Beckerhead Knife Making and Modification Thread

Well I decided to put some white liners on my BK15 stippled handles. Before I started these handles were had also been rubberized... in fact these scales started out life when I first got the knife as the tan stock scales, then I dyed them.. a couple different times... stripped the dye, stippled, sanded, spray painted, and rubberized a couple different times. They have been changed around a lot. Should have took pictures of the process but things just kinda happened fast in between all of the other stuff I was doing.

So I stripped off the rubber, sanded the tang sides flat, drilled divot holes in the tang side then sanded flat again. Then I cut out some white liners from some vulcanized fiber liner material. Sanded the liners a little rough then put little divots in by poking them with a drill bit, and then mixed up some 2 ton epoxy and began glue up.

That was all I was planning on doing but in the process I accidentally got a little epoxy in the stippling of the scales, plus even though I like the look of the stippled scales, the rough (even though I softened them up a bit) isnt all that great when working with the knife for extended periods. So I got a little idea and I completely covered the scales in epoxy. Then I fitted, sanded, and buffed the scales until just a little bitty bit of the tops of the stipples are coming through while still feeling completely smooth. Kinda interesting how things turned out, different looking, and just kinda an experiment. I'm sure there are many things that could go wrong here, but it was fun!



 
granitestateofmind said:
I like the looks of that. It's kinda how I cook....no recipes, and unrepeatable results, but tasty just the same. And those are ​tasty.
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That's hilarious cause I am the exact same way in the kitchen... Never use a recipe, hardly ever measure anything, never cook things the same way etc etc.

And thanks! We will see how they hold up. Its fun to experiment, only way to find new things is to try new things.
 
stretched the grip area on my "new" bk9.
new scales are made out of laminated bamboo.

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thanks.
as soon as I get some longer bolts, I'll take it out for a trial run -- maybe this coming weekend.
 
1066vik said:
thanks.
as soon as I get some longer bolts, I'll take it out for a trial run -- maybe this coming weekend.
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you guys and your crazy running. Doesn't a BK9 flap all over the place when you jog?
 
Welp, I think I am done with the BK15 for the moment... Snow day, kids out of school, so I decided to Fisk and thin out my BK15... much thinner convex edge and grind. Seems like I am thinning everything out now a'days lol. Wife says I need to watch out or I wont have any knife left lol!



 
well here's a solid screw-up with a bunch of recycled materials (all but the pin).
Looks lovely, but the pictures hide a ricasso gap. :grumpy:

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That looks alright, daiz....learning experience, eh?

Sent my sister her (month late) birthday gift. Yeah, I overheated the middle pin, but she better not criticize...board is crap maple from a stair tread cutoff; has all kinds of great figure. Little bird's eye, little quilting....got the daizee approved Howard Butcher Block treatment.

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Hi all --

Just finished up this filet knife. Walnut scales on convex ground 1084. Thanks for looking.

 
Everybody is doing great work. Very inspirational for people who are trying to decide about attempting knifemaking.
 
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