The Rowen/ESEE Beckers

Rowen & ESEE

These two companies also produced a Becker knife. In the name of saving time, I'm going to combine them in one post. 

The bk12 or Ritter MKII Perseverance is a collaboration between Ethan and Doug Ritter. Camillus actually made the original prototypes, but they went bankrupt. Rowen manufactures these in the same plant ESEE knives are made. They come with the thicker Camillus handles and under the handle are slots for brass weights to put in and change the balance of the blade. It's a great blade, but sadly for me, it falls in with the bk7. Too big for a belt knife, too small for a chopper. 

Another ESEE Becker collaboration. The bk14/24, the first ESEE/Becker collaboration, is actually made by Kabar. These kitchen blades are manufactured by ESEE. Incase you didn't know: Ethan’s grandmother was the original author of The Joy of Cooking. Ethan is actually the rights holder to the book and has been responsible for all the current editions. Ethan is a world class chef and trained at the Cordon Bleu in Paris. So it only makes sense that he would design kitchen knives. These are seriously some of the finest cooking knives around. I know a few Beckerheads who say these are their most used Beckers. They can be expensive and hard to find now that they are discontinued, but if you find a set I highly recommend you pick them up. Also, keep in mind that on the box they say this is only series #1. I have it on good authority we may see a new set-of-four series down the road.