A.D.D. + knife projects (started working on a 16)

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I don't know about anybody else; but I get distracted pretty easily. I can focus on projects...but, when I'm forced to stop, I'm as likely to pick up something else as I am to go back and finish the first. Apparently, knife projects are no different.
I was making new handles for my BK12 - it was going pretty well until I realized that the fasteners I'd purchased weren't going to work. New wood handles made, but no way to secure them to the blade until I find new stuff. Hmmmmm - I've got that BK16 that I was going to mess with...you get the idea.

This is where I stopped - for now, at least. (Sorry, it wasn't anything more original...I'm just happy I didn't screw it up, lol)


Just looking at it, it was hard to tell if I had changed it much; so I put it alongside the other 16


Okay, so it's a little different; but I'm tired, and I thought it should be MORE different. I was going to take the handles off, and lay the revised one atop the original; but the allen wrench wasn't on my workbench & I didn't feel like looking for it. Instead, I just put a piece of paper at the edge of the counter, butt the original blade up against it, and traced the outline. I repeated the process with the one I'd been working on, and, well, see for yourselves


I really don't have anything set in mind for this one - I'm just going to tweak things until I decide it's done; then make a set of handles for it
 
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I believe the word we're looking for is "Stabnificent!"

Really nice looking mod. I didn't think the 16 could get any better. I might have been wrong.

Thanks for posting!!!
 
I believe the word we're looking for is "Stabnificent!"

Really nice looking mod. I didn't think the 16 could get any better. I might have been wrong.

Thanks for posting!!!
 
Looks good! I'm wondering though, does it change the balance a lot? I'm asking this because I find the 16 to be an extremely well balanced knife, for me at least.
 
Sometimes all it takes is a slight change in the blade spine or a curve to give your knife a sleeker look. Forum member Dexwithers has done some amazing BK16 customs and so have other members. The 16 is a good starting point for a project.
 
I think it looks great! Subtle, but I could tell even before I looked at the side by side. Sometime all it takes is a little different radius and it's a completely different knife. Looks sweet.
 
hawkhead said:
Forum member Dexwithers has done some amazing BK16 customs and so have other members.
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Yes, he has. The discussion and mock ups in the Lemons thread are what convinced me to do this. I'm sure my work will be sporadic, due to time constraints; but I'm okay with that as long as I don't create a pile of knives that get stuck in unusable stages.
 
Galeocerdoshark said:
Looks good! I'm wondering though, does it change the balance a lot? I'm asking this because I find the 16 to be an extremely well balanced knife, for me at least.
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There is a slight rearward shift in POB. The reshaping resulted in a loss of 0.25 oz.


I must say that I admire people like yourself and Dexwithers (and the others whose posts I have seen) that painstakingly draw out their desired results, modify them until you find the look you want...then make them happen. I'm much more a fly by the seat of my pants kind of guy.
 
I don't have a FFG 16 - just a sabre-ground FPR.
When I first saw your pic, I thought it was stock - but wondered why it was so much prettier and more balanced looking than mine.
Great mod! Nice and bushcrafty.
 
Thanks! Yeah, I didn't show the top earlier...it kind of hints that somebody was messing with it.



As you can see, I haven't bothered cleaning off the burr, yet. I can feel it on both sides....but looking at these pics was the first I really saw it.
 
It is a subtle change, but I really like the overall look it gives the blade. Pretty awesome.
 
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