• The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details: https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
    Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
    Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.

  • Today marks the 24th anniversary of 9/11. I pray that this nation does not forget the loss of lives from this horrible event. Yesterday conservative commentator Charlie Kirk was murdered, and I worry about what is to come. Please love one another and your family in these trying times - Spark

Beckerhead Knife Making and Modification Thread

Happy 3rd of July! :-D

https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/harpoon-belt-knife-in-aeb-l-and-black-ash-burl.1671093/

IMG_20190703_162305-small.jpg
 
Beautiful! Please pm me if the time ever comes, I’d love to own a daizee daizee in my collection. Same thing goes for you hawkhead hawkhead . You guys keep crushing it! :thumbsup:
 
:pFirst test blade in 15N20 with a quick vinegar etch to check for a hardening line/hamon - yup! Other side is belt finished bright to see how food acids affect this steel. Some pretty white oak on the handle is overshadowed by the ironwood and in-your-face G10 bolster scrap from another project.

IMG_20190709_153816-small.jpg


IMG_20190709_153832-small.jpg


IMG_20190709_153854-small.jpg


IMG_20190709_153916-small.jpg


At one point it looked like this!:p

IMG_20190529_211653-small.jpg
 
Yea hawkhead you sure do NEAT WORK! I really like the way you fit the bolsters. The handle work just looks so Clean and Tight :thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
To all fellow Beckerheads and knife enthusiasts, yesterday I removed the 1.5hp motor from my Wilmont LB1000. This is not a bad little grinder. I have modified it during the last 5 years with a DD adjustable tool rest, Wilmont aluminum wheels and now a 1.5hp 3ph motor and KB27d vfd which I installed last night. I believe I could have cut the learning curve in half had I bought the vfd motor combo from the beginning. I ground a 112 mm x 22mm rhomboid puukko. I profile then grind puukko blades vertically. With the new setup I can cut the speed down and use a lighter touch. For me getting the rhomboid shape is much easier.
This blade was ground with an 80 grit belt, then a 180 gator belt some hand sanding and oiled then HT.

 
Last edited:
I can’t wait to see what you do with the two smaller blanks at the bottom. :)
 
I posted this 5.5" x 1" dagger blade in post 2377 when it was near finish ground prior to HT. At that time I ground the blade vertically and it seemed easier than grinding horizontally. For me that is true to a certain point. Then it dawned on me that I now have variable speed and maybe I should rethink my procedure. So horizontal grinding at speeds I can control my work was the answer. Since I am not in a rush, I can take the time to learn at a slower pace. The steel is 1084 from Aldo. Grinding of the edge is almost complete. When it is the thickness of a dime, out it goes to HT.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/158694019@N03/
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top