Beckerhead Knife Making and Modification Thread

Hand-forged this little rudder bearing scrap as a demo to friends in "knifemaking class", then stuck it in a spare file handle. Surprising what you can do in an hour when you aim small and "cheat" on the handle. :D Pretty happy with the resulting bench/desk knife!:

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Made a sheath for the boy's BK15 the boss gave him.

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Now I have owed him a sheath for awhile now, and he told me it was last used to clean a deer, so before I get goin I had to clean this thing well and let me tell you there was petrified deer guts all mashed up inside under the scales. All cleaned up I hammered out a sheath, redid the fitment for the handle scales to get as snug as possible, then sharpened her up to nice and slicey.
 
DerekH said:
Made a sheath for the boy's BK15 the boss gave him.
Now I have owed him a sheath for awhile now, and he told me it was last used to clean a deer, so before I get goin I had to clean this thing well and let me tell you there was petrified deer guts all mashed up inside under the scales. All cleaned up I hammered out a sheath, redid the fitment for the handle scales to get as snug as possible, then sharpened her up to nice and slicey.
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Oooh, nice!!
Dogwood Dan's Firefly scales too!
That's a hot package.
 
DerekH said:
Made a sheath for the boy's BK15 the boss gave him.

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Now I have owed him a sheath for awhile now, and he told me it was last used to clean a deer, so before I get goin I had to clean this thing well and let me tell you there was petrified deer guts all mashed up inside under the scales. All cleaned up I hammered out a sheath, redid the fitment for the handle scales to get as snug as possible, then sharpened her up to nice and slicey.
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The take apart Sheath is a Great idea!
 
DerekH said:
I can't get a pic to do it justice, but the grind is convex and when you see it in person it goes a bit further than it looks in the pics. It will do what I need of it in non-permissive environments so I am satisfied with it. Tons of fun to spin around when bored in the office though.
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Looks great, D. I'm surprised that it would pass thru a pat down even if it's not metal, especially with that edge!
 
granitestateofmind said:
Looks great, D. I'm surprised that it would pass thru a pat down even if it's not metal, especially with that edge!
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Usually not getting pat downs tbh. The walk through metal detectors and wands are the primary means of keeping folks from exercising their 2A rights most of the places I go.
 
hawkhead said:
Hey Derek, That knife would be great in steel. The shape is very graceful.
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Thanks! The blade is very similar to a BK15 with no choil. Not quite the same, but close.

In other news, I have a newfound respect for anyone who hand sands a knife to any level where all the scratches go the same direction. Doubly so for anyone who does so on hardened steel. Triply so on a Becker. My hands are killing me and I only have one side of a BK-5 blade.
 
This scrap of O1 was sitting in my shop for literally years, and I finally forged it into this handy little 3" EDC, matching it up with scraps of brass and white oak, tempering colors and all. Last completed knife of 2019!

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