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Frustrated by the unavailability of the BK1 and not willing to pay the high prices on ebay, I decided to make my own version of it. I brought it over to Ethan's gathering where Mr. Tackett graciously agreed to bring it to critical temp, quench in canola (in a quench tube made by Uncle E for it, as it wouldn't have fitted in the ammo can that was being used for quenching) then do a "snap" quick temper so the blade would arrive in one piece for me to finish the temper cycles at home.
Here it is with borrowed "Imperial" scales from my BK7, still shiny:
Testing the edge, poor palm didn't stand a chance
But it needed its own scales. I ordered maple burl from burlsource, then cut and epoxied with west system's g-flex (kinda looks like the battle droids from The Empire Strikes Back
)
After lots of elbow grease and finished with tung oil...
Of course, it needs to cut stuff. 25 coconuts were sacrificed in the process of making my own coconut oil. The sweet spot is from belly to tip, as hits between belly and recurve resulted in a stuck blade, belly to tip hacks were clean
I hit concrete like 4 times, and at least 2 of the hits were unchecked. After the 4th hit I started to use the board as a chopping block. The edge exhibited very minimal damage
Brutey : 25, Coconuts : 0
Vader GITD patch bearing witness to the massacre while soaking up light to glow later on my new sling
Here it is with borrowed "Imperial" scales from my BK7, still shiny:
Testing the edge, poor palm didn't stand a chance
But it needed its own scales. I ordered maple burl from burlsource, then cut and epoxied with west system's g-flex (kinda looks like the battle droids from The Empire Strikes Back
)
After lots of elbow grease and finished with tung oil...
Of course, it needs to cut stuff. 25 coconuts were sacrificed in the process of making my own coconut oil. The sweet spot is from belly to tip, as hits between belly and recurve resulted in a stuck blade, belly to tip hacks were clean
I hit concrete like 4 times, and at least 2 of the hits were unchecked. After the 4th hit I started to use the board as a chopping block. The edge exhibited very minimal damage
Brutey : 25, Coconuts : 0
Vader GITD patch bearing witness to the massacre while soaking up light to glow later on my new sling
