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Ka-Bar Becker BK9 Combat Bowie Fixed Blade Knife |  | Brand: Ka-bar
Category: Sports
List Price: $115.56
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Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 2824
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.9
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
MPN: 0009
Model: BK9
UPC: 617717200090
EAN: 0617717200090
ASIN: B001IPKL7I
Release Date: June 19, 2009
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| Features:
| • | Model: BK9; Weight: 1.05 lbs.; Sheath: Cordura | | • | Edge Angle: 20 Degree; Steel: 1095 cro-van | | • | Blade Length: 9"; Overall Length: 14-3/4" | | • | Grind: Flat; Handle: Grivory | | • | Knife Made in the USA, Sheath made in China |
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Product Description
Kabar Becker Combat Bowie Knife w/Grivory Handle Md: 0009, 9" Blade length. Overall length 14 3/4". Grivory Handle. , Type: Fixed Blade Type: Clip Point Blade Length: 9" Length: 14 3/4" Steel: 1095 Carbon Handle Material: Grivory Weight: 1.05 lbs. Sheath: Cordura Edge Type: Plain, Manufacturer: KA-BAR KNIVES INC, Model: 0009
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 19
 Becker BK9 Bowie Knife September 5, 2010
Del
Overall, I think The KaBar Becker BK-9 is an excellent knife. I was very happy to find that KaBar is producing the Becker designs again. I think this is an excellent field/utility knife that would also certainly serve well in a survival situation, but it is quite large (9" blade)and heavy.
It's a very robust knife, a little under 1/4 inch thick, full tang, weighs maybe a pound and a half, holds an edge well, and it's not too hard to sharpen. It's made of 1095 steel, coated with a smooth black protective coating. The tang extends slightly beyond the handle into a pommel useful for pounding. This is a very solid knife which holds up well to: cutting, slicing, scraping, chopping, batoning, and even digging, prying, hammering, and cooking.
The handle scales are black "Grivory," which is fiberglass impregnated nylon plastic, I believe. It's very light and strong and should be impervious to weather, but the handle scales are where I have my main criticisms. First, they are a comfortable shape and fit my hands well, but they are quite smooth. This can be easily fixed with some skateboard tape or other wrapping, or by scoring or checking the handle scales with a file or Dremel tool. Second, the handle scales can come loose a little too easily. The scales are fixed to the knife with three hex-head bolts and nuts. Apparently these are not well-torqued at the factory. This can also be easily fixed in several different ways. Simply using a hex key wrench to tighten the bolts, or wrapping with tape or cord as I mentioned above will fix this. My solution was to remove the bolts and coat their threads with LockTite, then properly torque them down again. They haven't loosened at all since I did this.
The knife came with a small, stainless steel, skeleton handled, utility knife which has its own pocket in the sheath, but it's just simple knife without much to say about it.
My only complaint is the sheath, which is just nylon with a plastic insert. It has an accessory pocket which can hold a sharpening stone, multi-tool, or flashlight, and also contains the small, included utility knife. I would have expected a much better sheath for a knife of this quality and I don't expect this sheath to hold up well over time, but there are certainly better sheath options out there.
new toy August 19, 2010
DJ
Can't wait for hunting season!!
It is a beast at almost 16 inches long, Sharpe as any knife out there. Would not expect anything less from a ka-bar
ITS A CHOPPER... AND A SPLITTER August 14, 2010
marshall Allen (missouri,usa,earth)
I LOVE THIS KNIFE IT CAN HANDLE ANY JOB I THROUGH AT IT. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED AS A COMBAT/SURVIVAL/JUST AWESOME KNIFE TO HAVE
 Kabar BK9 August 12, 2010
bestatchess (USA)
Nice knife, nice sheath, hated the grivory handles. Replaced them with micarta, much better.
A great knife July 5, 2010
Dwight E. Howell
Many people have said a lot of nice things about this knife and I agree but I do have one word of warning. This tool is best transported by machine if the distance is significant. It is heavy at 1.6 lb and with the sheath it is not compact. Trying to wear it on a belt is at best awkward. Inside a backpack or attacked to a frame might be better. It is the same size as the big bowie knives a lot of volunteers showed up with at the start of the Civil War and nobody was carrying after a couple of 20 mile marches.
If you absolutely need something for making kindling then the BK7 or a light hatchet like the cold steel Frontier _might_ be a better option though at 19.1 oz for the Hawk and 1.6 pounds for the BK9 I admit that the difference in weight is trivial between the BK9 and the cold steel Trail Hawk.
Of course a wire saw is _very_ light but those are subject to breaking but you could always take two. ?8^)
Have fun, enjoy your new knife, and don't forget to oil the blade.
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