You do make a good point though. My idea with the "unbiased" review probably wasn't a good one. He should review his knives, and I should review mine because you will be a lot more natural with what you are used to. So when I re-do the BK9 review this weekend, I'll be the one doing it. I might let him chop a bit though. I sure don't want him trying that draw knife trick with Becky. Becky is so sharp she scares ME sometimes. I don't want to have to stuff someones guts back in...
I saw your reviews on the BK2 BK10 and Condor Croatlus, I ended up with the BK10 which arrived today and even at the price I paid for it(132 Aus.$) it was worth it. You don't relise what a "tank' of a knife it is until you actually hold it in your hands! Love your work.
After a bit of waffling between the gerber infantry knife and the BK 7 I opted for the BK7 based on these reviews. 80USD turned out to be a price I could live with. Salute.
His "arsenal of experience" in bushcraft (and field time) is about 20X what mine is. You're giving him an unfair appraisal because A) He's never used the BK7 before B) It's bigger than what he's used to and C) He's been using a PLSK-1 for 2 years. They are VERY different knives. He can do damn near anything with HIS knife. He's trying to do tasks he's used to with a knife that he's not used to.
I was wincing too...I'll grant that. But he was trying to see if he could do the same stuff he does with his knife. He does much more "bushcrafty" things than I do. I cut, chop, and baton. He carves bows and spoons and sh*t.
I ground in a choil on my BK-7. Crazy that Will said he would do it way back. I hadn't seen or didn't remember this video. Preparedmind101 (Chris) was one of the first subs I did on the account I had back in 2015 or so. This is all still very relevant.
Beckers are great blades ,i have the Kabar Heavy Bowie and love it,great vid guys ! And you are exactly right about rust on the coast i live in Atlantic Canada 30 feet from the Atlantic Ocean so i keep my coating on.cheerz from the far Northeast !
Been jonesin for a Becker BK 9 after the reviews of BK 2 BK 7 and BK 9....then yesterday it hits me what you just said: best knife FOR THE MONEY" and I can get a knife from A-2 tool steel thats light years or at least double better. Duh moment. It Might be fun to play with a BK 9 and less heartache if it gets lost or stolen, but Im totally of a mind that knives are one of the few places you can get MORE than you pay for and I'm gonna push it!!!! This is the GOLDEN AGE of Cutlery due to sintered PM steel technology. I remember when 3V was novel and one could be hard pressed to get a knife of that steel. Not true now!
BTW...You earned two Preparedmind Points for referring to Jessica by her proper name. Not sure what you get with them yet, so don't lose them. Might be something great...
I'm a big knife fan also, in my years of experience I have found the edge makes very little difference in performance, as long as the knife is sharp. If you take a knife that size & use the landard, hold the last 3 or 4 inches of the handle it will chop a lot better. A SS knife blade will create sparks also, I have never found one that wouldn't.
Why don't they start manufacturing a small amount of these knives just like the way that you have it. It makes sense for the people that really enjoy this knife like I do. and there's plenty of other people that will buy this knife like I will I think the knife looks fantastic .
Good test. I just saw one where the guy pummeled the bk-7 with a huge rock. I just don't think I will ever need to do that. If it doesn't break from batoning or hand pressure, seems to me that it is good.
A large knife like a bk7 or bk9 is meant to be paired with a smaller knife for the fine stuff i never want to go with only one knife to do everything .
I was wondering what your opinion of the gerber lmf 2 is? I didn't see a review on your page.....thanks for your reviews, they are great, I also got a big laugh from your "review" of the 1980's "survivor"!!!
BK9 - "you can do a small job with a big knife but you cannot do a big job with a small knife" - theory still stands, so between the two i would chose the BK9, but if i cannot get a BK9 then a BK7 would do. Awesome review. BECKER RULES !!! Thank You.
Sure I agree with you but.. In my opinion BK9 is only better when chopping.Now if you do the maths,the BK9 has the same steel as thickness too.. That makes "theoretically" BK7 stronger,since it is shorter!!! I did an Internet search and the ONLY "Becker" fail I found,was a broken BK9...
Agis Tsakalakis Your right. I just love the BK9, well.......i love the BK2 {that as you know has the same blade thickness as the BK7 & BK9 so that is a tank of a knife, but i find it a little to short for some jobs} & the Ka-bar Warthog as well. At the end, it's probably a matter of preference. Take Care Now.
MrEdium BK-2 Is even thicker than the BK-7 & BK-9!!! I own a BK-7 and I love it! I have to say,that I have seen BK-9 chopping better than 3 longer and havier machetes we tested on hard wood!!! That's really cool! You can't go wrong with any "Becker".I wish I could afford them all and I wish you choose the one that suits your needs best!
