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<blockquote data-quote="ez bake" data-source="post: 2397331" data-attributes="member: 229"><p>BK16 came in (along with the two Cold Steel Spikes - one in clip-point and one in drop-point).</p><p></p><p>The BK16 looks to be the perfect fit for what I was looking for. I'll have to get out and run it through the tests (got a camping trip scheduled where we're going to practice some bush-craft basics).</p><p></p><p>The Cold Steel Spikes are... I'm not sure yet... They look like way overbuilt neck knives, but I'm not sure how comfortable they will be in the hand for hard use. I bought them assuming they were a bit smaller than standard fixed-blades in that length so that my two sons would have a good sized knife for them, but these might be too small for that. I can see these as being excellent neck/self-defense knives (they're a lot of knife for a neck knife, but still very compact), but there's probably some serious hot-spots in the handles for doing something like feathering a stick or whacking tree-limbs and sticks for a shelter.</p><p></p><p>I may be letting these go pretty soon if I decide to go another route for my two sons.</p><p></p><p>So far the Becker has been an impressive looking/feeling knife. It's already well more comfortable than my ESEE-3 and has more cutting-edge in the blade than the ESEE-4 (no choil). It came impressively sharp (I probably won't even re-profile/sharpen before using), and has quite a bit more belly in the blade than even the online pics/videos make it out to have. I love the Zytel scales (size/texture), and the handle-shape is just overall perfect for my hand - the screw-holes appear to be the only hot-spots so far, but real use will flesh some of those little things out (and Duck Tape fixes a lot of those types of issues).</p><p></p><p>Sheath is a very nice Nylon tactical-type, which is ok, but I'd rather have Kydex.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ez bake, post: 2397331, member: 229"] BK16 came in (along with the two Cold Steel Spikes - one in clip-point and one in drop-point). The BK16 looks to be the perfect fit for what I was looking for. I'll have to get out and run it through the tests (got a camping trip scheduled where we're going to practice some bush-craft basics). The Cold Steel Spikes are... I'm not sure yet... They look like way overbuilt neck knives, but I'm not sure how comfortable they will be in the hand for hard use. I bought them assuming they were a bit smaller than standard fixed-blades in that length so that my two sons would have a good sized knife for them, but these might be too small for that. I can see these as being excellent neck/self-defense knives (they're a lot of knife for a neck knife, but still very compact), but there's probably some serious hot-spots in the handles for doing something like feathering a stick or whacking tree-limbs and sticks for a shelter. I may be letting these go pretty soon if I decide to go another route for my two sons. So far the Becker has been an impressive looking/feeling knife. It's already well more comfortable than my ESEE-3 and has more cutting-edge in the blade than the ESEE-4 (no choil). It came impressively sharp (I probably won't even re-profile/sharpen before using), and has quite a bit more belly in the blade than even the online pics/videos make it out to have. I love the Zytel scales (size/texture), and the handle-shape is just overall perfect for my hand - the screw-holes appear to be the only hot-spots so far, but real use will flesh some of those little things out (and Duck Tape fixes a lot of those types of issues). Sheath is a very nice Nylon tactical-type, which is ok, but I'd rather have Kydex. [/QUOTE]
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