Wasty
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Hi together,
first of all, I alread found my perfect EDC. Unfortunately it does not exist yet. There are two knives which are so close to the perfect EDC it nearly hurts.
Yet before I go into details lets start a little earlier in my life.
As a kid in the 80s, I was with the scouts and everybody had a nice large knife around his belt and a SAK in his pocket. My love for the most versatile tool ever invented was born then. I started with a cheap hollow handle Rambo style knife which was broken quite quickly. There followed others, better, bigger, smaller and more expensive ones.
Yet as we all know the search for the egg-laying woolly-milk-sow (german for a hypothetical nonexisting can do it all perfectly) knife, mine has come to an end.
I went to a custom knife maker and told him what I want. He built me a nice knife and I was happy for some time . Well, but as the story does not end here you guess right, the search went on.
Then after a long search I finally found it: The BK11!
Attributes:
- Slicey and easy to sharpen
- Amazing toughness for such a little knife (1095 + good HT rules!)
- Fits in my right front pocket (very, very important)
- Performs like a bigger knife (I cannot stress that enough
)
- Looks and feels just great
However after using it for a prolonged time I found the handle just a tad to short for 4 fingers and a bit to big for three fingers. Even with the Micarta scales there is a small hotspot on the ring finger and the shorter part of the handle digs into my finger after working with it for a couple of minutes.
So I took the knife, extended the handle a bit, made nice scales for it and was very happy. Unfortunately, it started to rust smell like rust beneath the scales. As I mainly use it for food preparation, I wash the grease off and if theres water under the scales it will rust no matter what I do.
Alright, now there`s the BK14 (born here on BF and much loved):
-Bought it with the grivory scales, and was very happy for a little time.
Argh, but ergonomics is a *****!
So these are the nearly perfect EDCs for me:
The BK14 would be THE edc if the handle would be just a little bit beefier just behind the blade(tang width like the 11) , to get a more secure and powerful grip on it.
The BK11 would also be THE edc with a 6-8mm longer handle where the bottle opener is not digging into the ring finger and the 4 finger grip is comfortable?
Well, as the Big Beckers and the Tweeners are the most comfortable and ergonomical knives Ive ever used, is there any chance the small ones will get ergonomical brothers?
Thanks for reading this quite long text, but as my heart is now with the Becker Knives, I've put some effort into thinking it trough
first of all, I alread found my perfect EDC. Unfortunately it does not exist yet. There are two knives which are so close to the perfect EDC it nearly hurts.
Yet before I go into details lets start a little earlier in my life.
As a kid in the 80s, I was with the scouts and everybody had a nice large knife around his belt and a SAK in his pocket. My love for the most versatile tool ever invented was born then. I started with a cheap hollow handle Rambo style knife which was broken quite quickly. There followed others, better, bigger, smaller and more expensive ones.
Yet as we all know the search for the egg-laying woolly-milk-sow (german for a hypothetical nonexisting can do it all perfectly) knife, mine has come to an end.
I went to a custom knife maker and told him what I want. He built me a nice knife and I was happy for some time . Well, but as the story does not end here you guess right, the search went on.
Then after a long search I finally found it: The BK11!
Attributes:
- Slicey and easy to sharpen
- Amazing toughness for such a little knife (1095 + good HT rules!)
- Fits in my right front pocket (very, very important)
- Performs like a bigger knife (I cannot stress that enough
)- Looks and feels just great
However after using it for a prolonged time I found the handle just a tad to short for 4 fingers and a bit to big for three fingers. Even with the Micarta scales there is a small hotspot on the ring finger and the shorter part of the handle digs into my finger after working with it for a couple of minutes.
So I took the knife, extended the handle a bit, made nice scales for it and was very happy. Unfortunately, it started to rust smell like rust beneath the scales. As I mainly use it for food preparation, I wash the grease off and if theres water under the scales it will rust no matter what I do.
Alright, now there`s the BK14 (born here on BF and much loved):
-Bought it with the grivory scales, and was very happy for a little time.
Argh, but ergonomics is a *****!
So these are the nearly perfect EDCs for me:
The BK14 would be THE edc if the handle would be just a little bit beefier just behind the blade(tang width like the 11) , to get a more secure and powerful grip on it.
The BK11 would also be THE edc with a 6-8mm longer handle where the bottle opener is not digging into the ring finger and the 4 finger grip is comfortable?
Well, as the Big Beckers and the Tweeners are the most comfortable and ergonomical knives Ive ever used, is there any chance the small ones will get ergonomical brothers?
Thanks for reading this quite long text, but as my heart is now with the Becker Knives, I've put some effort into thinking it trough