I don't have a stock sheath. BUT, the stock sheath that Kabar makes now for the Beckers are some of the best built STOCK sheaths out there. Definitely good enough to use until you get a custom one. Don't really do much with the pommel. Kabar would replace it. They'd want to to send it in so they can investigate what happened. Not to screw you, but just so they know.
My only problem with Becker knives is for the price they should have better scales and better coatings that’s my only real complaint.I know cheaper knives that Can accomplish both. I live on the coast so I have to have a good coating.
I'm used to big knives. He's from the Dave Canterbury train of thought that you don't go over 5" and the knife design he's accustomed to is nothing like the BK7. The PLSK-1 is a perfectly designed bushcraft knife. Just a damn expensive one compared to a BK7.
The Beckers are designed for batoning, although KaBar does not advertise it. If you break another knife while batoning the manufacturer will say it was abused and may not replace it. How do you like the pommel? Looks like a good skull breaker but is it good for prying and hammering? What about the sheath? Even if you dont like it, and there are many in that same boat, you should still talk about it.
Thanks a lot Chris for the review. I watch almost every one of your videos. I will be getting a BK7 for Christmas. I can't wait to get my hands on it. You got me hooked on the Becker knives. I want to get a BK2 next.
I have seen the BK7 break but not because it's a bad knife but because there are morons out there that think that this knife is supposed to do everything which is why Ethan Becker prefers the BK9 and which is also why I use the BK9 before I use my BK7. In fact, I won't even baton wood with my BK7 unless I absolutely had to. It's meant for light chopping, slicing, and stabbing. The BK9 for heavy chopping and batoning. I know guys on their 2nd or 3rd BK7 and 9 while the coating on mine is barely fading! And people wonder why my knives last forever!! Diversify your knives and they will last forever, even down to your grandchildren! Also, after you finish batoning wood with your knives, wipe it down with extra virgin olive oil it really preserves the coating of your blades!!!
I don't think Chris has mentioned this so I will Beckers are highly Addictive you can't have just one I have 2 so far and will have a third on the third (the remora to fit the secondary sheath on Beast my BK9) and after that I cant decide between the BK7 and BK16 like I said Addictive BE WARNED LOL!!!!!!!!
Ha,ha- excellent! I have a BK9 (and 14, which fits in it's sheath). Just inherited a BK2, 4, and 16. I bought a BK7 last night. Great blade, metal and construction. Ethan knows his stuff.
nice I think I'm set on the BK16 I don't really need another big knife but I don't have any that are true bushcraft knives and I just watched a video where Ethan Becker said the BK16 is the knife he has been looking for since he was 14 so that pretty much has me sold on it!!!!!
Michael Mixson hey I jus my bk7 in the mail love it so far... already customizing it... but i was jus wondering do u still love the Beckers u have.. because I can tell they are already addictive lol
Hey Chris, been a subscriber for a while and love all your videos. Recently bought a BK7 and BK9. I have now become a Becker-head! Purchased a Tops Buck Nighthawk around the same time. Not nearly the same quality. Was also looking for a cheap neck knife. Instead of buying a BK11, I thought I'd save some money and purchase a CRKT dogfish knife. Needless to say I will be spending the extra money to buy the Becker.
hey man. was wondering if you had a bk2 review. im looking for a smaller knife for finer tasks. LOVE the bk series. i do like your review process. sooo....bk2 review?
Did you sharpen the spine for a keen Edge so you can strike a lot of Sparks from a fire Steel that didn't look like a ton of Sparks but it was a shorter Rod so I don't know I have the bk7 but no mods and you're right I have the older sheath and they do suck they're just good enough to be a Sheath
I live in a wet, hot, steamy, swampy environment. How well would those knives hold up in a wet environment? My go-to knife for the past 25 years has been the original Gerber LMF back when they still made very good knives. The LMF has held up extremely well, but I found out that these things are considered to be collectibles now so I am going to retire it and find a new go-to knife. So far the BK7 is on the top of my list. BTW, I did find one BK7 fail on youtube when I did the search, but the guy said they sent him a new one.
