Wait -- just wait. Yeah, right now it feels good -- maybe like no other knife you've ever handled -- but in a couple of weeks, when you get a chance to beat the crup out of it, that'll change: it'll feel even better.
Today I decided to make a fire drill and board out of a piece of palm frond that I had laying around. I first cut it to length with my Silky saw; then the fun began. I wanted to use only tools I would have in the bush, so I pulled out my BK-2 and went to work. I used the BK-2 to baton the wood into relatively flat pieces, then to trim the edges to a manageable width: it cut like a champ. I batoned a piece for the drill, and trimmed the edges and ends to shape. I was amazed at just how well the BK-2 could handle not only the coarser chopping and splitting, but also the more delicate carving and trimming, as well as making the divots for the drill to fit into. All relatively easy, all with one knife. I also carved a piece of pine to shape for the spindle handle, and carved a divot in that. It handled the pine just as easily as it had the palm.
Every time I use this knife it feels better than it did the time before, if that's possible. I went sixty-three years before I got my BK-2, because I didn't know what I was missing: now I do, and I'll never be without my BK-2 again.
Yeah, nights1977, you found a real knife. You're gonna love it.
Oh, did I mention that I really like this knife?
