know more of the blades. So have you guys had unexpected Beckers before? lets hear them :-)
 
two is one and one is none, very true, but you have to remember that three is better.
I have an 11 and an Eskabar in my EDC rotation. The 11 is a lot older than my Esky, an as such has more use on it. I need to get another Esky to toss in my hunting vest.
The 14 I have is not really a purebred unexpected knife, I was at a trade show (the 2012 NRA national convention to be precise) and Toooj was selling some factory blemishes (I guess) at the Ka-Bar booth for $20 apiece. At that price I couldn't pass it up.
 
I had a mishap with my first BK-9. I thought they still came with a Ramora, not knowing that it was only a limited run that included the 13. So when my 9 arrived without a Ramora, I complained to the River store and they sent me another overnight. By the time I consulted with the members here and found out the 9's don't come with the Ramora anymore, my second 9 had arrived, so I just decided to buy them both. Now I have two.
 
thatotherguy said:
two is one and one is none, very true, but you have to remember that three is better.
I have an 11 and an Eskabar in my EDC rotation. The 11 is a lot older than my Esky, an as such has more use on it. I need to get another Esky to toss in my hunting vest.
The 14 I have is not really a purebred unexpected knife, I was at a trade show (the 2012 NRA national convention to be precise) and Toooj was selling some factory blemishes (I guess) at the Ka-Bar booth for $20 apiece. At that price I couldn't pass it up.
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What a sweet deal! I'll think about rotating EDC roles on my 2 11's. Or maybe make a dayhike kit out of the other. Maybe this year I'll go and check out gun shows here, there might be some good deals to be had except Becker and Ka-Bar are not really represented here :thumbdn:

For a while the "two is one" idea was fine, then 3 is better. damn. but i can see the light in that :D
 
wasatchdan said:
I had a mishap with my first BK-9. I thought they still came with a Ramora, not knowing that it was only a limited run that included the 13. So when my 9 arrived without a Ramora, I complained to the River store and they sent me another overnight. By the time I consulted with the members here and found out the 9's don't come with the Ramora anymore, my second 9 had arrived, so I just decided to buy them both. Now I have two.
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Thats an interesting way to end it, but two of them King I bet is a good thing!
 
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