The coating on these knives really is a thing to get rid of, if you're ACTUALLY gonna use them in the field! It is sticky, it comes off very fast anyway and leaves ugly marks on the blade and all in all are more of a trade off than a benefit. I took off the coating from my Becker BK2 and never had an issue with rust, despite having the blade in the sheath basically all the time when not in use and not doing any of the "geek treatments"(no offense) like applying a mustard or vinegar coatings or oil it up all the time (which sucks if you have it as a "do it all tool" anyway, because you also wanna be doing food prep with it and I don't like any oil but olive oil on my food) like really heavy abuse and moisture didn't do much the blade. I mean there are few tiny salt-grain sized spots, but they could also be tree sap tropletts and I mostly get rid of them with aceton or a piece of fine sand paper every 6 months or so. If you resharpen, the crucial part gets "carved clean" anyway, so.... Great knives, absolutely recommend them (for the price). If you have the money for a 400+USD bowie like the legendary Condor Undertaker, go for it. If not, the BK7 or Bk2 are an awesome option that won't dissapoint you and you don't need to rob the bank to get one. I like the Ka-Bar Becker series especially, because they are highly customizable by the owner and you can have unique knive with a little bit of work and not even much know how, without ordering a custom knife for hundrets or even thousands of bucks. I personally stripped the coating off of mine and made some custom handle scales made from dark Ovankol wood and had it covered with thick glossy UV-lacquer to really harden and seal it off (props to my friend who did that for me). The only thing I don't like is the sheath it comes in. The draw-retention on some of them is so high, that you can't get the knive out of the sheeth without using both of your hands and even then it is a dangerous task, because of which I already cut my palm badly. Keep in mind, this only applies to some of the sheaths - I think the blades themselves are made in the US but the sheaths are made under cheap labor somewhere in Asia to keep the cost down, so the quality differs a lot. Mine was super tight and it only became better after I attached my handmade scales, which are a bit thicker than the originals and push the sheath apart a bit more than normal, affecting the retention in positive way. I love mine, never will I give it away and I am really considering to get a BK7, because I lately really got hooked on the bowie knife aesthetic, but sure would also customize it the way I did the BK2. I am thinking of some ornaments in a Dias De Los Muertos theme. Sure a cool thing. Great video, although not unbiased. But I don't blame you, because they just ARE very convincingly well made knives!
My bad been carrying the same olde Ka Bar I had with me in the Marines. Iv been looking at the Bk 7 and the swamp rat rodent series what are your opinions on swamp rat knifes sir?
Hi there, what sort of tape have you put on the handle. I have one of these with Mikarta grips but i also have a BK2 & want to make the handle more grippy. Thanks in advance for your help & keep up the good work, Paul UK
Nothing against your preference or anything, but I've personally never been a BK fan ever since ka-bar screwed up and made sheaths that dulled the knives. Also, I'm not liking the clipped spine on the BK7 because in my experience false edges on the spine of knives don't lend themselves to batoning because they chew right through your baton and you need to get a new one every 5 min... I like a sharp 90 degree spine for the entire length of the blade.
Sheaths that dulled knives? You mean the old BK11/14 sheath? Plus their new sheaths (for the full sized knives) got way better in 2012. I've never had "baton shredding" problems with the 7 OR the 9, and I've batoned a LOT of wood. I'd like a 90 degree spine, but it's not a deal breaker for me. The knife feels too good in my hand, and stays sharp forever. And I never worry about it snapping.
preparedmind101 Yeah man, it's a well known fact that ka-bar was having major issues with their glass-filled nylon sheaths that came on models like the BK2 and USMC fighting knives. Apparently the glass content was too high and was causing the knives to dull when drawn from the sheath. At first people were complaining and ka-bar denied the problems claiming user error, but then after hundreds and hundreds of people complained to ka-bar, then finally admitted to the problem and tried to fix it. The problem however was that even after ka-bar fixed the sheaths, many vendors were still selling off their old stock that came with defective sheaths, and so when customers would order the knife, they wouldn't know if they were getting the new (corrected) sheaths or the old (defective) ones. This is why I've stayed away from Ka-bar. I just didn't feel like taking the chance at getting a vendor's old stock with a defective sheath. I also didn't like how ka-bar handled the issue, initially denying there was a problem and telling customers it was their own doing. Not very classy. =/
I resheath them all anyway. IMO those Sheaths are temporary measures. And I support Ethan, who IS classy. I used one of the old Sheaths on a BK11. My theory is people were drawing their knives applying pressure to the cutting edge. I always pulled it out applying pressure to the spine. No problem. A crappy sheath is no reason to boycott a perfectly good knife. Most factory sheaths suck.
ESEE handles are nowhere near as comfortable to me. I have an ESEE6 now and it's a great knife. It can do some smaller knife tasks a little easier. But that handle is nowhere near as good to me. The stock sheath was just as 'meh' as the Kabar ones...I immediately resheathed it. But to each his own. I can't get into ESEE for the simple fact that the fandom is a little too fanatical for my taste. If I have an ESEE on my channel it's like walking on eggshells because if you don't say it's better than sex people shit kittens.
