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TOPS Brakimo vs Ka-Bar Becker BK62 Kephart

TOPS Brakimo runs a 5.25″ drop point blade in 1095 Carbon; Ka-Bar Becker BK62 Kephart runs 5.125″ of drop point in 1095 Cro-Van. The Ka-Bar Becker BK62 Kephart is the lighter of the two by 3.00 oz.

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  • TOPS Brakimo · Drop Point
    5.25″ blade · 0.19″ spine · 9.4 oz · ~1.61″ tall
  • Ka-Bar Becker BK62 Kephart · Drop Point
    5.125″ blade · 0.158″ spine · 6.4 oz · ~1.38″ tall (derived) · family outline
Spine thickness, same scale
0.19″
0.158″
Length and spine thickness drawn to true scale from published specs. Outlines traced from makers' photos, except where marked as the shape family's.
SpecTOPSTOPS BrakimoCheck priceKa-BarKa-Bar Becker BK62 KephartCheck price
Blade length5.25″5.125″
Spine thickness0.19″0.158″
Overall length10″9.625″
Weight9.4 oz6.4 oz
Blade shapeDrop PointDrop Point
Steel1095 Carbon1095 Cro-Van
GrindModified ScandiFlat
LockFixedFixed
Handle materialCanvas MicartaWalnut
Country of originUSAUSA
Price bandPremiumPremium

Tinted rows are where these two differ.

The steel difference

1095 Carbon

The American survival-knife standard. Dead simple, very tough at these hardnesses, and it will start rusting the day you put it away wet.

1095 Cro-Van

Ka-Bar's 1095 with chromium and vanadium added — a little more wear resistance, still very much a carbon steel.