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Why don't I like the BK2? I think there's something wrong with me...
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Excellent, Smithers......
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Beating the newness....ahem...
ME SMASH AWAY ICKY "NEWNESS!" ME GIVE IT HONEST WEAR!
I admit, I was wrong about the 2, it's an amazing batoning knife on small round logs up to 3-4" in diameter, it's just as good as the 4, maybe better, due to the additional width, the 4 has more batonable area, but the wider 2 acts more like a splitting wedge
It's also a heck of a lot easier to carry around, thanks to my jeans unique "TARDIS-pocket*" technology, I can actually pocket carry the 2, whereas I have to strap the 4 or 5 to my belt.
I'm sorry I ever doubted you, Uncle Ethan
*they're bigger on the inside....
ME SMASH AWAY ICKY "NEWNESS!" ME GIVE IT HONEST WEAR!
I admit, I was wrong about the 2, it's an amazing batoning knife on small round logs up to 3-4" in diameter, it's just as good as the 4, maybe better, due to the additional width, the 4 has more batonable area, but the wider 2 acts more like a splitting wedge
It's also a heck of a lot easier to carry around, thanks to my jeans unique "TARDIS-pocket*" technology, I can actually pocket carry the 2, whereas I have to strap the 4 or 5 to my belt.
I'm sorry I ever doubted you, Uncle Ethan
*they're bigger on the inside....
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There are many other knives better at being knives than the BK2. That said, it's the knife we bring in our little hippy EDC bag when we go to town.
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Congrats on the 2 man, it really is a beast of a knife.
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Beating the newness....ahem...
ME SMASH AWAY ICKY "NEWNESS!" ME GIVE IT HONEST WEAR!
I admit, I was wrong about the 2, it's an amazing batoning knife on small round logs up to 3-4" in diameter, it's just as good as the 4, maybe better, due to the additional width, the 4 has more batonable area, but the wider 2 acts more like a splitting wedge
It's also a heck of a lot easier to carry around, thanks to my jeans unique "TARDIS-pocket*" technology, I can actually pocket carry the 2, whereas I have to strap the 4 or 5 to my belt.
I'm sorry I ever doubted you, Uncle Ethan
*they're bigger on the inside....
Do not doubt the awesomeness of the BK-2. EVER. You can also baton the heck out of MUCH larger logs if you work the edges; almost if you were an ancient sawyer splitting a log for boards.
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Congrats you shouldn't be disappointed...I feel that the few people who truly dislike the bk2 just don't understand it. They expect too much from it, they expect it to chop like a 9 but carve like an 11. While it will hold its own for both tasks it obviously isn't going to preform as well. Once you understand the bk2 you'll find it will pretty much out preform most knives in its class for an all around hard use knife.
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Off to a good start. :thumbup:
Which is exactly why Ethan designed it... to be extremely difficult to break, while still being capable of true survivally-type cutting, for folks that only carry one knife. It's really not much of a chopper and it's a terrible chef's knife... it's a brick that cuts. And sometimes that's exactly what a person wants.
Personally I'm a two-knife guy, and I'd much rather pair up a 9 and a 16 or (a Ma Deuce and a SideKick), given the choice. But I certainly wouldn't feel "under-knifed" if all I had was a 2. Or a 10 for that matter. Or even a 7, which is my least favorite Becker of all.
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Hold on; wait; stop!
All of a sudden we're supposed to be logical and make our knife purchase selection on need? When the heck did all of this start? Nobody told me; I never got the memo/email - honest!
Knives were once used by ancient man for survival and facilitating the luxuries in life - fire, heat, shelter, reasonably regular food. That was a long time ago - way before Al Gore invented the internet.
Now, knives bring us pleasure. The pre-purchase analysis is enhanced by the internet and You Tube. We push button on the wall and our shelters get warmer or cooler depending on climate and our preferences. Food is available though the internal combustion engine and stores - or by pushing button on a device and someone else's internal combustion engine brings it to us.
Knives are for pleasure and Becker knives provide significant pleasure relative to the pain of payment; models such as the 2, 4, 5 and 9 in earnest!