PREPAREDMIND101 LOL! Yeah.. and I hate cats! haha... Even as fanatical as ESEE fans are, it's still NOTHING compared to Spyderco fanboys. Now THEIR like some sort of damn cult! Try saying something bad about Spyderco in any of the blade forums and see what happens! LOL I personally HATE Spyderco (and I used to love them). I will NEVER buy another product from them! Their customer service is horrendous! I've never had such a bad experience with a knife company as I did with Spyderco. Honestly, I really kind of hope they fucking tank and go out of business! As for the BK7, I would love it if they just redesigned the blade and got rid of that damned clip point and swedge! False edges serve no purpose on a survival knife. I just think Ethan Becker wanted to market this knife to the "Tacti-cool" crowd when he was designing it... I don't believe he every designed the BK7 to be primarily a bushcraft/wilderness survival knife. That's just me speculating though.
+PREPAREDMIND101 Hey Chris I've watched manybof your vids and am considering getting a Becker bk10 Crewman, I was wondering what you think about it. It seems like an awesome blade it lands between the 7 and the 2 perfectly especially weight wise, anyways just wondering if you have used one before.
$67... It's $131 on their website and that's probably USD, I'm Canadian so it'll end up costing me more. Not to mention international fees. I fucking hate ordering shit online. If it's USD it'll end up being $172 CAD, and with taxes onto that it ends up being $197. Last time I had something shipped internationally it was around the same weight and it was like $60. So apparently this is a $257 knife in Canada.
It's carbon steel....which is what you want in an outdoor knife, so it needs maintenance. I never have rust issues, I just keep it dry. If you get a little surface rust on a long weekend outdoors, watch my Field Knife Maintenance Kit video. Simple things.
Ok I'm 16 almost 17 on the 29 of the 12th and I was looking for a good forthe price fixed blade to go camping with or what not I'm a boyscout so I do alot of outdoors stuff and I was wondering how good the Bk-7 was for such things?
Chris, based on your knowledge and input which blade would you suggest as a companion blade for the BK7.....#1 the BK11 Becker Necker or #2 the BK13 Remora?
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I miss these days... Please life, come back to normal....
After all the years I still love your videos
I finally got my bk7, and it is so damn good, god bless you, your reviews are the best
You do make a good point though. My idea with the "unbiased" review probably wasn't a good one. He should review his knives, and I should review mine because you will be a lot more natural with what you are used to. So when I re-do the BK9 review this weekend, I'll be the one doing it. I might let him chop a bit though. I sure don't want him trying that draw knife trick with Becky. Becky is so sharp she scares ME sometimes. I don't want to have to stuff someones guts back in...
i have to thank you chris, if i never found your videos i wouldn't have ever gotten such an awesome knife, i got one and i love it
I saw your reviews on the BK2 BK10 and Condor Croatlus, I ended up with the BK10 which arrived today and even at the price I paid for it(132 Aus.$) it was worth it. You don't relise what a "tank' of a knife it is until you actually hold it in your hands!
Love your work.
After a bit of waffling between the gerber infantry knife and the BK 7 I opted for the BK7 based on these reviews. 80USD turned out to be a price I could live with. Salute.
His "arsenal of experience" in bushcraft (and field time) is about 20X what mine is. You're giving him an unfair appraisal because A) He's never used the BK7 before B) It's bigger than what he's used to and C) He's been using a PLSK-1 for 2 years. They are VERY different knives. He can do damn near anything with HIS knife. He's trying to do tasks he's used to with a knife that he's not used to.
i just bought one today and named her jessica as well thanks for all of the great advice!!!
I was wincing too...I'll grant that. But he was trying to see if he could do the same stuff he does with his knife. He does much more "bushcrafty" things than I do. I cut, chop, and baton. He carves bows and spoons and sh*t.
I ground in a choil on my BK-7. Crazy that Will said he would do it way back. I hadn't seen or didn't remember this video. Preparedmind101 (Chris) was one of the first subs I did on the account I had back in 2015 or so. This is all still very relevant.
Beckers are great blades ,i have the Kabar Heavy Bowie and love it,great vid guys ! And you are exactly right about rust on the coast i live in Atlantic Canada 30 feet from the Atlantic Ocean so i keep my coating on.cheerz from the far Northeast !
Awesome !
Been jonesin for a Becker BK 9 after the reviews of BK 2 BK 7 and BK 9....then yesterday it hits me what you just said: best knife FOR THE MONEY" and I can get a knife from A-2 tool steel thats light years or at least double better. Duh moment. It Might be fun to play with a BK 9 and less heartache if it gets lost or stolen, but Im totally of a mind that knives are one of the few places you can get MORE than you pay for and I'm gonna push it!!!! This is the GOLDEN AGE of Cutlery due to sintered PM steel technology. I remember when 3V was novel and one could be hard pressed to get a knife of that steel. Not true now!
