Using my Magnum Camp

[upnorth]

BK5 should rock at giant chicken mushrooms and hen of the woods and such.

a 4 inch BK5 ... isn't that called a Mora? heh

a 6 inch BK5 would be called "my new steak knives"

Good points. This is a blade with more finesse than my ham handed ways are used to.

 

[Moosez45]

I got a Magnum Camp Knife last week that I posted about on this forum. It is a great cutting knife. Between the upsweep and thin edge and grind, it slices like a laser. It made me think of the camping I have done in the past years. I have been going to rendezvous for over 30 years. I always have a big "fightin knife" such as a highland dirk or large bowie or rifleman's knife. The knife that stays on my belt and gets most all the use in camp and on the trail is a Green River type knife...What most would call a butcher knife these days. That type knife has a fairly thin and somewhat flexible blade...much like the BK5. I cut fuzz sticks and line and food and make "stuff" out of wood and do pretty much everything with that type of knife. The big, thick and heavy blades spend most of the time sitting around. I carry them for show mainly. From that point of view, I believe the BK5 will get more use than the my Reinhardt or Brute or Companion. I think its a great knife!

Haven't seen you around much since you posted up about your BK5, you been lurkin'?

Either way, glad you're back in the postings.

Moose

 

[Fallbrook Forge]

Ya know I'd like the BK5 much more if it didn't have that false edge along the top. I love the choil and shape

 

[Frizzman]

Yep, I been lurking around some. I like to get an idea of the tone of a forum before I fire off my typing finger. This is a nice forum with civil and friendly folks that can give and take a little ribbing. I do like the Beckers among many, many others. Anyway, I think the BK5 will be mighty handy at home and in camp and on the trail. I am not too crazy about the sheath so I might try my hand at making one...And the micarta handle scales might be pretty nice and...oh no...here I go again...Thanks

 

[obsessis]

I'm one of those people who is just more into drop points than up-swept tips. So, at first glance I saw the BK-5 pretty much as a big food prep knife for a wilderness camp. However in getting to try one out versus some hardwood saplings I developed a good bit more respect for the knife for a woods knife. It doesn't weigh a ton like a lot of other larger knives out there, and in chopping it still handles well, bites deep into larger wood, and shears small limbs cleanly. Yes, I am still more into drop points for my own reasons, but I doubt there is much in the woods that I might need to do that I couldn't do with the BK-5

That's interesting, because when I first saw the BK5 I thought the same thing - more into drop point than up-swept tips. I'll have to put this on a short list of knives to keep in mind.

 

[upnorth]

I got a Magnum Camp Knife last week that I posted about on this forum. It is a great cutting knife. Between the upsweep and thin edge and grind, it slices like a laser. It made me think of the camping I have done in the past years. I have been going to rendezvous for over 30 years. I always have a big "fightin knife" such as a highland dirk or large bowie or rifleman's knife. The knife that stays on my belt and gets most all the use in camp and on the trail is a Green River type knife...What most would call a butcher knife these days. That type knife has a fairly thin and somewhat flexible blade...much like the BK5. I cut fuzz sticks and line and food and make "stuff" out of wood and do pretty much everything with that type of knife. The big, thick and heavy blades spend most of the time sitting around. I carry them for show mainly. From that point of view, I believe the BK5 will get more use than the my Reinhardt or Brute or Companion. I think its a great knife!

Thank you for your input and experience. The more that I think about what I do outdoors, the more uses I find for the 5. Alternate uses such as slicing off mushrooms on the woods. How about this as an alternate.... A filleting knife in a pinch, or just because you have it and it's handy. I'd do it. The blade is just thin enough to do a reasonable job, maybe a good job if careful. This one is becoming handier than I thought.:thumbup: