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I received my BK21 in the mail Friday after work, which was perfect, as it came in right before we left for the cabin. Perfect time to unbox, use, and do some initial impressions.
First off, I'd like to say that I look at a knife as a tool, which, of course, it is. As with any tool, it's an implement to accomplish an intended task. But with many tools, especially a knife, one must think moreso how he goes about using it. Any reasonable person would agree that a knife is a thinking man's tool. It demands respect. You have to think about every aspect of it before, and while you're using it. Even thinking about it later, so you can perhaps improve techniques to assure safety. I always think about such things when using a blade, but the reason I'm saying this now, is because once I held the 21, it automatically made me think about safety. This is a heavy blade, and extremely weight forward. Not to mention, shaving sharp out of the box. It made me try to think about how the blade would react say, if I swung it, and it was a glancing blow instead of a direct impact hit. What if I swung at a branch, and missed? Where would the blade end up going, etc? The extra weight will make it go further in motion, compared to a lighter blade. Are there others around me, that could be impacted? My wife takes my action shots, and I had to remind her not to get too close to me while chopping with this blade. She always wants to get close for good action shots, but that can't always happen. You get my drift. Anyways, please be careful when using this blade, or any other blade for that matter.
Okay, on with it. As I said, I got it Friday, but waited until Saturday morning when the sun came up a bit, to open it. Man, that wasn't easy, haha.
The parcel:
Packaging:
Obvious what this one is:
Opened up:
Sheath:
Front and back:
Unsheathed:
Damn, what a blade:
My first impressions holding it was the weight forwardness, but also the size. It's plenty big enough, but for whatever reason, I envisioned it larger. Perhaps more machete-ish. Photo is blurry:
It would be easy to think to use the ricasso area as a choil, but, it is NOT a choil. I highly recommend not using it as such. Look at the photo I just posted, and notice how the ricasso curves right down to the edge. Not a good idea. Again, a thinking man's tool:
Glams:
She's a sexy beast. Look at those curves:
Size comparison:
With the 4, 9, and 5:
Against just the 9:
Sure does make the 14 look small:
More glams:
Sorry, did a bunch, but just a fraction of what I actually took:
Let's use this thing.
Feathering:
Perhaps not the best choice for feathering, but it will do it easily enough:
Batoning:
Started out with some softer maple. As expected, no problem:
Break it down a bit smaller. Some nice spalting in that maple, haha:
Some black walnut. Again, no problem:
to be cont...
I received my BK21 in the mail Friday after work, which was perfect, as it came in right before we left for the cabin. Perfect time to unbox, use, and do some initial impressions.
First off, I'd like to say that I look at a knife as a tool, which, of course, it is. As with any tool, it's an implement to accomplish an intended task. But with many tools, especially a knife, one must think moreso how he goes about using it. Any reasonable person would agree that a knife is a thinking man's tool. It demands respect. You have to think about every aspect of it before, and while you're using it. Even thinking about it later, so you can perhaps improve techniques to assure safety. I always think about such things when using a blade, but the reason I'm saying this now, is because once I held the 21, it automatically made me think about safety. This is a heavy blade, and extremely weight forward. Not to mention, shaving sharp out of the box. It made me try to think about how the blade would react say, if I swung it, and it was a glancing blow instead of a direct impact hit. What if I swung at a branch, and missed? Where would the blade end up going, etc? The extra weight will make it go further in motion, compared to a lighter blade. Are there others around me, that could be impacted? My wife takes my action shots, and I had to remind her not to get too close to me while chopping with this blade. She always wants to get close for good action shots, but that can't always happen. You get my drift. Anyways, please be careful when using this blade, or any other blade for that matter.
Okay, on with it. As I said, I got it Friday, but waited until Saturday morning when the sun came up a bit, to open it. Man, that wasn't easy, haha.
The parcel:
Packaging:
Obvious what this one is:
Opened up:
Sheath:
Front and back:
Unsheathed:
Damn, what a blade:
My first impressions holding it was the weight forwardness, but also the size. It's plenty big enough, but for whatever reason, I envisioned it larger. Perhaps more machete-ish. Photo is blurry:
It would be easy to think to use the ricasso area as a choil, but, it is NOT a choil. I highly recommend not using it as such. Look at the photo I just posted, and notice how the ricasso curves right down to the edge. Not a good idea. Again, a thinking man's tool:
Glams:
She's a sexy beast. Look at those curves:
Size comparison:
With the 4, 9, and 5:
Against just the 9:
Sure does make the 14 look small:
More glams:
Sorry, did a bunch, but just a fraction of what I actually took:
Let's use this thing.
Feathering:
Perhaps not the best choice for feathering, but it will do it easily enough:
Batoning:
Started out with some softer maple. As expected, no problem:
Break it down a bit smaller. Some nice spalting in that maple, haha:
Some black walnut. Again, no problem:
to be cont...
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