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KA-BAR BKR7-BRK Combat Utility
Combat utilityCategory name: knivesMade in USA or importedSturdy, lightweight all-purpose utility knifeEasy-to-sharpen 1095 Cor-Van steel bladeDurable glass-fiber-filled nylon handle20-degree edge angle; 7-inch blade lengthMeasures 12-7/8 inches overall; weighs 0. 75 poundsSturdy, lightweight all-purpose utility knifeEasy-to-sharpen 1095 Cro-Van steel bladeDurable glass-fiber-filled nylon handle20-degree edge angle; 7-inch blade lengthMeasures 12-7/8 inches overall; weighs 0.75 pounds
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21 Reddit comments about KA-BAR BKR7-BRK Combat Utility:

u/zombockalypsenow · 10 pointsr/knives

Oh man...where to begin? My problems with BudK are essentially two-fold. One is that I believe they deliberately mislead prospective knife buyers into purchasing low quality imported junk. A combination of clever marketing and very low prices makes BudK the Wal-Mart of knife merchants.

And two, its sort of a cultural bias. In the serious knife community, a negative connotation has become associated with people who buy from BudK. They tend to be referred to as Mall Ninjas and buy things that are tacticool.
I hesitate to describe the stereotypical BudK customer without using derogatory slurs, but i'm not sure how else to categorize the subculture. Lets just say that if you lived in a state with a large rural population, and you went to the county fair, I can guarantee somewhere you'll find a merchant stall selling BudK products at enticing prices, probably right between the velvet Elvis paintings and the guy selling weed pipes disguised as spark plugs.

which would be fine except that many of these poor misguided individuals fully intend to use this gear for serious self-defense purposes. With BudK gear in hand, they're more likely to injure themselves than fend of a potential attacker.

While BudK does indeed sell plenty of high quality knives as well, this does not appear to be the main source of their business. Good quality knives are expensive, and for many people the lure of BudK's absurdly low prices on a knife that "looks badass" outweighs any other argument.

For these reasons I choose not to buy from BudK, and I encourage others to do the same. There are tons of other knife merchants on the internet who are more deserving of your dollars.

Full Disclosure: As a much younger man I wasted a lot of money on BudK products, until I realized I might as well be flushing my money down the toilet for what it got me. I spent a lot of money on shit like this when I should have been spending it on knives like this instead.

u/gimmelwald · 7 pointsr/Survival

Becker Bk7 You will never look back and regret the sub $75 pricetag.

u/Tyler9400 · 4 pointsr/Bushcraft

Wait the complete top? With the blue cord?

No no, BK7 with Micarta handles.

The one below it is the only folder in the picture, other than the boy scouts pocket knife.

https://www.scoutshop.org/bsa-deluxe-pocket-knife-2-1-2-knife-615782.html

u/termanader · 3 pointsr/preppers

I am a huge fan of my Ka-Bar BK7

http://amzn.com/B001IPMG8K

u/phig · 3 pointsr/knives

so BK2 or BK7?

Anyone have experience between the two? For camping I want a big ass knife that can take a beating, and both look like they can do that. I have a kabar USMC. Do I need to buy another knife?

u/Dogwithrabiez · 3 pointsr/mallninjashit

Let's see...

http://www.fedtacticaldirect.com/Kershaw-Camp-10-1077_p_49809.html

Kershaw Camp. Great kukri style blade on a budget that performs excellently.

http://www.bladehq.com/item--Kershaw-Cryo-Spring-Assisted--11101

Kershaw Cryo. Hinderer design for a cheap price! Small blade, but feels big in the hand. The Cryo 2, the larger version, will be coming out soon.

http://www.amazon.com/Mora-Made-in-Sweden-511/dp/B004GAVOUU/ref=sr_1_2?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1372063610&sr=1-2&keywords=mora

http://www.amazon.com/Mora-Companion-Heavy-Duty-Knife/dp/B009NZVZ3E/ref=sr_1_3?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1372063610&sr=1-3&keywords=mora

Moras. 1095 carbon steel, strong and used to do a lot of good things in the woods. Very tough, very sharp, very cheap.

