Thanks everyone.
Entry 1 for the day, including use from last night and today.
FIRST OF ALL:
So far, I am really loving this knife. The handle may be even more comfortable than the full size. It holds an edge very well, even after all the use it went through yesterday and today (the following pictures hardly show half of it, there was a lot more where taking a pic wasn't feasible) it
still shaves hair. Admittedly, it takes a good bit of pressure and it doesn't shave as much as it did before, but it still can take hair off. Way sharper than most non-knife nuts consider "very sharp" even after all I put it through.
USE FROM YESTERDAY:
It helped me fix lunch. (pork and beans not pictured
)
My dad and I got on the mountain later than expected, so I didn't have much time to get good pics, most of these are crappy low light pics, but they show what I want to show well enough.
First, on the way home from getting hot dogs, marshmallows, sodas, and candy bars (the bare minimum of snacks when going camping, obviously) we saw a mud turtle in the road. This has nothing to do with the BK15 other than that it was on my hip when the pic was taken, but turtles are cool, so here you go.
Alright, moving on to the use.
Got a nice fire going with some kindling harvested by the 15 (and some with the BK2, but it's my dad's and only he used it, so it's all good), a cotton ball rolled in Vaseline, some dryer lint, and a firesteel.
Practiced a feather stick.
Used it to harvest some thin shavings to toss on the fire.
15 by the fire.
What ever could I use to cut up this chicken?
15 to the rescue!
Chicken roasting in the fire on sticks carved by the 15 (one was partially done by the BK2 before dad handed his stick over to me to finish)
Dinner is served.
15 on a log in the fire.
Dad used his 24 to hang a lantern.
After we had both eaten our chicken (and given the dogs a bit that seems a bit under cooked) we broke out the marshmallows.
Weird marshmallow selfie
Dad with Nobs (real name Spark
)
After everything, still shaves. You can see a few hairs on the edge.
THIS MORNING:
Got the fire going again. The coals were still hot so some leaves got it started pretty quick.
BK15 in a tree beside an American Chestnut (pretty rare tree nowadays
)
American Chestnut leaf.
BK15 beside the fire (again)
Pink Lady's Slipper flowers.
Surprising for it's weight and size, the BK15 makes nice, clean chops. Didn't get a pic of how well it chopped about a thumb sized branch from a tree, but take my word for it, it was amazing.
Made two more hot dog sticks for breakfast.
The BK15 didn't want a hot dog, but it did eat some Cold Steel closeout papers for breakfast.
"Hello, Mr Human!" Said the feather..
"Wait, what are you doing, Mr. Human?" Said the feather..
"AHHH, NOOOOOO!" Said the feather..
Future Huckleberries (blue berries for you city folk
).
Pip the Australian Shepherd.
Hot dogs roasting over the fire.
After we ate a combined 6 hotdogs, the marshmallow slaughter began.
Burn that little white puff of goodness at the stake!
After many marshmallows were burned at the stake and then consumed by the hungry beasts, I decided to take a few pics of the cabin to show y'all.
Dad insisted his Beckers get in a picture (15 is mine, 2 and 24 are dad's).
The 15 by the fire.
Closeup (if you look very closely you can see "BH 607" written there from a couple months ago.
Some scenic pics before heading off the mountain.
CONCLUSION:
Even though the first time I saw this knife online I thought it was ugly, it's grown on me. I love the blade shape. The edge holds better than any of my other Beckers (at least I think so). After all the use yesterday and today, it would still shave with some force applied. A couple runs across my cheap Smith's sharpening stone brought it back to easily shaving.
