Bk7 vs Bk2

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my brother is trying to make a decision to buy his first ever becker, he's hung up between the Bk7 and Bk2. he wants it for a general woods/camping knife. so what do you guy think Bk7 or Bk2 for general use?
any pics (especially comparison pics) would be nice.
Thanks for any info:)
 
I have both and use em for camping. I vote for the BK2, its a better chopper and feels better in the hand for precise work. Don't stop there, though, get em both, eventually. Moose

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Then get the 7! :thumbup:
It's a personal preference. I have both, and love both (in a manly knife sort of way). For chopping, prying, and taking out aggression, I prefer the 2.
This 2v7 thread pops up at least once every couple of months. They are both great knives. You really won't go wrong with either. (Get the 2)
Currently $60 shipped from a certain large retailer.
 
I have an old Camillus BK2. Good knife, but Camillus heat treated mine too hard; the edge chipped when I sharpened. So I had to put it in the oven for a couple hours. Came out fine. Still took and held a great edge. BK 2 has a much more useful tip for its size.
 
Definitely the BK-2 for 1st time usability alone. Good tip, good edge , plenty thick , great all around camp knife. sheath kinda sucks , but great knife.
 
I can't compare it to the BK-7 but I love the heck out of my BK-2. I'd buy that knife again in a heartbeat. If I had to trade my BK-2 in for another knife though, it would probably be the BK-9 no the 7 (no offense to the BK-7 folks).

Just look at this outdoor goodness...
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Crappy limb (that became a crappy wooden spoon) but wonderful knife.
 
I'd get the BK 7 for an overall knife. The BK2 will be heavy, and the thinner will be better for camp tasks.
 
As luck would have it, my son ordered a BK-7 and that just came in today. So here's your side by side picture though I'll leave it up to you to see if you can figure out which is the BK-7 and which is the BK-2...

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I own both a kabar bk2 and a camillus bk7. I would have to say my favorite is the 7 because of the thinner blade making it lighter for all the time carry plus you have more length for chopping and batoning. I do like the sheath on the bk2 better than the 7 but the 7 sheath is serviceable. I just think the thinner blade would clean fish easier as well as handle food prep chores.
 
I view the BK7 as sort of an American leuku. Not truly a chopper but an excellent all-around knife. The difference versus a real leuku is that the BK7 is beefy enough to handle real chopping, and frequent batoning. It makes for a great camp knife.

While I love the control/precision of a hatchet + ~4" scandi combo, the BK7 does 'good enough' at the associated tasks to be worth some weight savings (plus you gain some simplicity).

The BK2 was just a little too thick for me, and a little too ungainly. Too thick to slice how I wanted and too short to chop how I wanted. But as demonstrated here that's obviously not the opinion of the masses!
 
SpookyPistolero said:
The BK2 was just a little too thick for me, and a little too ungainly. Too thick to slice how I wanted and too short to chop how I wanted. But as demonstrated here that's obviously not the opinion of the masses!
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Hold the BK-2 back on the handle (the far handle swell goes in the middle of your palm) and an ok chopper transforms into an outstanding chopper. Not that I do a heck of a lot of chopping, but the BK-2 does a better job with that task than any knife I own (including some longer blades and a couple of tomahawks) except my Ka-Bar Kukri machete. A wrist strap helps.
 
SpookyPistolero said:
I view the BK7 as sort of an American leuku. Not truly a chopper but an excellent all-around knife. The difference versus a real leuku is that the BK7 is beefy enough to handle real chopping, and frequent batoning. It makes for a great camp knife.

While I love the control/precision of a hatchet + ~4" scandi combo, the BK7 does 'good enough' at the associated tasks to be worth some weight savings (plus you gain some simplicity).

The BK2 was just a little too thick for me, and a little too ungainly. Too thick to slice how I wanted and too short to chop how I wanted. But as demonstrated here that's obviously not the opinion of the masses!
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the BK07 for me is "the military knife". it has a goverment mandated thumb-ramp (they love those). thing of major knives with thumb-ramps. government contracts :> it's a bit wider and overall heavier knife than the standard "ka bar fighting knife". perhaps ironic that they're made by the same company? oddly also, it's the last knife i'm likely to reach for. i have one or two, but they don't "speak" to me like the others do. maybe i just need to force myself to use one more, but well, i tend to use the combat bowie a bit more, followed by TacTool, Magnum Camp, and Machax.

many of the Becker knives are of the sharpened pry-bar variety. solid. tough. definitely knives that can do more than be knives, and do it well.

the Magnum Camp though was one of the first ones that was a KNIFE. historically, the first Beckers released were the Campanion, Machax, Magnum Camp, and Tac/Div Tuls. of those, while *I* think the Machax is a lovely an elegant piece of work, the Magnum Camp is just THE KNIFE...

good thing the MC is coming back into the fold SOONish. heh. course, now it's just a wait.


Bladite
 
I vote for the BK-2 as well. I had a 7 and sold it, and now I have two BK-2's. I love that thing. There's nothing I've needed to do that it can't handle in the woods (or elsewhere). I don't mind the weight, and instead view it as a constant reminder of the confidence I can place in it.
 
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