At higher prices, the BK2

http://www.amazon.com/Ka-Bar-Becker-BK7-Combat-Utility/dp/B001IPMG8K/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1372063915&sr=8-2&keywords=bk2

http://www.amazon.com/Ka-Bar-Becker-BK2-Campanion-Fixed/dp/B001N1DPDE


And of course, the tried and true classic Kabar

http://www.bladehq.com/item--Ka-Bar-Short-USA-FightingUtility--16358

A few to get you started, though, with knives, you generally get what you pay for. Generally, you'll want to figure out exactly what you want in knives, especially in how you use them to find the best deals and blades.


Collecting knives is an expensive habit that ends up going into 500 dollars knives and 1k customs. ;) Budget and collecting don't mix!

u/freeshavocadew · 2 pointsr/knives

Morakniv makes some great budget fixed blades, some are quite small and most have a general utilitarian use. Here's a model for less than $17 and these have built a really good reputation for value and hard use.

However, maybe that isn't quite what you're looking for. Maybe you want something thicker, more substantial? Continuing with fixed blades is the ESEE 4P which before shipping is $99. Another option would be the Ontario Knife Company's RAT-7 for currently $63. Being an avid knife collector, I have maybe 150 total knives total. That said, I think if I had only 1 knife to take out with me and feel secure in doing so, the Kabar/Becker BK7 would be it. For ~$78 new on Amazon, it's just a big hunk of steel (1095 steel specifically) that can tear through almost anything you put in front of it from wood to meat to a car door panel lol. I would recommend looking into some customization for it for a couple for reasons. The black plastic handle scales that it comes with are not so great. This can be resolved by using a bike tire inner tube mod OR just grabbing those ~$40 micarta scales that the link suggests below the photos of the knife itself. The sheath is definitely serviceable for your needs, but you may eventually want to upgrade it to a kydex sheath, or even a leather one if you really like leather. Finally, the coating that's on all of the Becker knives has the benefit of protecting the blade very well but the cost is a lot of friction and eventually that coating will wear off and it'll look different. Many modders just strip that coating off and blue or force patina it and frequently oil after use. Or go the other route and spend hours up front polishing it to a mirror polish and now you have a knife that will look really Bowie-ish.

u/prickinthewall · 2 pointsr/knives

Not a classical Bowie when it comes to design and finish, but with the Becker BK7 you can't go wrong. It is very durable and a viable alrounder.
edit: the only negative point might be the sheath which is a bit flimsy.

u/fromkentucky · 2 pointsr/Survival

I had an Ontario RAT-5 for a while. About the same size as an ESEE 5, but with a thinner blade and full-flat grind. The handle was uncomfortably bulky and although it held up to my abuse, I just didn't like it. The blade was thin enough to do finer carving tasks, but it was too wide and the edge profile was terrible. I ended up using my Mora knife and Fiskars hatchet more and the RAT-5 was relegated to batoning duty and even in that I preferred the hatchet. In fact, I carved my first bow drill kit with that Fiskars.

I was considering stepping up to an Ontario RAT-7, but instead I traded the RAT-5 for a KaBar Becker BK7, which is a BEAST of a knife. Longer than an ESEE 5, but just as thick and with a similar profile. It really impressed me with the amount of work it could do and how easy it was to use, but it was heavy and just too fat to do anything but chop and split, so again, I was using my Mora and hatchet for most stuff.

I finally decided to try a different direction and traded the BK7 for a much smaller ESEE 4. Around the same time I bought a Bahco Laplander, and I am in love with this combo. The Bahco eats through 1-2" branches with ease (while generating plenty of sawdust for tinder) and the ESEE is just long enough to baton them into kindling and carve up some feather sticks. The best part is, the ESEE 4 and Bahco together weigh about as much as the BK7 in its sheath, and take up about as much space, but they are FAR more versatile.

I realize the ESEE 4 may be just out of your price range, but Kabar makes a similar knife called the BK16. However, the ESEE comes with a lifetime warranty.

