Who would you give a Becker knife to and why? *winner trailbum*

Wow wish I saw this post earlier. You see MKK I have already done what your entry is!!! I saw all the S*%TTY things going on in Clich life and felt like it was my turn to give back. I had bought my BK5 months ago because of all Clich's pushing. BK5 this and BK5 that well I bought, it took it fishing twice, love it but have been busy with life and my oldest playing baseball. SO I thought that Clich without a BK5 is like Sky without a Machax or E without his 16. SO I had already told Clich to expect something in the mail and I shipped it out this morning. Just felt like it was something that needed done.
 
Pug-butter said:
And thus is life.
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I apologize, but my beckerhead brothers have earned the ~200 bucks this contest may potentially end up costing me. I'm sorry if that sounds harsh. All other contests I do will be open to everyone, but this one is special. Plus, you do have time. This isn't over till the 27th.
 
I cant believe nobody's on board with my giving a knife to Jesus!

Bah who am I kidding, I just wanted to make wrist bands that say WBKWJW (What Becker Knife Would Jesus Want)

I figure its gonna be hard to beat the generosity and downright kindheartedness in this thread.
There are a lot of great entries already, so I will make it clear in case you couldn't tell that my entry was in humor.
There are a few people I would love to give a knife to, but I cant think of any of the entries here that I would want to take one from.
Cheers to whoever wins, your a great bunch of people and this thread is proof that this is a great place to be.

Silverthorn
 
I would give a BK-17 to my son, who turns two at the end of July but he won't get it for about another 8 years or so.

Because his first knife needs to be high quality.
 
Silverthorn said:
I cant believe nobody's on board with my giving a knife to Jesus!

Bah who am I kidding, I just wanted to make wrist bands that say WBKWJW (What Becker Knife Would Jesus Want)

I figure its gonna be hard to beat the generosity and downright kindheartedness in this thread.
There are a lot of great entries already, so I will make it clear in case you couldn't tell that my entry was in humor.
There are a few people I would love to give a knife to, but I cant think of any of the entries here that I would want to take one from.
Cheers to whoever wins, your a great bunch of people and this thread is proof that this is a great place to be.

Silverthorn
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I'm totally on board with that, and you know Jesus would want you to hold onto it for him.
 
This is my cousin Brian. His nickname is Brain Palsey, and that is the kind of sick sense of humor he has. He recently moved from Custer, South Dakota to Bloomington, Iowa. It was a move that he didn’t really WANT to do however his wife got really sick and so the family moved to be closer to her family so they could help take care of her. He has 2 young sons and a daughter and they are the sweetest kids you could EVER meet. His wife and him have done a wonderful job raising them.
When they moved he had to sell his company in Custer, he had started a landscaping and concrete company out there. Since the move though he hasn’t been able to find steady employment so he has been bouncing from job to job, focusing mainly on landscaping and snow removal (during the winter) the problem is this is apparently a very competitive field. I don’t know much about it but I know he has several times talked about how he needed to get a new machete or other large cutting implement for chopping. I’ve let him use my 3 before and he loved how versatile it was. However I would choose a 4 for him. After getting to use it at the gathering I saw how devastating of a chopper it could actually be and I think he could find a great many things to use it for.
As for me, I would love to get either a 2 or a 7 (which ever you could get for cheaper.) Those are the two that I am currently looking at. I recently got my set of tweeners finished and I picked up my 5. I was actually doing some figuring the other day and realized just how many pieces of Ethan’s heart I had in my collection and I was loving it.
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I want this becker for my friend richard, he's my best friend when im at high school, he's the only friend that really care with me without expecting any return, and im grateful for that, he help me up when im down, and when im in high school, i broke my hand, and he's the only my friend that panic and help me, i just really cant help that im so grateful to have friend like that, now he's working into construction site , and almost over time he's going to wood or where's the construction site, and im going to give him the quality knife that he could depend onto like me depend onto him when im in high school, iwant him to have this quality knife named Becker with him, so he could going into hood without worry that he can depend on this knife too, thanks
 
I have gifted a BK11 to my dad. He was carrying a cheap folder for years, and it gave out on him. Despite being 65 years old, he is still working for the Sherrifs Department, so he needed a dependable little knife that can fill roles from cutting to prying.......so BK11! It is small enough to fit on his duty belt, but not take up too much space (all police officers know that the real estate on your duty belt is severly limited), and still pack a bunch of power and handle a variety of tasks.

