What did you do to/with your Becker today?

Cut BBQ chicken with my 14 (in it's Northeast Kydex sheath, thanks trailbum!) and started a fire with my Machax. The more I use it, the more I like it. To be fair, I just made some kindling and feathersticks with the 'Chax, actually started the fire with a LightMyFire Mora. Not Becker related, but also gave my new Fiskars X27 (Super Splitter) a workout. That thing is really awesome, especially for the price. Split some stuff the Maul wouldn't touch. Very impressive.

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Went to a street rod fun with Amanda and her grandparents. Her grandfather is a gear head from way back and started the street rod club that puts on this event. As we walked around checking out the cars he would stop and show me every car or truck he worked on, or built chassis, front ends, rear ends, suspension setups... ect. People would actually stop him just to show him that his work is still in use decades later.

Here are some of the cars. I did have my BK-11 in the scout carry sheath that Dexwithers made but I didn't have a chance to use it for anything.

Here is a rat rod that had so much detail it made your head spin. This car isn't for everyone but it definitely got reactions from the crowd.

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Here is Amanda's Grandfathers 1928 model A. It may not have the bling but this things hauls ass. He always tells me that he has a hard time "being good" when he drives it.

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He put some minor details on his car. The first one stand for F%$# the fenders. and the second one... well, you should know by now.

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This is one of the cars that Amanda's Grandfather worked one and built parts for. This car is his buddy Sam's car who recently passed away. This car is a race only car and was built to race at Bonneville on the salt flats. This car is well over 30 years old, has over 600hp and has broken the 200 MPH barrier. The day before yesterday hit 178 mph. While we were checking it out someone yelled from behind the car. It was a friend of the now owner looking for advice on a broken rear suspension part. Sooner than I could, Amanda's Grandfather was under that car to diagnose the problem. Turns out he has the parts to fix it.... still!

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Here are some other vehicles that stood out in my eyes. I hope you guys enjoy.

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The owner of this truck is handicapped. He incorporated a hoist for his wheel chair in the bed of the truck.

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Jeremy
 
(Actually this was back in May, and I'm just getting around to posting it.)

We have a friend that built a very nice lake in front of his house, and we go fishing there once each year. This year, I got a little bored as the fish had stopped biting, and we had already caught enough for a meal anyway. I decided to craft me a fishing pole.

My knives for the day: BK-9 and Farmer

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A cut a hickory stick with the BK-9.

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I prettied up the ends with the sak saw.

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Then I sawed a narrow notch near the end,

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Then I inserted a pop can tab in the notch and lashed it.

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I made another notch and lashed a bent tab in it.

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I added some line, using a stick as a reel.

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Made a bobber,

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And baited the hook.

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It was quite functional.

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I really wanted to catch a fish on it, but a storm was coming in and we left just a few minutes after I finished it. I'm confident it would have worked well if I'd had a little more time. Not much you can't do with a BK-9 and a Swiss Army Knife.
 
We went camping in Forest Lakes AZ, up on the Mogollon rim. Its a beautiful place and only 2.5 hours from the house.
Used El Jefe along with a H*B Forge hawk and my axe to harvest some fatwood from the most abundant fatwood stump I have ever seen.
The BK2 is awesome for prying apart stumps.
We were really fortunate to find so much fatwood because we forgot to bring any firewood. When we got there a rainstorm had just passed and any wood left laying around was saturated. I was able to harvest enough fatwood to burn for hours.





 
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Whittled up two of the whittlin' sticks into tent peg type devices all Bushcraft™ like to secure a tarp over the grill at a picnic.
 
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I made a pot roast stew yesterday using a brand new BK15 (and an 8" Shun). Between the grilled meat, roasted veggies, and all of seasoning/additional flavoring components, this stew is to die for. It looks like dog food, but I assure you it is some belly-fillin' magic.

I put a bunch of individual servings in Gladware containers for convenient meals later. Good stuff. The BK15 was great for slicing meat, but that's the extent of the kitchen use it will probably see. I may strip it and bring both side to 17.5 degrees as I've heard the BK15 is great for food prep, but it doesn't compare to my other knives in it's current configuration. Still love it, though.
 
Got to use my BK7 today! Some trees have been growing too close my moms house so my brother and I chopped them down. The biggest one was maybe 30 feet high or so and about 6 - 8in diameter at the bottom. The others weren't as thick but fairly tall. I had my 7 my brother was using his chopper from J. Garrison.



 
Moved into a new rental house with bamboo in the backyard. Previous tenant let a couple stalks get over 30 feet long. Trimmed one of them back with my BK3. Bamboo is some tough stuff! It took a lot of whacks to get through it. Might be time for a 9... ;-)
 
Started a fire in my "neused" fire pit (gift from the neighbors) with my Brute (and a Mora (LightMyFire)). Gonna put the kids to bed and go back out and sit for a while.
 
I used my BK2 to slice open a mail pouch to retrieve some pills the pharmacy sent :)
 
Used my BK2 to chop down 5 forearm sized trees and a boatload of limbs. As usual.....no chips or rolls and still paper slicing sharp. Love the 2. It chops way better than it should.
 
beheaded several coconuts with the machax, waiting for the water to get cold and gulp away.
 
Just bought a 14 off amazon, planning on stripping and buying orange scales later on. Paracord will do fine for now though:)
 
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