I still take my Fiskars with me occasionally, but for weekend camping, I can process plenty of firewood with the ESEE and Bahco faster than I ever could with any of the bigger knives. If I needed to build a shelter or was venturing into unfamiliar territory, I'd want the hatchet because it's such a capable tool.

The ESEE 5 was designed for downed pilots who can't fit a hatchet or folding saw into their kit but may need to build a shelter, so they made it big and heavy. I understand first hand that big knives are appealing and certainly have their strong points, but their size, weight and thickness can make them difficult to use in a lot of ways and in reality, a big knife will never chop as well as a decent hatchet, because the knife's weight is centered just above the handle, not directly behind a huge wedge that drives into the wood. What you really want in a survival knife is versatility and I've spent a lot of time, money and energy figuring out that size doesn't add versatility.

u/Keolo_The_Bold · 1 pointr/knives

For around, or under $100, I’d suggest the RAT 7, or the Bk 7.

u/frenzyboard · 1 pointr/WTF

Was it the Gerber LMF? I'm pretty sure those are still made in the US and are actually fairly adequate, as long as you don't use it like a throwing knife. It's one of the very few things Gerber still does okay.

If you feel like getting him something that'll kick all kinds of ass, I'd recommend some of these.

u/almostamico · 1 pointr/Survival

IDK if some one has recommended it yet OP, but I hugely recommend getting a Becker by Ka-Bar! I love it cause it’s a tough-ass, fixed-blade knife. 5.25” blade and 10.5” overall = strong enough for prying even. There are like 3 or 4 types of blades you can buy on them... so do a little searching off the link I post below.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CXYFDF9/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_OdvVCbV72GG8W

Edit: for a few more dollars, you can get their 7” blade. This is the one I almost went with but I didn’t quite want that large of a blade.

https://www.amazon.com/KA-BAR-BKR7-BRK-Combat-Utility/dp/B001IPMG8K/ref=mp_s_a_1_16?keywords=Ka+Bar&qid=1555911141&s=gateway&sr=8-16&utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app

Edit #2: I totally forgot to mention my foldable...
My nearly 4” blade, CRKT!
EVERY CRKT I’ve owned (4 or 5) has came out of the box with the sharpest blades I’ve ever purchased, by far. For the price, you can’t go wrong. They have a cheaper on that I owned previously: the CRKT M16. Just don’t use these guys to pry anything. Lol

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001A2GO6Q/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_BsvVCbNX7VFHS

u/Tude · 1 pointr/AskReddit

Something like this?

u/Artyom33 · 1 pointr/Survival

Maybe there's a reason, but why carry a heavy "axe" (hatchet?) when you can carry a knife like a BK-7 and a folding saw and have most if not all of the functionality of a hatchet with the two?

u/HandBanana22 · 1 pointr/Survival

Thirstyone has the cons of that blade covered, I think. So heres some other options.

You could go with a BK2 or a BK7 over this. The BK9 is an option but it's on the large side.

Straying away from Ka-bar You could go with an ESEE Izula.

u/-ThorsStone- · 1 pointr/knifeclub

You can look at any of the Beckers, the sheaths can all be mounted to Molle webbing, the bk7 isn't bad

u/LaGrrrande · 1 pointr/SavedYourLife

I can't recommend a Becker Combat/Utility 7 enough.

u/[deleted] · 1 pointr/Survival

Preference is huge here but a rough guide

  • Fixed blade

  • Full tang

  • Flat/Scandi grind (easier to maintain)

  • 4/5/6" blade with a decent belly

  • Good quality steel, carbon if you can maintain it otherwise VG10 or some other respectable stainless steel.

    My favourite knives

  • [Becker BK7]*http://www.amazon.com/Ka-Bar-Becker-BK7-Combat-Utility/dp/B001IPMG8K(

  • Fallkniven S1

    Other ones to look into

    Kabar USMC

    Bark River Bravo1 <--- people swear by this

    SOG Seal <--- I'm not a fan of any of SOGs knives, they seem....petty

    Some gerbers seem pretty damn good
u/Mike_wave · 1 pointr/knives

For that budget the Ka-Bar does seem like a good choice. If you don't mind going 5 bucks over budget, I would consider this too though.