Now, for the next Becker I would gift would be a BK5 to an Allen (last name left out intentionally), an Army buddy of mine. We served together for many years at Ft. Bragg; both before he went to Korea, and after he returned. We spent many a long field problem putting up with each other shit, drinking enough alcohol to set world records, and fought together during the invasion of Iraq in 2003. We even got into Beckers at the same time. I picked up a BK7, so when I was showing it off to everyone, he fell in love with it and ordered one as well. (Stick with this, goign to get "wierd" for a minute) So, between missions, Soldiers get downtime with nothing to do to occupy themselves. One of these days, Allen was waiting for his BK7 to arrive in the mail, and that took a long time back then. So, we were living in an old Iraqi Bunker, and we shared a "room" (more of like a closet just big enough to hold two cots with a home made shelf system made of empty MRE boxes between out cots). I was gone on mission, and he was back in our room. At this particular time, I left my BK7 on my shelf. It was brand new, and I was still so in awe of it, I didn't want to mess it up. Besides, I had my Kabar zip-tied to my vest, and didnt feel like resetting my kit. So I left it behind, thinking it would be fine. Well, it was..........but Allen got curious. He started playing around with it. No big deal, my shits his and so forth,so I have no issues. Well, like anybody who pickes up a Becker for the first time......you are amazed. Of course, you will eventually test the blades edge by shaving a patch of hair off your arm. Well, Allen got to this point, and shaved a patch of hair from his arm. In his words, it was so sharp and cut so easily, he just kept going. Not just another small patch, but the entire arm. Then the other arm. Then his legs. Then his chest. Then he decided to do some "manscapping". No big issue. He told me when I got back, we laughed, used to that kind of shit. Now lets jump forward 24 hours. Iraq is a shitty place. It's hot as balls, sand/dust gets into everything, and back then.....we didnt have access to shower points and our personal hygine was definatly lacking (my record is still 62 days with nothing but brushing my teeth and taking air baths, my clothes were rotting off of me). With this shitty climate, combined with the fact that not shaving your body for a long time gets you unacustomed to it Allen got razor burn......bad...............all over. Now, we still laugh about this, even 9 years later. Well, Allen just got medically retired. Back in 2007 he burned in pretty bad on a jump, and got a serious head injury. It limited him from a bunch of duties and activities, to include being a paratrooper. He continued to serve till this year, taking TDA assignments and working outside his MOS. Due to his head injury, he has a bunch of medical issues, and according to the doctors, will have severe dimentia within the next few years. So, in order to enjoy the rest of his time with his family, they retired him early. He still only owns the BK7 he got in 2003, but it sits on his nightstand as his home defense. Anybody who shaves their entire body with a BK7, particularly in Iraq, and deals with horrible razor burn, deserves a BK5. I would also have it engraved with his name and rank with service dates of 1998-2012, as a reminder of both his service, and our friendship.

I apologize if it was a difficult read, being jammed into one mass paragraph....it's been a rough/busy day, I'm tired, and to top it off, I just took a bunch of alergy medication, and sleeping pills.....my bed is calling.
 
My Dad, for sure...I have given my Dad a pocket knife or fixed blade for every fathers day, birthday, and Christmas since I got my first job at age 14. Since I was deemed medically "unable" to work 2 years ago I cant do it as often. (I did find him a used case xx pocketknife for his birthday at goodwill)
He dosnt care that I cant do it, and he understands. But I always loved his expression when he opened his new knife.

I dont have a pic of my Dad handy, but here is a very old family pic for ya.

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I would give the Becker to my brother Jason. He's 4 yrs. younger than me and he is a knife fanatic. He actually taught me how to sharpen a knife. He's one of the most generous and giving people I know.

About ten years ago he was driving from Missourri to Washington and got pulled over. He had a very extensive knife collection in the car. Some were given to him by my Grandpa from the Korean war. Due to certain circumstances he was pulled over detained in jail and his knives were taken.

Fast forward five more years. He was living in Washington and his house was robbed. All his knives were taken again. Can't make this stuff up.

He has given me so many gas station knives over the years. He also gave me a Navy knife that belonged to our deceased Step Dad. Not because I wanted or needed it, but because that's just the kind of guy he is.

We have been close all of our life. We're both grown men now with our own families. We don't get to spend much time togather like we used to.
If I win your contest Airyca, I would gift a BK-2 to Jason. If anyone can appreciate a knife, it's him.

Thanks for the chance!
This is a very generous contest.
 
*withdrawn* since we are closed to new beckerheads I will be perpetually in eligible.
 
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Captain Airyca said:
I apologize, but my beckerhead brothers have earned the ~200 bucks this contest may potentially end up costing me. I'm sorry if that sounds harsh. All other contests I do will be open to everyone, but this one is special. Plus, you do have time. This isn't over till the 27th.
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It makes sense when you put it that way. Thanks for explaining it.

I would have given a Becker to my dad, because ever since he saw me with my 7 he's been harping on about "that thing is useless" this and "all you need is a small folding knife to get by" that (he's an SAK guy). Though he did use it to trim brush on a camping trip once, so he may be turning around. :thumbup:
 
You and I don't generally enter into each others contests and this one is no different. I'll say that I'd give one to another BeckerHead here, Gingivitis Kahn #42 just because it was his constant jocking of the Becker line over at BUSA that got me looking over here couple years ago. Also wanting to bump your thread.
 
I think you should give it to your sister. Because my father has already pass away . So my vote goes to your sister Captain .

Beckerhead # 219

Hawkeye
 
Well, since Clich already got a 5, perhaps some of us should rethink our entries. This is one of the best and most generous contests I've seen in a while!
 
Airyca..

I don't know his /her name yet. The are active duty military. Someone young who is about to be deployed overseas in a Combat zone. The first one I approach and ask if they have a good knife to take will get the Becker if they tell me they need it..

It's one of the highest uses for such a knife I can think of, and there are still young folks your age deploying overseas.

May God (and some good blades) be with them..:)
 
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