Nice video Chris. Keep up the good work !
I see a FAQ video in the immediate future...
It's Wilson tennis racket grip from Walmart. Comes in a three pack.
BTW...You earned two Preparedmind Points for referring to Jessica by her proper name. Not sure what you get with them yet, so don't lose them. Might be something great...
7:43 dat face when he expose lie :D
Great video! I'm definitely purchasing the BK-7 today! Thanks again.
I still have mine from when you first showed me this knife
I was thinking of getting the bk9 or the bk7 this makes me think I'll be picking up the 7
I recommend this knife to all beginning campers/survivalists/preppers etc and cite this video as an example.
I'm a big knife fan also, in my years of experience I have found the edge makes very little difference in performance, as long as the knife is sharp. If you take a knife that size & use the landard, hold the last 3 or 4 inches of the handle it will chop a lot better. A SS knife blade will create sparks also, I have never found one that wouldn't.
Why don't they start manufacturing a small amount of these knives just like the way that you have it. It makes sense for the people that really enjoy this knife like I do. and there's plenty of other people that will buy this knife like I will I think the knife looks fantastic .
Nice review. Still love my Becker BK2 Campanion though.
Actually, it's been really cool. Low-Mid 80's.
Good. Another will be live in about 30 minutes.
Good test. I just saw one where the guy pummeled the bk-7 with a huge rock. I just don't think I will ever need to do that. If it doesn't break from batoning or hand pressure, seems to me that it is good.
All those cicada's in the background, sounds like the Walking Dead. Good thing you have a good knife.
But man Chris NICE! job on the sharpening of that knife wow that thing is a 7" razor bro.
A large knife like a bk7 or bk9 is meant to be paired with a smaller knife for the fine stuff i never want to go with only one knife to do everything .
I was wondering what your opinion of the gerber lmf 2 is? I didn't see a review on your page.....thanks for your reviews, they are great, I also got a big laugh from your "review" of the 1980's "survivor"!!!
probably be the same result, gerbers are shit in my experience
BK9 - "you can do a small job with a big knife but you cannot do a big job with a small knife" - theory still stands, so between the two i would chose the BK9, but if i cannot get a BK9 then a BK7 would do. Awesome review. BECKER RULES !!! Thank You.
Sure I agree with you but.. In my opinion BK9 is only better when chopping.Now if you do the maths,the BK9 has the same steel as thickness too.. That makes "theoretically" BK7 stronger,since it is shorter!!! I did an Internet search and the ONLY "Becker" fail I found,was a broken BK9...
Agis Tsakalakis Your right. I just love the BK9, well.......i love the BK2 {that as you know has the same blade thickness as the BK7 & BK9 so that is a tank of a knife, but i find it a little to short for some jobs} & the Ka-bar Warthog as well. At the end, it's probably a matter of preference. Take Care Now.
MrEdium BK-2 Is even thicker than the BK-7 & BK-9!!! I own a BK-7 and I love it! I have to say,that I have seen BK-9 chopping better than 3 longer and havier machetes we tested on hard wood!!! That's really cool! You can't go wrong with any "Becker".I wish I could afford them all and I wish you choose the one that suits your needs best!
why not both?
I don't have a stock sheath. BUT, the stock sheath that Kabar makes now for the Beckers are some of the best built STOCK sheaths out there. Definitely good enough to use until you get a custom one.
Don't really do much with the pommel.
Kabar would replace it. They'd want to to send it in so they can investigate what happened. Not to screw you, but just so they know.
My only problem with Becker knives is for the price they should have better scales and better coatings that’s my only real complaint.I know cheaper knives that Can accomplish both. I live on the coast so I have to have a good coating.
I'm used to big knives. He's from the Dave Canterbury train of thought that you don't go over 5" and the knife design he's accustomed to is nothing like the BK7. The PLSK-1 is a perfectly designed bushcraft knife. Just a damn expensive one compared to a BK7.
Hooyah Chris! Just got out of the navy last February 🤘
The Beckers are designed for batoning, although KaBar does not advertise it. If you break another knife while batoning the manufacturer will say it was abused and may not replace it.
How do you like the pommel? Looks like a good skull breaker but is it good for prying and hammering? What about the sheath? Even if you dont like it, and there are many in that same boat, you should still talk about it.
Great review Chris. I enjoyed it. I love that knife.
Do you have any video of sharpening your knives/knife maintenance?
love your videos, especially those on jessica. shes on my amazon wishlist
Great knife for the money! Good review, thanks guys!
