Where did the BK-15 go wrong?

Phoynix said:
PS-One of the best things you can do is replace the metal bolts with nylon, nylon bolts are plenty strong enough for splitting kindling and everything you generally use the 15 for, yet make it feel that much lighter/quicker in the hand.
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I'm gonna go on record as wanting to keep the metal hardware. Seems like a bunch of strength to sacrifice for the few grams of weight.
 
The bolts have more material then the section of the scales they clamp down on, as long as you are using 30%+ glass reinforced nylon bolts they should take everything the scales can easily.
Remember Zytel is just a trade name for glass reinforced nylon.

FAL'ER said:
I'm gonna go on record as wanting to keep the metal hardware. Seems like a bunch of strength to sacrifice for the few grams of weight.
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Phoynix said:
The bolts have more material then the section of the scales they clamp down on, as long as you are using 30%+ glass reinforced nylon bolts they should take everything the scales can easily.
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It'd be fun to test out, it seems like the force on the hardware would be perpendicular to the force on the scales though. Who knows, I'm not as sciencey as I'd like to think I am, so I'll revert back to my comment about it being a fun test to perform.
 
I have a 15 and 2-16's. I like both of them. I have all 3 knives set up in different load outs depending on what I am doing. both knives work great. Not really sure why I haven't bought a 17 yet.....
 
Phoynix said:
I love my 15 but the finger choil has got me down, my fingers are big enough I cant use Choils on most knives unless I want to get nicked using it, the coil ends up just being an extra inch of steel in weight that does nothing for me. I really which BKT would release choiless/coating free versions of there knives.
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Grind back on the choil to make it bigger. Easy enough fix to make the choil larger.
 
Cheers!

SALTY said:
Zaper, trailing points were indeed more in favor back when people actually used their knives in the woods - back when a knife was for preparing food, field dressing then skinning animals, filleting fish, making fuzz sticks and light batoning of kindling.

Those were the days. You must be an old timer too ... cheers to us and those like us, as they say at my local brew pub.
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DerekH said:
Grind back on the choil to make it bigger. Easy enough fix to make the choil larger.
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I don't like finger choils at all to begin with, the fact to actually use it I would have to grind it bigger feels like a insult ;P
 
Late to this party but yeah, the BK-15 is one of my favorite smaller BK&T as well. I'd rather pay more for a BK-5 & have them include the BK-15 with it. After all, it IS it's mini-me. Not sure what they were thinking with that call. BK-10 was out of production for a while as well & it came back. Maybe the BK-15 will as well.

Isn't it funny how a simple, functional tool never seems to be "obsolete", now matter how old or how many times it has been improved ? Sometimes simple, functional & elegant is best. The BK-15, 16 & 17's were all of that.
 
TwinStick said:
Late to this party but yeah, the BK-15 is one of my favorite smaller BK&T as well. I'd rather pay more for a BK-5 & have them include the BK-15 with it. After all, it IS it's mini-me. Not sure what they were thinking with that call. BK-10 was out of production for a while as well & it came back. Maybe the BK-15 will as well.

Isn't it funny how a simple, functional tool never seems to be "obsolete", now matter how old or how many times it has been improved ? Sometimes simple, functional & elegant is best. The BK-15, 16 & 17's were all of that.
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i've love to have 12 BK15s in s30v as steak knives :D

that said, Jerry Fisk has his Sendero in s30v... that's pretty thin, and sweet
 
B.Mauser said:
Exactly what I was thinking Jonny. The BK16.

I think it came down to $$. Kabar wasn't happy with the $ they were making from the BK15 compared to the BK16.

And that is trailing point vs drop point. As great as the BK15 is more people prefer the drop point on the BK16.

I would like it better without a choil also but I don't think a no choil 5/15 would have made enough of a difference when being compared to the BK16.



I made a picture of a BK5 without a choil last year.

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I modded mine-
 
tholiver said:
I modded mine-
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Wow tholiver. Those are nice! You are a talented guy. I really like the BK5 the most. So cool. How have I never seen you before? Have you posted these before? I think you should start a new post called my modded Beckers. Your 5 is going to be popular.



Edited to add - I was on my phone earlier, I had to get on a computer so I could see these full size. Wow I cant stop drooling over that 5. I think I remember seeing your 11 before. I bet you don't have to lift your hand as much when using that 5. Straight like a chef knife now. You BK5 guys will know what I mean.


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Thanks guys! :)
Post-mods it really does feel almost like a different knife.
The cocobolo handled BK2 in this pic has been modded as well. I reduced the width of the knife from spine to cutting edge. Just look at the distance between the spine and top of the lettering on the two Bk2s. It definitely changes the feel of the bk2 (and the weight slightly). These are BK2 blade blanks i got on the interwebz after Camillus went out of business. Might pick up a Kabar Bk2 sometime to mod as well.
 
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