Beckerhead Knife Making and Modification Thread

JoshSkaarup said:
Lots of increasingly fine grits of sandpaper. And Yeah, a mirror polish is going to scratch up almost instantly with hard use.
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it depends on the hard use . If it's wood stuff no issues. Rocks sand nails yea that will scratch em.
Beastchopper said:
Ya, not worth it then. Thanks
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There is no fast easy way to do it right :D and it is not worth it ;) on the other hand chopping wood won't scratch the steel :) I like my Knives smooth as possible keep mushroom from growing on em :p very easy to take care of :) here's a few in the pic
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Xr6x said:
it depends on the hard use . If it's wood stuff no issues. Rocks sand nails yea that will scratch em.

There is no fast easy way to do it right :D and it is not worth it ;) on the other hand chopping wood won't scratch the steel :) I like my Knives smooth as possible keep mushroom from growing on em :p very easy to take care of :) here's a few in the pic
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Nice lineup! Hold one up for use as a mirror, and shave with another one.
 
hawkhead said:
While recovering at home after surgery, I made another sheath for one of my puukko projects. This sheath is buffalo leather I dyed black. I made the oval jump ring from 3/32" brass rod and the belt loop is secured by a Chicago screw post. The carved wooden insert is sealed with urethane.


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That is outstanding! Beautiful work!
 
Made some leather pants for the knife. Got a big ol' Hudson's Bay from an old truck spring in the works; still lots of hammering to do though.

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JoshSkaarup said:
Thanks y'all! Here's some progress shots of the HBC knife in the works:

Started with this. It was way too much metal, so;
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Cut it down some, and then began stretching it out.
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Now it's starting to look like a knife
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Nice!
 
That's gonna big a big ol' cutter! Nice!

DerekH said:
Hey Daiz you ever mess with a stonewash finish on any of your blades?
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Not yet... I'd like to buy or build a tumbler. I have some extra motors. I've actually wondered about the right order of operations for that kind of thing. I suspect it works best with bolt-on handles OR if you don't mine stone-washing the handles too. Or if you temp-fasten the handles (recessed bolts again), shape them to the tang, sand/polish, and THEN stonewash the blade separately and bolt them back on.
 
daizee said:
That's gonna big a big ol' cutter! Nice!



Not yet... I'd like to buy or build a tumbler. I have some extra motors. I've actually wondered about the right order of operations for that kind of thing. I suspect it works best with bolt-on handles OR if you don't mine stone-washing the handles too. Or if you temp-fasten the handles (recessed bolts again), shape them to the tang, sand/polish, and THEN stonewash the blade separately and bolt them back on.
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My understanding is that with enough tape you can protect the bits you don't want stonewashed. Or plasti-dip
 
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