The BK2 is a good choice. I like what Ka-Bar has done with the Becker line of knives.

If you get the BK2 please let us know how you like it. wouldn't it be a little heavy and thick though, for horizontal carry? Esp. if you leave it on whil in a car?

I'll let you know how it worked. Weight is not a concern. I carry a Para Ordnance .45 and two spare mags, so braces are a must if you don't want your pants around your ankles. I'd rather deal with the weight issue than forget my knife in the car. It happened last trip and I had to rely entirely on my OHT (which is a great little knife, BTW).

I bought one a year+ ago, and there was a discussion about blade thickness on this forum. Here is what I posted then about it:

"I field tested a Becker BK-2 last winter back in the woods. It is a foot long knife with a very heavy 1/4" thick blade. Don't get me wrong, it's a great knife, and it worked well for lopping off small branches and light chopping. You would be able to chop through ice and pry up rocks from the frozen ground with it. I thought the blade thickness made batoning through 4 inch branches to split them for kindling more difficult. I had to hit the knife so hard with a log to move it, that eventually my arms got tired and I bashed my thumb. I think a thinner blade would have cut through more easily"

It is a well made knife in a form-fitting Kydex sheath (unlike the larger Beckers which have woven nylon). There is a lot of 'handle' on this foot long knife, and this makes the blade feel too short for it's weight and thickness. Because of this, I have not found that it is particularly useful for me to carry on my belt. It's more of a light chopping, digging, and prying tool than an EDC knife for me, so I just keep it in my truck. I would recommend either a longer blade or a thinner one than the Becker BK-2 has.

Becker makes good knives in all sizes. You might also want to check the Ranger RD-4.

TOPS makes some good tough knives. some are a little over the top with the tacticool thing going on bu they have some nice low profile and more simple knives out there.

I got the Becker last Monday. I like it a lot except for the handle which is too big for my hand, so I'm planning to have a new pair of grips made and maybe grind an inch off the pommel. Probably I'll get a leather sheath from a local source too. I'll let you know how that works for me.

So I'd seen this thread and was thinking I need to get a decent fixed blade to carry. I dug out the buck I had from high school. It is a Vanguard! Perfect. Going back into service.

roberttheii, Great knife.