BK62 Photos Here

[GoodPhotos]

I roughed out some liners tonight with some 1/8" Zebrawood. I fit them on the blade and put the stock scales back on to see how it may feel in the hand before spending a bunch of effort in finish work.

While adding 1/4" thickness to the knife in a contrasting wood looks kinda cool, it just feels 'off' in my hand...too thick and a loss of control so I'm gonna stay with the OEM scales and brass hardware.

 

[1066vik]

I suspected that would be the case.
you might try liners out of something thinner -- like a flexible cutting board - they're about 1mm thick, your zebrawood is 3mm thick.
to get an ides of how that will feel, try the handle again with only one of the wood liners.

 

[Crag the Brewer]

I roughed out some liners tonight with some 1/8" Zebrawood. I fit them on the blade and put the stock scales back on to see how it may feel in the hand before spending a bunch of effort in finish work.

While adding 1/4" thickness to the knife in a contrasting wood looks kinda cool, it just feels 'off' in my hand...too thick and a loss of control so I'm gonna stay with the OEM scales and brass hardware.

For some reason I can't see your pics....?
I think I'm going to try some things, brass shim stock, but idk yet which thickness I'm shooting for...probablly in summer?

 

[daizee]

I suspect you'd be better off shaping new scales from scratch. But this knife has a TALL handle, which tends to limit sculpting options.

 

[daizee]

BK-62 arrived today!!
Sweet blade. Feels really interesting in the hand, makes me want to wave it around.
Some notes:

* The sheath is solid. Impressive, Ka-bar. It's not refined, but at this price point it's great. Good welt, riveting, molding.
* Love the tumbled finish.
* Good factory edge. Appears to have been stropped, no burr.
* I like the walnut scales. Grain is plain, as expected, but no manufacturing flaws
* I like the button-head allen bolts.
* Tall flat handle is interesting. Not sure I love it, BUT it indexes VERY well, and is super versatile. The narrow blade and tall handle give good torque in wood, as expected.
* Centered point makes drilling easy.

Some minor issues:
* plunges are a bit uneven at the edge
* Plunges appear to be a bit over-ground at the spine. It's actually thinner at the spine plunge than further down the blade spine over the belly. I think the big disc grinders that do the main bevels probably need adjusting. Tolerable, though.

I ordered from Tomars:

Out of the box:

Slender and tapered tang are dead sexy!:

Long gentle swedge is dead sexy!:

Scales after some 400x sandpaper, BLO, and furniture wax:

 

[Xr6x]

BK-62 arrived today!!
Sweet blade. Feels really interesting in the hand, makes me want to wave it around.
Some notes:

* The sheath is solid. Impressive, Ka-bar. It's not refined, but at this price point it's great. Good welt, riveting, molding.
* Love the tumbled finish.
* Good factory edge. Appears to have been stropped, no burr.
* I like the walnut scales. Grain is plain, as expected, but no manufacturing flaws
* I like the button-head allen bolts.
* Tall flat handle is interesting. Not sure I love it, BUT it indexes VERY well, and is super versatile. The narrow blade and tall handle give good torque in wood, as expected.
* Centered point makes drilling easy.

Some minor issues:
* plunges are a bit uneven at the edge
* Plunges appear to be a bit over-ground at the spine. It's actually thinner at the spine plunge than further down the blade spine over the belly. I think the big disc grinders that do the main bevels probably need adjusting. Tolerable, though.

I ordered from Tomars:

Out of the box:

Slender and tapered tang are dead sexy!:

Long gentle swedge is dead sexy!:

Scales after some 400x sandpaper, BLO, and furniture wax:

Great review, but you forgot to give your opinion on the dog tag . I really like the this Knife and Sheath package glad you like it

 

[The Warrior]

BK-62 arrived today!!
Sweet blade. Feels really interesting in the hand, makes me want to wave it around.
Some notes:

* The sheath is solid. Impressive, Ka-bar. It's not refined, but at this price point it's great. Good welt, riveting, molding.
* Love the tumbled finish.
* Good factory edge. Appears to have been stropped, no burr.
* I like the walnut scales. Grain is plain, as expected, but no manufacturing flaws
* I like the button-head allen bolts.
* Tall flat handle is interesting. Not sure I love it, BUT it indexes VERY well, and is super versatile. The narrow blade and tall handle give good torque in wood, as expected.
* Centered point makes drilling easy.

Some minor issues:
* plunges are a bit uneven at the edge
* Plunges appear to be a bit over-ground at the spine. It's actually thinner at the spine plunge than further down the blade spine over the belly. I think the big disc grinders that do the main bevels probably need adjusting. Tolerable, though.

I ordered from Tomars:

Out of the box:

Slender and tapered tang are dead sexy!:

Long gentle swedge is dead sexy!:

Scales after some 400x sandpaper, BLO, and furniture wax:

Good stuff daizee, glad you got one in. 'Tis a cool freakin blade. Your scales look awesome.

 

[GeofS]

Trying out a new holiday gift today, an electric smoker.

Ribs (pork and beef) and a chicken. The Kep butchered the ribs nicely...

The Kep is very slicey!

 

[GeofS]

Meat juice patina:

 

[daizee]

Cat, with BK-62 for scale:

 

[Sulaco]

why didn't my knife come with take down tools?

lol

Hey which version of the Kephart is that in the top of your picture Bladite?

 

[tjswarbrick]

Friends, don't let friends wash your Beckers:

Scales a little rough, too.
Started a thread detailing the clean-up.

https://bladeforums.com/threads/tidying-up-the-new-62.1635477/

 

[JoshSkaarup]

Some mild sacrilege this morning; I cut some cross hatching into the walnut scales. Gives a little bit of texture and some added grip. I like how it feels. The grooves are currently filled with some wax paste that I apply every so often to the handle.

 

[The Warrior]

Not a sacrilege at all, make it your own.

 

[Tanker 1/66]

Some mild sacrilege this morning; I cut some cross hatching into the walnut scales. Gives a little bit of texture and some added grip. I like how it feels. The grooves are currently filled with some wax paste that I apply every so often to the handle.

Looks pretty neat Josh

 

[Rebel Nimrod]

BK-62 with my JK Custom, Condor and Tom Chitwood modified OH. Was very blessed to have received the 62 as a Christmas gift!

 

[tjswarbrick]

That top one looks really well executed, RN. I presume it's the JK.

 

[GeofS]

I think I’m finally done messing with my second BK62.

The recap:

Sanded to 600 grit and added one layer of tung oil. When that cured, I added a layer of boiled linseed oil. When that cured, I added another layer of tung oil. When that cured, I melted pure beeswax, swabbed it all over the scales and then buffed off the excess.

It has a nice grip to it...

Now I’m going to revisit my first BK62 again. I can do better than this...

 

[Xr6x]

Just mineral oil for me it's easy and it drys just fine keep applying and rubbing till it won't soak in let sit for 1 hour wipe off ,done might need a drop or two down the road or might not

Food safe too

 

[Rebel Nimrod]

That top one looks really well executed, RN. I presume it's the JK.

Yes sir, top one is a JK with Iron wood and O1. He does good work!