There's a BK2 softly calling my name over at KTP, it's in the used knife cabinet, but it's actually new, an unused trade-in, and it wants me to buy it...
I love the *idea* of the BK2, a nearly indestructible 1/2" thick *slab* of a knife, capable of doing things that make other knives quake in fear and whimper for their mommy... It's an overbuilt brute of a knife, beyond rugged, and I love overbuilt, rugged things...
There's no reason I shouldn't love the 2....
I talk myself into it, obsess over it, the knife appeals to my primitive caveman side, the side that loves thick sharpened steel things, my mind keeps telling me I want it, it appeals to my caveman emotions of MACTECH SMASH!...
I head to KTP, ready to pick it up and add it to the collection (4 and 5), thinking of all the fun I will have with it....
I get to the knife counter, pick up the 2, heft it, my inner caveman smiles at its simple brutality and toughness, CaveTech WANT 2!, 2 GOOD!
But then, my logical, Vulcan side takes over...
It is not logical to want the 2, it is inefficient at the tasks that a knife is designed to do, mainly, to cut things and seperate matter, you already have a far superior tool for this purpose, the BK5.
CaveTech WANT 2, 2 STRONG, STRONG LIKE CaveTech! CaveTech NEED STRONG KNIFE FOR SMASHY!
Illogical, if you wish to smash things, use the proper tool, like a hammer or crowbar, knives are not designed to smash things
WANT 2, 2 GOOD TO SMASH THROU LOG, HIT 2 WITH STICK, 2 SPLIT LOG GOOD!
Illogical, you already possess a superior batoning knife, the BK4, which gives you more surface area to baton on, more leverage, and a far superior blade weighting towards the front which makes it excel for chopping as well
BUT, BUT, WANT 2! MAKE ME HAPPY, IT ALSO WORK LIKE HAMMER!
Once again, I must point out the flaw in your primitive logic, you know what also works quite efficiently as a hammer? A *hammer*
Also, the 2's thickness, weight, and blade geometry make it more difficult to perform fine detail cutting tasks, it's too heavy to use as a daily carry blade, it's too focused on indestructability, at the expense of cutting efficiency
YOU NO FUN ANYMORE, YOU TOO SERIOUS, ME LIKE 2!
I'm sorry, but it is highly illogical to want a knife like the BK2, when you already have superior knives for the tasks we personally use knives for, purchasing a 2 would be an inefficient use of limited financial resources, we have no *need* for a BK2, what about that CZ 75BD you decided you wanted yesterday?
ANSWER EASY...ME WANT *BOTH*
Yes, but there's a little something called "money" here..... You could put the money you would have spent on the 2 towards the CZ....
Okay, sorry for the little tangent there, basically what I'm trying to say is that I both want and don't want a BK2, I had one a few years ago, and ended up returning it because I didn't like the way it handled cutting tasks, one part of me really wants to give the 2 another try, but my logical side keeps shooting it down, I handle it, think it over, realize that the only thing it'll handle better than my existing Beckers is laugh at abusive tasks, realize I don't abuse my knives, and decide I don't really "need" one after all....
What's wrong with me, why can't I convince myself to like the BK2?
I love the *idea* of the BK2, a nearly indestructible 1/2" thick *slab* of a knife, capable of doing things that make other knives quake in fear and whimper for their mommy... It's an overbuilt brute of a knife, beyond rugged, and I love overbuilt, rugged things...
There's no reason I shouldn't love the 2....
I talk myself into it, obsess over it, the knife appeals to my primitive caveman side, the side that loves thick sharpened steel things, my mind keeps telling me I want it, it appeals to my caveman emotions of MACTECH SMASH!...
I head to KTP, ready to pick it up and add it to the collection (4 and 5), thinking of all the fun I will have with it....
I get to the knife counter, pick up the 2, heft it, my inner caveman smiles at its simple brutality and toughness, CaveTech WANT 2!, 2 GOOD!
But then, my logical, Vulcan side takes over...
It is not logical to want the 2, it is inefficient at the tasks that a knife is designed to do, mainly, to cut things and seperate matter, you already have a far superior tool for this purpose, the BK5.
CaveTech WANT 2, 2 STRONG, STRONG LIKE CaveTech! CaveTech NEED STRONG KNIFE FOR SMASHY!
Illogical, if you wish to smash things, use the proper tool, like a hammer or crowbar, knives are not designed to smash things
WANT 2, 2 GOOD TO SMASH THROU LOG, HIT 2 WITH STICK, 2 SPLIT LOG GOOD!
Illogical, you already possess a superior batoning knife, the BK4, which gives you more surface area to baton on, more leverage, and a far superior blade weighting towards the front which makes it excel for chopping as well
BUT, BUT, WANT 2! MAKE ME HAPPY, IT ALSO WORK LIKE HAMMER!
Once again, I must point out the flaw in your primitive logic, you know what also works quite efficiently as a hammer? A *hammer*
Also, the 2's thickness, weight, and blade geometry make it more difficult to perform fine detail cutting tasks, it's too heavy to use as a daily carry blade, it's too focused on indestructability, at the expense of cutting efficiency
YOU NO FUN ANYMORE, YOU TOO SERIOUS, ME LIKE 2!
I'm sorry, but it is highly illogical to want a knife like the BK2, when you already have superior knives for the tasks we personally use knives for, purchasing a 2 would be an inefficient use of limited financial resources, we have no *need* for a BK2, what about that CZ 75BD you decided you wanted yesterday?
ANSWER EASY...ME WANT *BOTH*
Yes, but there's a little something called "money" here..... You could put the money you would have spent on the 2 towards the CZ....
Okay, sorry for the little tangent there, basically what I'm trying to say is that I both want and don't want a BK2, I had one a few years ago, and ended up returning it because I didn't like the way it handled cutting tasks, one part of me really wants to give the 2 another try, but my logical side keeps shooting it down, I handle it, think it over, realize that the only thing it'll handle better than my existing Beckers is laugh at abusive tasks, realize I don't abuse my knives, and decide I don't really "need" one after all....
What's wrong with me, why can't I convince myself to like the BK2?
. Which is fine really, its ok to want things, and not get them for a while (the BK16 has been on my wish list since the day that it came out).
