Becker Folder Epic Fail

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Until Uncle E and the crew do the right thing:
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(rendering shamelessly pilfered from dawsonbob)

in order to get a Becker-tough folder, I had to spend a bit more than Ka-Bar dough:
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All I wanted was to give the rattlesnake mycarta the comfort of Ethan's finest.
Unfortunately, I got a little overzealous with the belt sander:
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It actually feels great, even better than stock, but the awful fit will never do.

Fortunately there are folks - The Preacher, you know who you are - that do awesome work and save us from ourselves when we get carried away.
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How badly did I fail?

It's my last piece of layered burlap, and I'm out of epoxy, so I think I'll stick with the professional CF for quite some time.
My Alox Farmer is due next week, so I won't be without a solid beckerhead-approved companion for my 16.
Thanks for looking.

- Tom
 
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?? How'd you fail? I'd hardly consider that a fail...When I first clicked on this I thought you chopped up a BK attempting to turn it into a folder haha...
 
Good choice on getting a Farmer, great SAK. And your micarta work aint so bad, don't beat yourself up.
 
Okay, so maybe it's not so epic. It was late...

The steel liners stick out underneath the mycarta in 3 locations because I ground not just down, but in, when I tried to do the palm swell.
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It's still marginally serviceable, but not nearly what I was planning.
Not beating myself up, just a little bummed.
Thanks for the encouragement, guys.
 
It doesnt look bad...But hey, if you end up not liking it send it my way. ;)
 
Where is the broken Becker Folder? :confused:

Somebody had a custom folder made based off a BK2 a couple years ago. Wish I could find that post.
 
that zt550/551 are nice folders... just got my 550 back from the zt cs. and i got notification from the vendor my 16 is on the way.
 
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