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All in a week...
I took back my old BK9 from my little brother (18) because he let it rust, left it out in the 4 day rainstorm and didn't even care to explain why. So on Christmas, I took it back. No respect given, none taken.
Then the trades came in a BK10 and BK2 for a Scrapyard SOD...
and finally my other BK2 got some Micarta pants.
What does all this mean, well I am back on the Becker Bandwagon after jumping for Scrapyard and trying others out.
The pros to the Beckers are ridiculous, cost, feel and quality all told they are better for less, and you don't feel bad trying out different things to individualize them to your needs and wants.
The BK9 (mine is an old Camillus) is a good chopped but better stabber than say a Busse B11, it rides high on the .188 thickness, which I used to think was too thin. It won't overtake the Cold Steel Gurkha or the Busse B11 for chopping wood in densely forested areas but it will ride in my pack through desert nights.
The BK2 is simply the most well thought out, sorted chunk of indestructible metal I have owned, which is why I have two now. The thickness married to the length of the overall design leaves nothing to be desired, I have used one for two weeks today as a kitchen knife, slicing tomatoes, onions, butchering pork, quartering chickens and have never been left for want. My wife jokingly calls my tactical steak knife, but that is closer to reality than most would admit. In the hand it is perfectly balanced, literally perfectly balanced. I can do delicate work with it, ala garde manger, tomato roses, etc or bash out a car window.
So in all, I am going to be a Beckerhead from now on.
I took back my old BK9 from my little brother (18) because he let it rust, left it out in the 4 day rainstorm and didn't even care to explain why. So on Christmas, I took it back. No respect given, none taken.
Then the trades came in a BK10 and BK2 for a Scrapyard SOD...
and finally my other BK2 got some Micarta pants.
What does all this mean, well I am back on the Becker Bandwagon after jumping for Scrapyard and trying others out.
The pros to the Beckers are ridiculous, cost, feel and quality all told they are better for less, and you don't feel bad trying out different things to individualize them to your needs and wants.
The BK9 (mine is an old Camillus) is a good chopped but better stabber than say a Busse B11, it rides high on the .188 thickness, which I used to think was too thin. It won't overtake the Cold Steel Gurkha or the Busse B11 for chopping wood in densely forested areas but it will ride in my pack through desert nights.
The BK2 is simply the most well thought out, sorted chunk of indestructible metal I have owned, which is why I have two now. The thickness married to the length of the overall design leaves nothing to be desired, I have used one for two weeks today as a kitchen knife, slicing tomatoes, onions, butchering pork, quartering chickens and have never been left for want. My wife jokingly calls my tactical steak knife, but that is closer to reality than most would admit. In the hand it is perfectly balanced, literally perfectly balanced. I can do delicate work with it, ala garde manger, tomato roses, etc or bash out a car window.
So in all, I am going to be a Beckerhead from now on.