Thanks a lot Chris for the review. I watch almost every one of your videos. I will be getting a BK7 for Christmas. I can't wait to get my hands on it. You got me hooked on the Becker knives. I want to get a BK2 next.
I bet if you gave Will a bk10 he would hand over his plsk-1.
PREPAREDMIND101 did you lose the laser etching after removing the paint coating?
Are they better, can hold an edge better than the pos ontario knives? I cant put an edge on them.
I have seen the BK7 break but not because it's a bad knife but because there are morons out there that think that this knife is supposed to do everything which is why Ethan Becker prefers the BK9 and which is also why I use the BK9 before I use my BK7. In fact, I won't even baton wood with my BK7 unless I absolutely had to. It's meant for light chopping, slicing, and stabbing. The BK9 for heavy chopping and batoning. I know guys on their 2nd or 3rd BK7 and 9 while the coating on mine is barely fading! And people wonder why my knives last forever!! Diversify your knives and they will last forever, even down to your grandchildren! Also, after you finish batoning wood with your knives, wipe it down with extra virgin olive oil it really preserves the coating of your blades!!!
Buddy, stop pulling that knife toward your goodies. I don't want to see that happen...
"At This Point" I Bought one to compare with my Esee 6 Thanks For the Vid Guys.
mine is in the mail,just got to get Angelina engraved!
Hey Will you can drive that tip in2 a little log & have a handle for a draw knife brother there is a lot of knife there lol it isnt are 5" blades lol
I don't think Chris has mentioned this so I will Beckers are highly Addictive you can't have just one I have 2 so far and will have a third on the third (the remora to fit the secondary sheath on Beast my BK9) and after that I cant decide between the BK7 and BK16 like I said Addictive BE WARNED LOL!!!!!!!!
Ha,ha- excellent! I have a BK9 (and 14, which fits in it's sheath). Just inherited a BK2, 4, and 16. I bought a BK7 last night. Great blade, metal and construction. Ethan knows his stuff.
nice I think I'm set on the BK16 I don't really need another big knife but I don't have any that are true bushcraft knives and I just watched a video where Ethan Becker said the BK16 is the knife he has been looking for since he was 14 so that pretty much has me sold on it!!!!!
Michael Mixson hey I jus my bk7 in the mail love it so far... already customizing it... but i was jus wondering do u still love the Beckers u have.. because I can tell they are already addictive lol
Even so, Its a great adiction, i declare quilty
If you like them and can afford them, they are great. Same with Scrapyard (I like slightly better)
Thx for telling me to get a bk7 one of the best knives ever
Only thing better is the hogue ex-f01, getter my second becker nd f01 mon hopefully
I love this video "at this point" haha
For real all jokes aside I really enjoyed it yall kick ass.
Hey Chris, been a subscriber for a while and love all your videos. Recently bought a BK7 and BK9. I have now become a Becker-head! Purchased a Tops Buck Nighthawk around the same time. Not nearly the same quality. Was also looking for a cheap neck knife. Instead of buying a BK11, I thought I'd save some money and purchase a CRKT dogfish knife. Needless to say I will be spending the extra money to buy the Becker.
hey man. was wondering if you had a bk2 review. im looking for a smaller knife for finer tasks. LOVE the bk series. i do like your review process. sooo....bk2 review?
How would you keep it sharp like that in the field?
Did you sharpen the spine for a keen Edge so you can strike a lot of Sparks from a fire Steel that didn't look like a ton of Sparks but it was a shorter Rod so I don't know I have the bk7 but no mods and you're right I have the older sheath and they do suck they're just good enough to be a Sheath
Still my favorite knife.
How about a review on the buck frontiersman 124
You ever take a look at the Buck Hoodlum? It's a very good all around knife and still quite large. You might consider review it.
I never knew you were in the Navy, thank you!
I am enlisting into the Marines after high school, which would be the best knife to carry?
Look at hogues ex-f01 made by ex recon marine to replace his ka-bar
I live in a wet, hot, steamy, swampy environment. How well would those knives hold up in a wet environment? My go-to knife for the past 25 years has been the original Gerber LMF back when they still made very good knives. The LMF has held up extremely well, but I found out that these things are considered to be collectibles now so I am going to retire it and find a new go-to knife. So far the BK7 is on the top of my list. BTW, I did find one BK7 fail on youtube when I did the search, but the guy said they sent him a new one.
What type of metal is this Knife made of? Is it a Type of Stainless? If not will it rust?
I'm not being nosy but where do you get all the money with all these knives you have?
What would you choose for oblivion between the bk7 and the esee 6 and why?
Hey man love your TH-cam videos I am a Us border Patrol Agent and iv been carrying
Dude the way you're buddy swings that knife I'm surprised he didn't slice open his arteries. Totally careless.
