Beckerhead Knife Making and Modification Thread

[daizee]

Good looking Shop! Everything is nice and neat

Thanks!
Tho... you know, that's the pretty side.

 

[daizee]

Got the big'n marked, scaled, and sharpened tonight (picture before edge).
This is my favorite Kephart configuration, of all the ones I've made and handled.
At some point I'll bust into that stick of Magnacut I got from the first batch, but that might have to wait 'til summer.

 

[daizee]

And it's done!

AuK4 (Kephart) in CPM154

4.5" AuK4 Kephart in 0.135" CPM154, sporting extended ricasso (6-finger grip, room to crawl around), tapered tang, extended pommel, hidden lanyard hole, kiln finish, and KaBar Becker BK-62 factory bolt-on scales

www.bladeforums.com

 

[1066vik]

Modded a 24.
Moved the grip area forward a bit, added a straight clip, and added TKC extended burlap scales.

Also buffed most of the tool marks off the spine.
Left just enough of the bump so it still clicks into the sheath.

 

[The Warrior]

Nice work! I know that fits your big ol mitts way better.

 

[1066vik]

Comparison shot.



It's actually pretty comfy.

 

[Jonny1280]

I kinda like it Vik!
Nice work.

 

[daizee]

Comparison shot.

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It's actually pretty comfy.

I REALLY REALLY like this handle mod.

 

[knoefz]

Tiny mod....
etched the logo's into my new 9

Not sure if it's deep enough but I settle for now

 

[daizee]

I made a little thing for practice. Started as 1.5" of 0.7" dia coil spring. Mark came out terrible.

 

[knoefz]

daizee : your pictures above are not working for me

 

[daizee]

Same here, but preview shows them to me and I've validated the URL.
Hmm.

ETA:
I think it has to do with BF's caching/hashed proxy. It cashed a broken link icon off the bat and won't fix it.

ETA:
Yeah, totally. I renamed the file on the image server (added "_2") and edited my message w/ the new URL and it's fine. Stupid "smart" caching proxy.

 

[daizee]

Shd be fixed now.

 

[knoefz]

Shd be fixed now.

Yep, nice work.
Must he alot of hammerin from a coil to this thin shovel

 

[daizee]

Yep, nice work.
Must he alot of hammerin from a coil to this thin shovel

Not a small amount, but it would be a LOT less for an experienced forger!
I often make trouble for myself by trying to be too efficient with materials. A tiny 1.5" long bit of spring is really hard to hold onto with tongs while also hammering with a 2.5lb smacker.

 

[1066vik]

Not a small amount, but it would be a LOT less for an experienced forger!
I often make trouble for myself by trying to be too efficient with materials. A tiny 1.5" long bit of spring is really hard to hold onto with tongs while also hammering with a 2.5lb smacker.

You could take some of that spring, upset the ends a bit bigger, drift an eye into it, and make a set of smaller hammers?

 

[daizee]

You could take some of that spring, upset the ends a bit bigger, drift an eye into it, and make a set of smaller hammers?

That's a great idea... I do have some 1" coil spring. It's HUGE (I may have posted a picture of it in my truck last summer). It could make a small cross-peen...

Turns out it's hard to make a hand-hammer with a hand-hammer. I have a rudder bearing I tried (several times) to beat into a hammer head, and it's only about 1-1.5lb. No dice. Of course it's the wrong material - waaaay too much carbon. Very hard to move.

 

[1066vik]

No progress on the cable, been concentrating on this instead.
BK16 for scale.



Someone else is making the fittings and scabbard, so i get to hand it off tomorrow.

 

[daizee]

No progress on the cable, been concentrating on this instead.
BK16 for scale.

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Someone else is making the fittings and scabbard, so i get to hand it off tomorrow.

wowowow!
Can't wait to see this done!

 

[NWFRS]

Decided to play with one of my BK16. I wasted a ton of time doing stupid things with hand tools that made no sense. I also wasted a ton of time trying to force a patina, but it never colored evenly, and I ended up just polishing it again.