For me the BK 9 is an ALL ROUND knife that comes along because it is an All Round Knife. With its solid and great handle and thumpin and whumpin hilt, makes the BK 9 all add up to the jack of all trades blade and master of a few good things and able to do other things pretty well as well.
My dedicated choppers are my SP-51s and SP-53s, but they have no solid pommel for pummeling jobs is why I got the BKs as they are way more than OK doing those jobs besides pretty dang useful for chopping when needed. For the ungodly abuse I put the choppers through I prefer the 5160 when I can than risk doing some thing not so wise or nice to a BK knife. Plus most my choppers see winter use where I trust the 5160 a bit more for the way I use it. The BKs work great as the "lighter" heavy...er medium (you would call it heavy from what I've seen around here) duties that also clear a lot more "twiggy" things about and usually see more use after the heavy choppins done. The BKs add more versatility with less tools being needed. And on lighter geared outings they become the heavy duty lifters as they can do more jobs than my dedicated choppers. (DON'T FORGET THE SAW!)
My dedicated choppers are my SP-51s and SP-53s, but they have no solid pommel for pummeling jobs is why I got the BKs as they are way more than OK doing those jobs besides pretty dang useful for chopping when needed. For the ungodly abuse I put the choppers through I prefer the 5160 when I can than risk doing some thing not so wise or nice to a BK knife. Plus most my choppers see winter use where I trust the 5160 a bit more for the way I use it. The BKs work great as the "lighter" heavy...er medium (you would call it heavy from what I've seen around here) duties that also clear a lot more "twiggy" things about and usually see more use after the heavy choppins done. The BKs add more versatility with less tools being needed. And on lighter geared outings they become the heavy duty lifters as they can do more jobs than my dedicated choppers. (DON'T FORGET THE SAW!)
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