If you ever get another one Becker bk2. The thing is a beast.
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If you ever get another one Becker bk2. The thing is a beast.
I just bought a BK2 from amazon on a whim. This thing is a beast. The blade is a full 1/4" thick. I feel like a boss opening boxes with this thing. [ROFL2]Quote:
Originally Posted by AMD-65
Becker
ESEE
Cold Steel
TOPS
All built pretty well for the money and will get the job done. I have a Cold Steel tanto recon I picked up like 8 years ago that is amazing for bushcraft stuff. The tips is wrong, but it still does the big stuff really well. I really want to get my hands on the new TOPS B.O.B. knife. It looks built really well and has many of the features I look for in a bushcraft knife. I don't really care about 'pretty' cuz I'm going to beat it up.
+1 Becker bk2
No joke- it IS 1/4" thick full tang...It is a sharpened pry bar- indestructible. worked better than a friends hatchet for chopping wood and then splitting it.
Chuck Norris of knives.
The BK2 is a tank. I have been using mine for 5 years doing almost everything with it in the mountains. That knife is a tank. No other knife comes close to it.
An often overlooked beast of a blade originating in the Vietnam era is the Puma White Hunter. Still made today (thought the blade is Solingen Stainless now) and likely the best knife I ever carried.
I have an ESEE 5 that I love!
Big fan of R.A.T./ESEE. Carry a RAT-3 every day. Had a first gen RC-4 but never used it. Use an RTAK II (earlier version of a Junglas) about twice a year.
All that said, I'd recommend an Greco MST. Heavy/solid 5" blade that holds an edge.
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I've owned the following for a number of years and it serves me well. You can see it is quite hefty, so it depends what you mean by a trail knife. I use mine as an all purpose blade. It holds an excellent edge and it is indestructible. As you can see, I like it. Get what you think suits your needs.
C ) Model 14 "Attack"
7 1/2" blade of 1/4" stock.
Top cutting edge sharpened.
4 1/2" handle of durable Black Micarta.
(Green micarta handle material available upon request.) (stainless steel blade, sawteeth, forward curved hilt, nickel silver hilt, name etching and name plate are available at additional charge.) Extra heavy 7/8" wide tang runs through channel handle, which is firmly fastened with epoxy. (Note: Standard with finger grip handle. Single Finger Grip and Border Patrol handle shapes available at additional charge.) Straight oblong hilt of 1/4" brass. This knife was designed to meet the demand for an almost indestructible all-purpose knife, though it is especially suited for combat and survival purposes. With wrist thong through brass ferrule in handle.
(Wt. 14 oz.)
BK2. Stands up to an absurd amount of abuse, and still holds a edge.