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I recently acquired these two, still brand new looking, knives and being an avid photographer, I decided to make pictures of them.
Thanks to the advice of many of you good folks here, I came to choose these two knives as a survival knife "team". I have yet to put them to any test, but I'm confident that they are able to serve well for a wide variety of camping, bush, survival and daily-use tasks. I look forward to using them!
As for the handle on the BK-7... I could tell right away that the stock handle was way too slippery and gave little-to-no purchase for heavy handling of the knife. SO... it was a choice of either ordering the micarta handles (which would be wonderful to have) or make the stock handles bite into the hand much better.
I'll probably order the micarta anyway, so I decided to experiment and see if these slippery stock handles could be improved. While the look is nothing fnacy, the grooves I cut allow for a very firm, solid grip in the hand. I used a soldering iron bit to cut the grooves lengthwise on the sides and cross wise on the top and bottom. I like gun grips that bite into the hand and knife grips that do the same. If the bite on these prooves to be too abrasive during heavy use, they can always take a little sanding to soften up a bit. So far, I love the bite I get from the modified handles as they are.
Thanks to the advice of many of you good folks here, I came to choose these two knives as a survival knife "team". I have yet to put them to any test, but I'm confident that they are able to serve well for a wide variety of camping, bush, survival and daily-use tasks. I look forward to using them!
As for the handle on the BK-7... I could tell right away that the stock handle was way too slippery and gave little-to-no purchase for heavy handling of the knife. SO... it was a choice of either ordering the micarta handles (which would be wonderful to have) or make the stock handles bite into the hand much better.
I'll probably order the micarta anyway, so I decided to experiment and see if these slippery stock handles could be improved. While the look is nothing fnacy, the grooves I cut allow for a very firm, solid grip in the hand. I used a soldering iron bit to cut the grooves lengthwise on the sides and cross wise on the top and bottom. I like gun grips that bite into the hand and knife grips that do the same. If the bite on these prooves to be too abrasive during heavy use, they can always take a little sanding to soften up a bit. So far, I love the bite I get from the modified handles as they are.
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