What Started Your Becker Addiction?

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YellowSwiss

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I would be interested in knowing what started your own addiction? I thought I would share my story...

Despite being a knife enthusiast for years, my understanding of true hard use outdoor knives was somewhat limited. Being a Marine, I had a Kabar and really thought of that as my ultimate all around outdoorsman and survival knife. Don't get me wrong, it is a fine weapon and all around knife, but when I decided to vastly improve my bushcraft and survival skills, I started finding stories and pictures of broken stick tang Kabars.

As I started reading more about serious outdoors and survival skills, I started watching more videos on needed skills. I saw that the knife I really needed should be a tank of a blade and hold up to some very serious use. I needed something that was at home in today's world, but would have also been the best friend of the pioneers of the furn trapper era. I needed to be able to REALLY depend on my knife.

After reading and watching quite a few videos, I simply started searches on top knives for outdoor use. Time and again I saw some names pop up. Primarily ESEE knives and Beckers. Both seemed to make almost every list.

In the end I decided the Becker line was exactly what I was looking for. I have never regretted that decision. I now own 11 Beckers and I am always in the market for more. Soon I plan to add the BK62 to the line up. Thank you Ethan Becker for not trying to sell us on some super steel prybar, or a fancy looking fantasy blade, but really watching out for today's serious outdoorsman!
 
Joe from Ka-Bar got me started with a Proto BK14, done for Ka-Bar Ethans First, I believe for the company
It was the start and like the rest waiting for the BK62 to come out, the Blades are all useful and priced right for us user's and there are few blades for the collector look at some of Bladite's Blades and Knifejunkie has a few also,
Yes there are a few blades that I feel fall into the collector category that may be disputed as most feel all Beckers are user's and they be right 98% of the time
And here is the 1 that got me started
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And they keep coming my latest Becker a Cinci Machax

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There are no real knife stores around me. So in order to hold and really feel a knife I had to buy a selection. I realized I did not have any real Bushcraft baton type knives. Becker was the one that rose to the top in that category. Once I got my first one I knew I had to have them all.
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So I "stock" 1 of each Becker (solid bushcraft), Buck(hunting), a few KaBar (old school cool).

When somebody asks me what knife to get, I let them feel them all and choose.

These are the choices I gave my nephew when he made Eagle. Note these are my replaceable models. I have collecting knives that are not offered. Like my discontinued Beckers.
 
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It was the 2 that started it for me . I couldn't believe a hunk on steel so thick could get so freaking Sharp :thumbsup: and take more abuse than I ever gave to any other knives I've had and keep taking it :D
 
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It was meeting and talking to E & Moosez at the first/only ESEE gathering at Jeff's farm in Alabama.
Prior to that I had handled & owned a couple of Effingham & Cam models, but not been impressed with the way they felt in hand, so I didn't keep them long enough to get any use out of them.
 
My interest in Becker knives came only recently.

Since I was young, I had only needed a fixed blade in the 3 to 6 inch range. All my large blades were Latin style machetes.

Only in the last couple of years I learned about the usefulness and fun in using a large blade for wood work. After searching for pictures on the internet I noticed the vast majority of good “user” pics came from BladeForum members.

That led to me creating an account and finding this fine group of BeckerHeads, and Mr. Becker himself.

The knives are fantastic, and in addition to the great design and steel, the people who use them sealed the deal for me.
 
The 2 was my 1st Becker, but honestly I wasn’t thrilled. It was heavier than I wanted. It’s still with me, but lives in my shed. Then came the 9. I liked the 9. Not loved, but liked.

Then this happened.

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There are a couple of 4’s, a 7, a 17, a 15, a pair of 5’s, and a 12 in the house, but the 16 is still the golden child.
 
So, is this an AA meeting then? Because, I'm not addicted.
I'm not! I'm not! I'm not! I'm not! I'm not! I'm not! I'm not! I'm not! I'm not! ...much.
 
My gateway Becker had to be the 15 ... I had a 2 but it was just another knife ... but the first 15 I got my hands on quickly became my most used for processing game and camp chores especially cooking ...

from there added a 5 ... then 2 or 3 more 15s and a couple more 5s ... then I bought a 9 from a fellow forum member in a package deal along with another 15 he was selling ... so I just bought both ...

and that was my start into a 9 ... which has been a joy to use camping and as a big camp knife or strapped to my pack hiking ... think after that it hit me how much I loved my Beckers ...

and now trying not to drool waiting for the "Beckhart" to become avalible ...
 
What started it for me was this place.
(I'd had a Cam7 that I'd used for years...and a Cam9 that I'd had for almost as long, but never used.)
 
I had never heard of batoning so I looked up some videos found one with a bk9. Fell in love with it. Ordered it. A few weeks later I ordered a bk16 and bk11. Then a bk3...then a bk7...then a bk1..then a bk24...then a bk5...etc etc. Definitely NOT an addiction. However, if you were to ask my wife you might get a different answer.
 
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