The coating on these knives really is a thing to get rid of, if you're ACTUALLY gonna use them in the field! It is sticky, it comes off very fast anyway and leaves ugly marks on the blade and all in all are more of a trade off than a benefit. I took off the coating from my Becker BK2 and never had an issue with rust, despite having the blade in the sheath basically all the time when not in use and not doing any of the "geek treatments"(no offense) like applying a mustard or vinegar coatings or oil it up all the time (which sucks if you have it as a "do it all tool" anyway, because you also wanna be doing food prep with it and I don't like any oil but olive oil on my food) like really heavy abuse and moisture didn't do much the blade. I mean there are few tiny salt-grain sized spots, but they could also be tree sap tropletts and I mostly get rid of them with aceton or a piece of fine sand paper every 6 months or so. If you resharpen, the crucial part gets "carved clean" anyway, so....
Great knives, absolutely recommend them (for the price). If you have the money for a 400+USD bowie like the legendary Condor Undertaker, go for it. If not, the BK7 or Bk2 are an awesome option that won't dissapoint you and you don't need to rob the bank to get one.
I like the Ka-Bar Becker series especially, because they are highly customizable by the owner and you can have unique knive with a little bit of work and not even much know how, without ordering a custom knife for hundrets or even thousands of bucks. I personally stripped the coating off of mine and made some custom handle scales made from dark Ovankol wood and had it covered with thick glossy UV-lacquer to really harden and seal it off (props to my friend who did that for me). The only thing I don't like is the sheath it comes in. The draw-retention on some of them is so high, that you can't get the knive out of the sheeth without using both of your hands and even then it is a dangerous task, because of which I already cut my palm badly. Keep in mind, this only applies to some of the sheaths - I think the blades themselves are made in the US but the sheaths are made under cheap labor somewhere in Asia to keep the cost down, so the quality differs a lot. Mine was super tight and it only became better after I attached my handmade scales, which are a bit thicker than the originals and push the sheath apart a bit more than normal, affecting the retention in positive way.
I love mine, never will I give it away and I am really considering to get a BK7, because I lately really got hooked on the bowie knife aesthetic, but sure would also customize it the way I did the BK2. I am thinking of some ornaments in a Dias De Los Muertos theme. Sure a cool thing.
Great video, although not unbiased. But I don't blame you, because they just ARE very convincingly well made knives!
Hey Chris, I would like to see a review of the ka bar bull dozier.
Jessica is taken. Unless you KNOW a Jessica you are naming it after. Knife rules.
where do you get your grip tape?
Zombie Dude no shit!?! hrmmmm ill have to look that up! thanks buddy!
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+PREPAREDMIND101 I bought one finally :)
DropForgedSurvival yea
PREPAREDMIND101 can u donate to a subscriber plzzzzzzz any good quality survival knife will do
Any chance of seeing- The Becker BK9 Unbiased Review and Knife Test-
in the not-too-distant future?
My bad been carrying the same olde Ka Bar I had with me in the Marines. Iv been looking at the Bk 7 and the swamp rat rodent series what are your opinions on swamp rat knifes sir?
Im stuck between the bk7 and the esee 4 or 6 hm
someone please give this guy a bk-10 he'd probably drop his plsk-1 lol
hey Chris, I have the same knife & I see you wrapped Jessica's handle with something. what is it exactly?
Does this mean I should get it?
Hi there, what sort of tape have you put on the handle. I have one of these with Mikarta grips but i also have a BK2 & want to make the handle more grippy. Thanks in advance for your help & keep up the good work, Paul UK
I think that's a great choice... too bad I broke my old camillus one.
What would you recommend the bk7 or the bk9 they are both around the same price and I already have two moraknivs.
Nothing against your preference or anything, but I've personally never been a BK fan ever since ka-bar screwed up and made sheaths that dulled the knives. Also, I'm not liking the clipped spine on the BK7 because in my experience false edges on the spine of knives don't lend themselves to batoning because they chew right through your baton and you need to get a new one every 5 min... I like a sharp 90 degree spine for the entire length of the blade.
Sheaths that dulled knives? You mean the old BK11/14 sheath? Plus their new sheaths (for the full sized knives) got way better in 2012. I've never had "baton shredding" problems with the 7 OR the 9, and I've batoned a LOT of wood.
I'd like a 90 degree spine, but it's not a deal breaker for me. The knife feels too good in my hand, and stays sharp forever. And I never worry about it snapping.
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Yeah man, it's a well known fact that ka-bar was having major issues with their glass-filled nylon sheaths that came on models like the BK2 and USMC fighting knives. Apparently the glass content was too high and was causing the knives to dull when drawn from the sheath.
