I'm pretty sure the new Beckers are US made. They are 1095 CroVan steel. Before I discovered Busse-made combat knives, I considered Beckers to be the best. I'm glad they're back. Now I can get a Necker, the only knife of that type that appeals to me. While not as tough as Scrappers, they are quite good knives for the money.

I went with a Swamp Warden for a necker. What do you guys think ? Thanks <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Most folks here love them. I didn't care for mine much. I just didn't like the handle. The Becker looks like a more useful design to me. Just my opinion, and I am in the minority on this topic. If you like it, then what do you care what others think? The SR101 steel is superb.

That's a tough question to answer.
I've got a Ratweiler and the BK9 that I use as choppers.

My BK9 is like Horn Dog's. It's made of 0170-6C and really is a very good
chopper like HD says. Arguably, I would have to say that the BK9 is the better
chopper of the two, but not by much.

It's lighter than the Ratweiler, so you don't get as tired as quickly, but I
don't use it as much as my Ratweiler because of the handle ergonomics.
I have a hard time gripping it when I'm chopping because the handle is very
smooth and slippery. Others have put grip tape on the handles to take care of
that problem, but I have small hands, and the handle is almost too wide as it
is. If I were to put grip tape on the handle, I think it would be too wide for
me to comfortably handle.

I've also thought a lot about taking the handles off and putting thinner wood handles
on, and will probably do that at some point down the road, but like the rest on
here, I'm waiting for the SOD to come out. I'm thinking that it will chop way
better than the BK9, so I might not be using the BK9 very much after the SOD
gets here.

I've got both and like both, however I hate the bottle opener on the Becker. It makes the handle very uncomfortable to hold and use sometimes. Mines the older older Camillus version, BTW. I wish they made one without the bottle opener.

Darn, I never thought about that, Jeff. I like the idea of a bottle opener on the knife. I'm still going to get one and see if I like it. I still think a good folder like the SAK OHT is a more useful knife than any necker.

Just had a look at the BK9, for $77.95 I'd say you can't go wrong ! Will it be stronger than a Scrapyard knife....I doubt it very much....but I still don't think you would ever do anything that would come cose to breaking one ! JMO !!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

A BK9 for $77.95? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" />
That's pretty cheap. I think that I paid $55.00 for mine and that was 3 years ago.

So many knives, so little money

The Ranger knives are great looking knives and I would love to get one,
but how to justify it when I could save up my money and get the NEXT SY offering? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />