The BK-2 is AWESOME!!! (with pics)

Wood Splitter

Wood Splitter

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I just finished reprofiling the BK2 the other day to a relatively shallow convex edge, which means it will be sharper and easier to sharpen, but also in theory, weaker then a steep convex would be.

I just came back in from testing my BK2 with the sharper and so called “weaker” edge. I cross battened about 3 and 4 inch pieces of red alder, (red alder is a medium hardness hardwood, slightly softer then oak) and also split very large pieces with it as well. About 24 inches long, and about 4 inches wide, with a lot of knots.

The wood I was testing this on, as I said above, is called red alder which is a type of birch. Its a medium hardness hardwood, slightly softer then oak. But the wood I was using, has been seasoned outside with no protection from the weather for over two years. It has been exposed to -40 Celsius, and up to +34 Celsius. And is extremely hard.

One piece I had, had a HUGE knot right in the middle if it, the knot is about three and a half inches wide. :eek:

Take a look at what the BK2 did to it with about 5 strikes with a baton made from the same wood which is about 19” and about 2 inches wide.




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After doing this, and ALOT more...It took about 1 min on a strop with some Autosol on it, and another min on raw veggie tanned leather to get it back to razor sharp...Man I love my 2 :)





This was the view from our dinning room window the other night...by far not the best pic of the sunset we have...but it kinda shows you where I live...Do you see the mountain range? Well you can see Forrest and mountains like that from any part of town. The mountain range to the far left, is about a 7 min drive to the base of it from our house. :thumbup:


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Take care guys!

Splitter :cool:
 
The Logical One said:
Heck yea it's awesome.
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I know! I’ve had my 2 for about a year, but have not been able to really enjoy it, because the sheath kept dulling it without me knowing it was! :eek:

I kept sharpening it, putting it in the sheath and carrying it, then using it...and after about two seconds of use it was dull! Zero edge! :eek: I finally found out it was the sheaths fault, and not from use. So I tried to mod it, but that did not work out.

I got my friend gavkoo (Mike) to make me up a REALLY nice kydex sheath for it. Until I revive that, I am just storing and transporting it in the cardboard cover it came with. I should get my sheath in the mail on the 9th. I will make an unboxing video of it, and post it here.
 
What would the world be like without the BK2? I shudder to even thing about it.
 
That's the best way to handle knots, split them straight on. Awesome pics, and I'd love to get to your area sometime.
 
Yep the BK2 is a great knife! I just bought one for my son for his birthday I gave it to him yesterday so we can go show some wood who's boss before he has to go back to college.
 
The BK2 IS awesome! Best knife out there right now....I take mine everywhere in my BOB
 
BRL said:
Great photos and damn that thing must be sharp!
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Thank you very much, my little brother let me use his Cannon camera...I'm not sure of the model number, but man does it ever take good pics! And yes, it will take hair off my legs...but then again, I think the hair on my legs is thinker then a woolly mammoths 0.o It will also shave hair off my arms.
 
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Wood Splitter said:
Thank you very much, my little brother let me use his Cannon camera...I'm not sure of the model number, but man does it ever take good pics! And yes, it will take hair off my legs...but then again, I think the hair on my legs is thinker then a woolly mammoths 0.o
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It's a Canon PowerShot SX130 IS.
 
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