What was your first Becker, and why did you choose it? Post a pic, too.

[mrn8]

My first Becker was the BK14. I was looking for a great camp knife and kept coming across BK&T mentioned and they looked like exactly what I wanted. However, I'd bought so many other knives for this purpose that were garbage, I chickened out on the BK9 and decided to buy the BK14 first to be able to judge the brand's quality. I do this with a lot of things, actually. I figure if the cheap items are quality, the high end is going to be just as good, if not better. My wife laughs, because the first time I go into any coffee shop, I'm ordering either dark coffee (black) or espresso. If their base sucks, everything else is going to.

Anyway, I got the 14 in and the next week I ordered a 10 and a 13. They've flowed in pretty steady from there.

Here's some pics from the first day I had it until I eventually got rid of this one:

 

[Battle Creek Knives]

My first was a7, I was on the search to replace a CS SRK CV i had just sold. I had others to fill the under 6" catagory but didnt want a rat6 as that was equivelant to what i just sold, enter the bk7..

 

[thatotherguy]

Standard 11 for me. The story has been told by me before, but my dad bought a 2, I fell in love with it, went searching for more info, found this site, and bought an 11. The rest is history.

 

[arizonaranchman]

Did you hack that tree down with the BK2??? Awesome!

BK2 was my first followed by a BK14. I needed a good fixed blade knife for the outdoors (I'm an avid backpacker) and after looking at the USMC Kabar I decided, based on reviews and posts on this forum, that the stronger better suited knife for my needs was a Becker. And 2 years and 7 Beckers later I think I made the right choice

Above all else what drew me in to Beckers the most was all the pictures of customized blades on this forum and being a perpetual tinker/fiddler my eyes lit up with all the potential new mod projects.

My BK2 is a heavy user. It currently needs a little TLC...