At first people were complaining and ka-bar denied the problems claiming user error, but then after hundreds and hundreds of people complained to ka-bar, then finally admitted to the problem and tried to fix it. The problem however was that even after ka-bar fixed the sheaths, many vendors were still selling off their old stock that came with defective sheaths, and so when customers would order the knife, they wouldn't know if they were getting the new (corrected) sheaths or the old (defective) ones. This is why I've stayed away from Ka-bar. I just didn't feel like taking the chance at getting a vendor's old stock with a defective sheath. I also didn't like how ka-bar handled the issue, initially denying there was a problem and telling customers it was their own doing. Not very classy. =/
I resheath them all anyway. IMO those Sheaths are temporary measures. And I support Ethan, who IS classy.
I used one of the old Sheaths on a BK11. My theory is people were drawing their knives applying pressure to the cutting edge. I always pulled it out applying pressure to the spine. No problem.
A crappy sheath is no reason to boycott a perfectly good knife. Most factory sheaths suck.
ESEE handles are nowhere near as comfortable to me. I have an ESEE6 now and it's a great knife. It can do some smaller knife tasks a little easier. But that handle is nowhere near as good to me. The stock sheath was just as 'meh' as the Kabar ones...I immediately resheathed it. But to each his own. I can't get into ESEE for the simple fact that the fandom is a little too fanatical for my taste. If I have an ESEE on my channel it's like walking on eggshells because if you don't say it's better than sex people shit kittens.
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LOL! Yeah.. and I hate cats! haha...
Even as fanatical as ESEE fans are, it's still NOTHING compared to Spyderco fanboys. Now THEIR like some sort of damn cult!
Try saying something bad about Spyderco in any of the blade forums and see what happens! LOL
I personally HATE Spyderco (and I used to love them). I will NEVER buy another product from them! Their customer service is horrendous! I've never had such a bad experience with a knife company as I did with Spyderco. Honestly, I really kind of hope they fucking tank and go out of business!
As for the BK7, I would love it if they just redesigned the blade and got rid of that damned clip point and swedge! False edges serve no purpose on a survival knife. I just think Ethan Becker wanted to market this knife to the "Tacti-cool" crowd when he was designing it... I don't believe he every designed the BK7 to be primarily a bushcraft/wilderness survival knife. That's just me speculating though.
How would I go about getting a polished version of the bk7? Everywhere online has the coated version only.
What knife do you think is better a bk2 or a scrapyard 711?
After doing some research, and watching this video, I decided to order one.
Dozens of people have bought BK7s based on my recommendation. Every one of them loved it when it arrived.
+PREPAREDMIND101 Hey Chris I've watched manybof your vids and am considering getting a Becker bk10 Crewman, I was wondering what you think about it. It seems like an awesome blade it lands between the 7 and the 2 perfectly especially weight wise, anyways just wondering if you have used one before.
I bought one ... because of your videos. When it arrived ... Wow, that's a fricken huge knife ...!!
Is it better or same as ka bar bull dozier?
$67... It's $131 on their website and that's probably USD, I'm Canadian so it'll end up costing me more. Not to mention international fees. I fucking hate ordering shit online.
If it's USD it'll end up being $172 CAD, and with taxes onto that it ends up being $197. Last time I had something shipped internationally it was around the same weight and it was like $60.
So apparently this is a $257 knife in Canada.
Is this knife made with stainless steal or will it need to be oiled to keep it from rusting?
It's carbon steel....which is what you want in an outdoor knife, so it needs maintenance. I never have rust issues, I just keep it dry. If you get a little surface rust on a long weekend outdoors, watch my Field Knife Maintenance Kit video. Simple things.
thank you ill keep that in mind!
Would like to see a review on hogue exfo1 knife to see what you think cant find any good info. On them thanks
Ok I'm 16 almost 17 on the 29 of the 12th and I was looking for a good forthe price fixed blade to go camping with or what not I'm a boyscout so I do alot of outdoors stuff and I was wondering how good the Bk-7 was for such things?
Is there a reason they don't make these with stainless steel?
okay thank you!
As well as the fire starting capability of the high carbon
Chris, based on your knowledge and input which blade would you suggest as a companion blade for the BK7.....#1 the BK11 Becker Necker or #2 the BK13 Remora?
will it rust
Chris ,how do you feel this knife compares to a Grayman Mega Pounder 7" ?
ok , very good survival knife , good video aswel :)
Would it be okay if I name mine Jessica
do you sharpen your bk7 with the work sharp
What exactly is a saber grind?!
Great video
i want this knife!!
only1timeful buy it