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So I ended up with a BK-2 in a trade and the first thing I thought was wow, there is a $h!t ton of room in the handles. Second thought was Wow, this is one stocky B-I-tee-see-H Talk about overbuilt. No wonder this is the most popular seller. This thing is a tank of knives. The rumors are true. If I had to pick one Becker out of the bunch this would be it. Fortunately I dont have to pick just one and this one fell in to the fun category.
Following the motif of my usual content I am going to add this to the fun to look at but completely impractical and useless category.
I started by drilling different size holes in the stock handles. If anyone has any doubts about how structurally sound the stock Grivory handles are; let it be known that these things are solid as hell even when Swiss cheesed. I then painted them white then neon green to provide an accent. I applied a two part epoxy mixed with glow dust to back fill the holes. Once dry, I re-drilled holes for a second color. I wish I had better pics of the process but the logistics of fitting leds, batteries, resistors, and a switch; were a bit much. I tried doing a rolling ball tilt switch but my ghetto ideas didnt pan out. I ended up ordering a mercury tilt switch off of the bay. Who knew you could ship mercury through the post office? That just doesnt seem right. Regardless, I ended up with a glow-in-the-dark BK-2 that glows when the blade is past the horizontal axis and is inert when it is in the sheath. More fun than anything else. This one will be on the trade blanket at the gathering as a normal BK-2 with the stock scales.
(on a side note: I re-enforced the mercury tilt switch inside a rubber/hard plastic shell backfilled with silicon to resist shock. Hell if I know if any of this stuff works properly. I learn from the forum and Google; It could be unsafe as heck but its cool to play with)
Short on time and didnt upload all the pics, feel free to ask questions or ask for specific pics.
On to the pics I did take; enjoy.
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As a disclaimer I may be way too drunk to proof read so be forgiving. Enjoy
Following the motif of my usual content I am going to add this to the fun to look at but completely impractical and useless category.
I started by drilling different size holes in the stock handles. If anyone has any doubts about how structurally sound the stock Grivory handles are; let it be known that these things are solid as hell even when Swiss cheesed. I then painted them white then neon green to provide an accent. I applied a two part epoxy mixed with glow dust to back fill the holes. Once dry, I re-drilled holes for a second color. I wish I had better pics of the process but the logistics of fitting leds, batteries, resistors, and a switch; were a bit much. I tried doing a rolling ball tilt switch but my ghetto ideas didnt pan out. I ended up ordering a mercury tilt switch off of the bay. Who knew you could ship mercury through the post office? That just doesnt seem right. Regardless, I ended up with a glow-in-the-dark BK-2 that glows when the blade is past the horizontal axis and is inert when it is in the sheath. More fun than anything else. This one will be on the trade blanket at the gathering as a normal BK-2 with the stock scales.
(on a side note: I re-enforced the mercury tilt switch inside a rubber/hard plastic shell backfilled with silicon to resist shock. Hell if I know if any of this stuff works properly. I learn from the forum and Google; It could be unsafe as heck but its cool to play with)
Short on time and didnt upload all the pics, feel free to ask questions or ask for specific pics.
On to the pics I did take; enjoy.
As a disclaimer I may be way too drunk to proof read so be forgiving. Enjoy
