back clip on a BK9 or BK7

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If one wanted to sharpen the back clip of a BK9 or BK7, what would be the best way to do it?
 
IlikeSA said:
If one wanted to sharpen the back clip of a BK9 or BK7, what would be the best way to do it?
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A low RPM belt sander followed by a progression of low-grit to high-grit stones or diamond hones. Depending on your wants/needs, perhaps follow that up with a high polish with either a wheel loaded up with white or red rouge, or 1500 - 2000 grit wet/dry sandpaper.

Just curious, what use(s) do you envision for such a blade?

Blues
 
I don't have any advice on how to do it. But I wanted to add that when i get a 7, I will sharpen the swedge.
 
just make sure that's legal for your area. don't want the po po to steal your ma yo
 
I've always wanted to have a knife with the back clip sharpened. I have other knives for general outdoors usage, and it's simply a collector/plaything. I like modifying and playing with metal, ever since I got a butter knife and my grandads bench grinder at 7 years old. I just didn't want to ruin the temper by going about it wrong.
 
IlikeSA said:
I've always wanted to have a knife with the back clip sharpened. I have other knives for general outdoors usage, and it's simply a collector/plaything. I like modifying and playing with metal, ever since I got a butter knife and my grandads bench grinder at 7 years old. I just didn't want to ruin the temper by going about it wrong.
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I sharpened the swedge on one of my 7's once, just for fun. I used a file for the heavy work and a set of stones to make it sharp. I wound up using it for a bone breaker of sorts, but never really anything use full. I've read that sharpening the swedge on a combat knive, makes for a very effective backcut or parry with some bite. Not sure, I never used a knife in combat.

I now have a grinder, and that is the way I would go. Go slow, keep a bucket of water, dip it between swipes on the belt, it should never get more than warm to the touch. Good luck and post pics on how it goes.

Moose
 
All,

As mentioned; be careful not to violate any state or local ordinances concerning double edged weapons.
I agree with the Moose man and upnorth; files and stones will take longer but will work best. Unless one is very experienced with power tools, more harm than good usually occurs. Notice that the unsharpened swedge land is quite thin.
Here are the obigatory Statements: This action voids the warranty on the knife....You'll poke your eye out...Don't try this at home...Just because all the other kids are ....

Best Regards,

Paul Tsujimoto
Sr Eng
Prod Dev and Qual
KA-BAR Knives
 
After doing some reading of state law and case law, I have decided against it. While there are no specific laws against it, it would make it more difficult to raise the affirmative defense that the knife would be "for hunting and fishing" and not as a weapon, thus threatening my right to carry other weapons. Thanks for the heads up on that moose!

Now if I were still in Georgia, with my Georgia weapons permit, then I would definitely do it! (I live in Colorado now)
 
IlikeSA said:
After doing some reading of state law and case law, I have decided against it. While there are no specific laws against it, it would make it more difficult to raise the affirmative defense that the knife would be "for hunting and fishing" and not as a weapon, thus threatening my right to carry other weapons. Thanks for the heads up on that moose!

Now if I were still in Georgia, with my Georgia weapons permit, then I would definitely do it! (I live in Colorado now)
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Credit for that, goes to Bladite, Moderator of Leisure. Not I.

Moose
 
I had a knife come from Ontario with the "swedge" hair shaving sharp. It was an Air Force survival knife. My daughter LOVES it. I tested it. It works excellent. I told her to use the swedge for things that may dull/chip the main blade, when away from home & a good sharpen is a few days or miles away. Generally, it is not needed for a bush knife though.
 
There are all sorts of parts of the knife, in my opinion, the swedge, and back of the knife are like another set of tools on a knife with that bowie shape. I use it for gentle scraping, using a firesteel, prying when I want -thin-, but don't want to pry 'with' the blade. I can also knock stuff with the back of the knife without having to worry about missing by an inch and cutting something (like a finger) off. To sharpen that is to lose that utility in favor of 'gaining' something. In this case, knife fighting ability to do back cutting and parrying. I'm not saying it's not useful in some situations, just not the situations that I picture a hard use knife being used for. I have a Kershaw military boot knife, it's pretty cheap, if you wanted to do a mod like this, that is the type of knife that it fits. Just my 2 cents.

It's like putting a toilet in your front lawn. Sure you could use it if you didn't want to wait on yours, but would you want to?
 
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