Which Becker excels at processing wood for fires?

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I know the BK2 is great for processing wood with it's uber-thick .25" thick blade, but as far as batoning is concerned, the blade excels and falls a bit short, pun intended, due to the blade length; you are limited to how thick a piece of tree you can chop.

The BK9 looks like it's a chopping & batoning champ due to the king kong blade real estate available but the length makes it harder/difficult to process the smaller pieces of wood for kindling.

So does that automatically place the crown on the BK7 because it's in between these two? I think the drawback of the BK7 compared to the BK2 is the BK7's anorexic blade (only when held next to the BK2), so for all intents and purposes, the 7 is in-between these two in sense of blade length.

And when you're out and about for a length of time, how many knives in total do you carry?

Thanks for reading my ramblings.
 
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The BK9 looks like it is a chopping & batoning champ due to the king kong blade real estate available but the length makes it harder/difficult to process the smaller/more precision use for producing kindling.

It works fine for the little stuff when fire making, I'd say marginal for any kinda carving. Wouldn't want it for processing game, at least not my only blade for that.

So I would pick the BK 9 for fire wood.

Now how many knives do I carry?
Depends, I always seem to have a few in the car and change up my load out depending on what the need is.

- everyday carry, two benchmade folders on my person and a BK 14 in one of my side pants pockets.

- S&R callout probably a goodly sized fixed blade and 1 folder or BK 14. The cheap one (folder), in case I lose it. Maybe the BK 2 or BK 7 now that I've got both. I won't take too many out on these cause these folks freak out and can really cover some ground, seriously they run our asses off. It just gets too heavy.
- out in the woods just camping or hiking, It's different everytime. usually something to chop with, leatherman wave, and a 5 inch ish fixed blade at least.
 
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BK7 was made to be light, it can still dish out some badassery when it needs to. The idea was BKT BK& COMBAT/UTILITY. Combat/Utility. Its light and fast in the hands, but thick enough to do what you need it too.

I carry a trio, BK14, BK2, BK9, most of the time. I do have quite a few knives, and I try to share the love when I can. My bushcraft duo right now, is a FBF Hunter/12" FBF Machete. Looking for the knife to finish that trio.

I tend to carry 3, small, medium, large, when afield.

Moose
 
When I'm out and about camping with my family this summer, I think I'm going to bring my RTAK-II and leave it in the vehicle for anything serious that might require one to whip out a 10.25" blade (heaven forbid).

My dynamic duo will probably the BK2 and BK9 and I'll relegate the BK7 for photo-ops duty only. I see a lot of vids with people using the "Roach Belly" or other small/thin bladed Coldsteel or Benchmade for the finer work but it really seems way too tedious to be whipping out 4+ knifes to handle each stage of wood processing... And if needs be, I always have the BK13 strapped to the BK9 for my intricate work (like I would do anything that intricate...)

:jerkit:
 
When I'm out and about camping with my family this summer, I think I'm going to bring my RTAK-II and leave it in the vehicle for anything serious that might require one to whip out a 10.25" blade (heaven forbid).

My dynamic duo will probably the BK2 and BK9 and I'll relegate the BK7 for photo-ops duty only. I see a lot of vids with people using the "Roach Belly" or other small/thin bladed Coldsteel or Benchmade for the finer work but it really seems way too tedious to be whipping out 4+ knifes to handle each stage of wood processing... And if needs be, I always have the BK13 strapped to the BK9 for my intricate work (like I would do anything that intricate...)

:jerkit:

He said 'whip out a 10 1/2 inch'........ he he he!:D
 
If the main qualm with the BK2 is that it can't baton wood as thick in diameter as the BK9, I'd go with the BK2. Seriously - you don't need to split *all* your firewood, just enough to get the thing going. Are you splitting 7-8" diameter logs? Other than for fun, why?

For the size logs I like to split for fire, the BK2 is perfect. The bigger stuff (if used at all) goes on as is.

Now chopping is another story. BK2 can chop pretty well - much better than it has any right to with that short a blade - but the BK9 makes the task much, much easier.

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Beckerhead #42
 
bk7 is the ultimate do all knife as Ive said before....ify ou are willing to accept compromises.. it is long enough for light chopping if you do it right.. Tougher enough for battoning through large wood. and short enough to rough out camp implements
if you expect it to chop like a 9 or to carve like a scandi you will be sadly disappointed.. but if you learn to work with it and can bear leaving the sequoias standing and the venus de milo on carved than you'll be right as rain with 1
BK-7 and a victorinox forrester are what I've been carrying for the past year in the bush..
I keep a mora in my bag.. for backup
 
The BK-2 is a magic wand. You simply gesture to a pile of damp logs, invoke "Incendio", and voila - campfire.

Splitting wood is for muggles.

-Daizee
 
Seriously - you don't need to split *all* your firewood, just enough to get the thing going.

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Beckerhead #42

That's what I'm talking about, I know I don't have nearly as much experience outdoors as many in the Forum, but I've watched some vids on YouTube that show people shredding a small forest stating "This is the ONLY way you should always do it."
 
That's what I'm talking about, I know I don't have nearly as much experience outdoors as many in the Forum, but I've watched some vids on YouTube that show people shredding a small forest stating "This is the ONLY way you should always do it."

Lol - I know what you mean. It is fun but it's also extra work.

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Beckerhead #42
 
Lol - I know what you mean. It is fun but it's also extra work.

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Beckerhead #42

So, true. I like to baton and I do it when I want, and when I must. I can cut the outsides off of larger logs and still get them into little pieces with a BK2, its just a matter of choice, some do, some don't.

Good call, GK, sound advice from a wise man.

Moose
 
mmm, i dunno... you don't need a knife to start a fire... you know, wood, spark, stuff :> processing wood is a lot of work if you just need a little fire for cooking/snacks. big stuff burns fine in sections (the nessmuk lazy man method)...

but if you need to be chopping stuff, i think the previous covers things well :)

(or use a small saw ;> as posted elsewhere, you don't even need to baton stuff, unless you're making something maybe...)
 
bk7 is the ultimate do all knife as Ive said before....ify ou are willing to accept compromises.. it is long enough for light chopping if you do it right.. Tougher enough for battoning through large wood. and short enough to rough out camp implements
if you expect it to chop like a 9 or to carve like a scandi you will be sadly disappointed.. but if you learn to work with it and can bear leaving the sequoias standing and the venus de milo on carved than you'll be right as rain with 1
BK-7 and a victorinox forrester are what I've been carrying for the past year in the bush..
I keep a mora in my bag.. for backup

Is there a noticeable difference in weight between the 7 and 9 ? The 7 makes sense to me, but if the 9 is close to the same weight.................
 
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