Fixed Blades in Use
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Dcdavis
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It’s S110VHaha Just the thought of this makes me cringe! You gotta do what you gotta do. How was the edge afterwards?
Your posts never disappoint. Love seeing your at-work pics. What steel is that?
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Horee shet. I really gotta join the Becker club soon.
The BK2 is nice, but the BK9 looks even sexier.
Horsewright
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Thanks.
tinfoil hat timmy
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This is a truly special way to live. Congratulations on your success.Fixed blades cutting stuff on the ranch
Cookie has some steaks a going for the crew:
Salty had forgotten to sharpen his knife, so he was using mine, see it laying on the calf's hip?
The wife turning a bull calf into a steer:
Young Emma learning how to cut:
She's kinda got the pretty pirate look going on:
Smoke doing the surgery this time:
The wife's got this one:
Told Logan we're ready for another. He shoots one of his heat seeking long range missiles:
He brings it on around and Smoke grabs the heels:
Fixed blades on the ranch:
Got chainsaws for bigger stuff. Looking to see if there were any knife handles in this old burl. Wasn't really, just two very small ones.
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Haha, yeah there were some minor nicks toward the front, but nothing that won't sharpen out (no I haven't done that yet). I was pretty diligent about making sure that if I had to bang it, the spine saw the impact... not the edge. Even if I destroyed it, it would probably be worth it to avoid whatever damage my wheel bouncing down the road would have caused!Haha Just the thought of this makes me cringe! You gotta do what you gotta do. How was the edge afterwards?
Your posts never disappoint. Love seeing your at-work pics
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The Becker BK9 is called "The King" by Beckerheads and we have an expression that goes like this, You can't not have a 9.
That being said, the BK2 is about the most useful, most rugged and most indestructible hunk of sharpened 1095 CroVan you can get with very comfortable handles (same as other large Beckers); at a price within your budget as well.
That being said, the BK2 is about the most useful, most rugged and most indestructible hunk of sharpened 1095 CroVan you can get with very comfortable handles (same as other large Beckers); at a price within your budget as well.
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I know it's probably not popular, but a froe. It'd be 1/50th the cost of these and designed for OP's task. I don't even understand how he batoned with the ESEE as only the handle was visible.
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Even better than a froe, I could've used a hydraulic splitter. Even cheaper than a froe, I could've used a sharpened piece of scrap metal... But I used my ESEE 3HM because I wanted to, even realizing there are better tools for the job. I'm just enjoying my knives while taking into account their limitations and not complaining if I cause damage if caused by abuse.
I guess I don't understand why people seem to take issue with knives being used like this, especially fixed blades -- on a knife enthusiast forum of all places. I think we all know there are actual appropriate and dedicated tools for jobs like splitting wood.
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Yeah but what he had was his knife. I'm not walking around with a froe hanging off of my belt. A froe is great if you are splitting wood near your house and tool shed. But even then I just use an axe and I'm done.
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That photo should be Blafeforums' homepage backdrop.