That said, I am shocked, surprised, confused and otherwise disoriented by this sudden notion of need and logical analysis. Please let's cease and desist from such perverted, ill-fated and stoic nonsense forthwith!
All of a sudden we're supposed to be logical and make our knife purchase selection on need? When the heck did all of this start? Nobody told me; I never got the memo/email - honest!
Knives were once used by ancient man for survival and facilitating the luxuries in life - fire, heat, shelter, reasonably regular food. That was a long time ago - way before Al Gore invented the internet.
Now, knives bring us pleasure. The pre-purchase analysis is enhanced by the internet and You Tube. We push button on the wall and our shelters get warmer or cooler depending on climate and our preferences. Food is available though the internal combustion engine and stores - or by pushing button on a device and someone else's internal combustion engine brings it to us.
Knives are for pleasure and Becker knives provide significant pleasure relative to the pain of payment; models such as the 2, 4, 5 and 9 in earnest!
That said, I am shocked, surprised, confused and otherwise disoriented by this sudden notion of need and logical analysis. Please let's cease and desist from such perverted, ill-fated and stoic nonsense forthwith!
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It is an awesome blade. Try carving a watermelon helmet with one 
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Haha, really. I remember seeing that for the first time. It was great.
There used to be a member that frequented here, "GoNadz", and he had a pretty funny watermelon get up as well. I kinda miss that guy, he was freakin' hilarious.
EDIT: Not the original contest thread, but DerekH preserved one of the GoNad photos: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...no-better-time-really?p=10050513#post10050513
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I don't much like the 2. A buddy has one and the only thing I still really love about it is the handle geometry... the extra thickness with the Becker Grivory just feels good in my hands. I don't like the Micarta as much- he recently replaced the Grivory with Ka-Bar's Micarta. Too grippy. Not nimble enough for me. The shape of the handles gives me all the security I need (I've used my 7 a lot without an issue) and I prefer the smooth Grivory and the possibility of making the knife move or stay if I want to- not an easy option with the Micarta IMHO. Anyways, I didn't like much else about the knife. It was too heavy for its size. The balance was off for me. It wasn't very controllable for me (I do like lighter knives for controlled cutting). The thicker edge meant I had to be careful and sharpen it at a blunter angle than I was used to, which means that sharpening took twice as long as usual. I didn't like the sheath it came with, either, but that's been fixed in the newer models, which come without the infernal edge killing glass filled plastic impossible to draw the knife from sheath that this one came with.
It's a beast of a knife, but for my uses I think the 10 would be considerably better. YMMV.
ETA- If I ever want to baton through a lawnmower, I'll pick up a 2.
A Dodge Nova would get the 3 treatment, of course.
It's a beast of a knife, but for my uses I think the 10 would be considerably better. YMMV.
ETA- If I ever want to baton through a lawnmower, I'll pick up a 2.
A Dodge Nova would get the 3 treatment, of course.
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I don't much like the 2. A buddy has one and the only thing I still really love about it is the handle geometry... the extra thickness with the Becker Grivory just feels good in my hands. I don't like the Micarta as much- he recently replaced the Grivory with Ka-Bar's Micarta. Too grippy. Not nimble enough for me. The shape of the handles gives me all the security I need (I've used my 7 a lot without an issue) and I prefer the smooth Grivory and the possibility of making the knife move or stay if I want to- not an easy option with the Micarta IMHO. Anyways, I didn't like much else about the knife. It was too heavy for its size. The balance was off for me. It wasn't very controllable for me (I do like lighter knives for controlled cutting). The thicker edge meant I had to be careful and sharpen it at a blunter angle than I was used to, which means that sharpening took twice as long as usual. I didn't like the sheath it came with, either, but that's been fixed in the newer models, which come without the infernal edge killing glass filled plastic impossible to draw the knife from sheath that this one came with.
It's a beast of a knife, but for my uses I think the 10 would be considerably better. YMMV.
ETA- If I ever want to baton through a lawnmower, I'll pick up a 2.
A Dodge Nova would get the 3 treatment, of course.
I have to agree about the 2. I have one but don't use it. Now, if it had an 8" blade, that would be killer. :thumbup:
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