Been on a knife kick since seeing the becker tac tool. I like the tac tool but want something more traditional. I'm about to order a bk2. Still has the thick blade and really tough. Gonna use around the yard and for camping. Anyone own or use before?

 

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I've handled it. It's a chunk of knife.

 

IMO, it would not be my first choice for that kind of kinfe. It's a short blade, which says skinning, food prep, making fuzz sticks, etc. Except the thing is very thick with a broad blade, which means it will do a marginal job on most of those tasks.

 

Being very thick with a broad blade, you think chopping type tasks. Except it's short, and doesn't have any angle to the grip.

 

If going with the kabar/becker knives, I'd consider the bk7 as more appropriate for a general purpose camp knife. It's long and heavy enough to get away without any angle on the grip for chopping, and will still do all the above tasks just about as well as the bk2.

 

The BK knives are a decent value for the price. Myself for the general purpose camp knife I went with a swamp rat camp tramp. Good luck digging one up though, they don't make them anymore, and getting anything out of swamp rat is a job and a half. If I had to replace it, a bk7 would probably be one of the options on the list.

I like my BK2 (the one raz-0 handled I think) and it is actually pretty decent at chopping because if its mass. I took down a few 3-4in trees quite effortlessly. I also own a BK7 which is indeed a better chopper but not by a whole lot because although longer it is about the same weight as the BK2. If you were going to drag a single knife in the woods the BK2 would be the better choice, if you want to bring 2 knives I would bring the BK7 and a smaller knife (in my case the smaller knife would be my Fallkniven F1)