What did you do to/with your Becker today?

Ethan Becker said:
Used my fireplace 11 to split a little oak kindling and cut open a couple of boxes....

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Awesome, I use my BK 2 for the same chore... It lives next to the fireplace for kindling duty unless I'm headed out to the woods... Oh and let's see my 24 did a splice job on a dust hose at work today...I switch between my 14, 24 and 11 for edc...
 
Used my EDC 11 to cut some Briars that were growing all over some free rocks I have been moving to my house for some landscaping. Made three loads already, so tired. These are large rocks! lol
 
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Well today i used my edc bk14 to help dressing up his IZULA sister...
 

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Didn t do much with my beckers today as i was working but managed to wrap everythiing up and find a momentary place for my AH1 on the izula sheath...
 
First, I used my 11 to open some packages (one was from GSOM - thanks for the goodies... I'll post when I get it finished.)

While I was waiting for the well guy to show up at my mother's lake house (ended up a no-show - his father went to the hospital and is having surgery tomorrow now), I got bored and since there was a nice old oak stump just sitting there, I started chunking my 9 at it. Yeah, yeah, I know, we shouldn't throw knives not designed for throwing... but the other day Ethan posted that he got 37 stitches after throwing his prototype 4, so I figured what the heck....not that I'm trying to emulate his 37 stitches :D) after a few throws to get a feel for it, I was sticking 9 out of 10 no-spin from 3 to 8 feet and 6 of 10 from half spin range. One thing I noticed was that when throwing no-spin, the knife would hit edge up, when I was releasing it edge down. The knife would stick in an inch or better when it hit dead on. The 9 is not well balanced from a throwing aspect, but it can be done with practice.
 
zzyzzogeton said:
First, I used my 11 to open some packages (one was from GSOM - thanks for the goodies... I'll post when I get it finished.)

While I was waiting for the well guy to show up at my mother's lake house (ended up a no-show - his father went to the hospital and is having surgery tomorrow now), I got bored and since there was a nice old oak stump just sitting there, I started chunking my 9 at it. Yeah, yeah, I know, we shouldn't throw knives not designed for throwing... but the other day Ethan posted that he got 37 stitches after throwing his prototype 4, so I figured what the heck....not that I'm trying to emulate his 37 stitches :D) after a few throws to get a feel for it, I was sticking 9 out of 10 no-spin from 3 to 8 feet and 6 of 10 from half spin range. One thing I noticed was that when throwing no-spin, the knife would hit edge up, when I was releasing it edge down. The knife would stick in an inch or better when it hit dead on. The 9 is not well balanced from a throwing aspect, but it can be done with practice.
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I would never think about "throwing" a 9.....you got to have some muscles for that it seem but nice to know you had fun and avoid 37 stiches...! :eek:
 
Yeah, well, boredom, too much time on my hands, thinking about stuff (BF posts, ongoing projects, etc) can lead a person to do strange things. Some, stranger than others.
 
Hey zzyzzogeton.....

Eventually any knife with a Rockwell much over 50 will have a catastrophic event( break)....... That is why you cannot cut anything with a "throwing knife"........ That having been said and with the usual warnings that thirty seven stitches or worse CAN and do happen, it is a lot of fun......BTW my fav throwing object is either an H & B tommy or best of all an Estwing 26in axe...... The Esty is a real thumper, very satisfying.........

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I sliced some cheese with my 15. My 15 lives in the kitchen I use it everyday...

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Ethan Becker said:
Hey zzyzzogeton.....

Eventually any knife with a Rockwell much over 50 will have a catastrophic event( break)....... That is why you cannot cut anything with a "throwing knife"........ That having been said and with the usual warnings that thirty seven stitches or worse CAN and do happen, it is a lot of fun......BTW my fav throwing object is either an H & B tommy or best of all an Estwing 26in axe...... The Esty is a real thumper, very satisfying.........

E
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Yeah, I know. I'm gonna put a couple of my throwing knives behind the seat of the truck so that I always have them "when boredom hits".

What about a Becker BK9T Throwing Knife? 14" OAL solid handle with a mid-40s RC? A BK26 Throwing Axe? :D One can always hope.:)
 
I've always wanted to see a BK hawk. More likely to come from kabar in the ZK line though....
 
A thrower would be fun but, it will probably be a chilly day in Hades before I can cajole John into doing it....LOL......

BTW I designed an absolutely killer tommy/belt axe years ago was one of the most aesthetically pleasing designs I ever put on paper and then I gave it to a good friend to proto and the rotten x.!#<&#8364;£ing sob lost the fricking drawing and I never could get it even close....... Oh, damn........

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Used my BK14 to......open a letter. Wow that felt anticlimactic....how I long for the woods again....

On another note, please mark down another vote for a BK&T tomahawk!
 
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