TESTING THE EDGE RETENTION ON THE BECKER BK-18 

Lol that’s awesome. Maybe she’ll have her own channel one of these days. My youngest daughter is into as well. I find my knives on her desk daily. She takes care of them too. She’s pretty good with it.🤣🍻

Lmao Ikr! Was hoping to film a few more but I ran out of time. Hopefully I can get them done soon because I have about 30 others not including all the folders that need some camera time. Thanks for watching as always! 🍻

@@Tier1GearEDCReviews I know the feeling!!!

Very cool! Much appreciated too btw. You know, I’ve considered revisiting this knife for a new video and hitting more on how the sheath has held up. Mine was a bit stiff at first and I figured I’d have to replace it at some point but after removing the traction coating, it made it that micron thinner needed for it to fit the sheath perfectly. Since then I never had to replace it. Also the nylon dangler part really just floats on the hip. It doesn’t bounce around but still has decent flexibility. I agree it’s definitely well thought out. I’ve actually had some weird health issues lately but I’m looking to get back into doing the testing for future videos. Which is already in the works a I type. 🍻👊🏼

@@Tier1GearEDCReviews Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. I'm going to get some super fine wet/dry sand paper and lightly smooth the texturing first to cut the drag down. I also changed the handle scales to micarta. Hope your feeling better and I will be looking forward to your next video. Be safe during these trouble times going on in the world.

Thanks man! Yeah that would look good as well as decrease drag. Gives it that battle worn look on all the bevels. I actually just did that to a black mora companion. The high polished 14c28n shines through perfectly on it.🍻

Hello if you Iike tops then you should check out the apache falcon or the airwolfe!!! Also check out the kabar heavy duty warthog it's nearly indestructible!!!

Also I agree wholeheartedly about the bk18 sheath

It really is... I've since removed the traction coating and swapped the scales out with some TKC BK16 scales. It looks and feels so much better now. More so than it already did before. I'm just waiting for the Kydex to arrive now. I can't wait to see it all together now..🍻

@@Tier1GearEDCReviews Sweet!👊💀🍻

@@REAPERMILITIAOUTDOORS Smokey mountain has them on-sale for $69 Right now bro 👍 That's freaking killer deal for what ya get imo. After all these years I've went back to 1095hc , I love USA 1095. I picked up a Tops Brakimo 10 months ago..HOLY CRAP is my opinion 🤩 I think its the closest knife to meet survival and bushcraft right in the middle. I love it. Handle is a bit thin at first but , with lots of use it feels natural in my hand now.

@@Airik1111bibles That's awesome brother maybe they'll stay low I'm broke as a joke right now lol. Gotta get ready for work happy new years brother.

I totally agree with you there...1095 is a great steel and my Tops SXS runs circles around my 3v Leuku. Their differential heat treat makes that steel indestructible. Although I do like Tops' 154cm better... The 1095 is definitely no slack.

🍻Tyty🍻

It kinda does if it wasn't for the harpoon swedge on the spine. The Prather is a beast btw🍻

More like a smaller tops Alaskan harpoon.

Nope.. any type of ceramic works awesome on it. Just sometimes you may have to meticulously start at the tip on a couple of passes... But that's only if it's a shorter piece ceramic really. It shouldn't be a problem though with the WS field sharpener. It's a great blade though. I'm pretty impressed with it anyway lol 👊🍻🙏

Easy as can be!!! I have this knife and the worksharp guided field sharpener

No. But if it's all I had, I would be doing pretty good for myself. Once I removed the traction coating it made this knife soooooo much better. But my #1 go to knife would be the Tops SXS. It doesn't do just 1 thing perfectly... it does a lot of things well. It chops, slices, peels, saws and even doubles as a spear. If you're looking for 1 good knife. The Tops SXS is unbeatable.

@@Tier1GearEDCReviews have you checked out the kabar heavy duty warthog, or the tops apache falcon? I have this bk18 but in peanut butter color lol I hit the coating with sand paper to smooth it and it made a difference then I used a spyderco ceramic on it then a knives plus strop and it's stupidly sharp!!!

After doing these things to my bk18 it is one pass smooth no stubble shave sharp!!!

I was only a couple months out the hospital then. I had a bacterial infection I got from being outdoors most my life that went unchecked and it literally almost killed me. One of the 10 billion side effects was fogginess and sudden confusion so I'm having to basically re train my brain to talk and think at the same time. It was rough and I'm still healing but that's kinda why I started the channel. I can't do a lot of the stuff I used to do at the moment so I had to find something to do with my time till I'm 100% again. Thanks for watching. 🍻

@@Tier1GearEDCReviews it sounds like the symptoms of a TBI. I have known several guys who had them. Sounds like you know how to self care. Keep up the good work.

@@Tier1GearEDCReviews how long had you had the infection before finding out? I had an infection in my heart in 2014 that caused paracarditis, and a heart attack and nearly killed me!!!

@@Tier1GearEDCReviews btw septic shock sucks!!!

I literally just seen Keelans comment from last year because of your comment lol. But yeah tbh we’re not entirely sure. I started feeling bad one day about 6 years ago and dealt with it for almost 4 years before it progressively got worse and almost killed me. I was in and out of specialist the whole time and nobody could find anything wrong until I got lucky one day. Some awesome female doctor from the place I went suggested getting checked for H-Pylori which I ended up testing positive for. It was basically turning into stomach cancer. But was spread everywhere. I literally don’t remember most of it. Almost 2 years of my life is a blur. Luckily she found it when she did because it was draining the life out of me. Apparently a lot of people in my area has been testing positive for it lately and they think it’s coming from the local waterways. I live in south Mississippi at the mouth of the Mississippi River. So all those pesticides and chemicals coming from all the farming up river has completely polluted everything around here. It’s all speculation at this point and I’ll probably never know the actual cause but I used to camp and fish on the banks of many of the rivers and streams down here so that’s what the doctors think. It’s definitely been an experience that’s for sure.

I actually seen that this morning. They said a lot of the channels are actually someones channel that was already hacked or something like that. I'm not sure why RU-vid allows it to continue.