Beckerhead Knife Making and Modification Thread

Told ya it'd work out. Nice work, Slice. Let it harden a little more and you can work it with a file or rasp....that stuff is pretty easy to burn/melt with a grinder, in my experience. At least the homemade stuff. Try a little shaping with a four-in-hand. Works great, at least for the last bit.
 

My first Becker mod. In the process of forging out a bolo/pinuti blade tofit the original grips, which I will hopefully finish in time for the Northeast gathering this weekend.
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All done-a Beckerized dahong palay in 5160.
 
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Don't get caught crossing the border with that thing ;). That is gonna look totally badass hanging off your back while you're on your bike.
That tanto 5 looks pretty cool, too. Looking forward to ogling them in person.
 
granitestateofmind said:
Don't get caught crossing the border with that thing ;). That is gonna look totally badass hanging off your back while you're on your bike.
That tanto 5 looks pretty cool, too. Looking forward to ogling them in person.
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It looks like they're going to be in the back of my Subaru instead-need to pull the carbs out of the bike and clean them before I go any distance, or I'll be walkin'...the 5 is still the same profile-just the light making it look tantofied
 
awesome polishing job on the bk5 -- and gorgeous short sword.
looks like it would be a lot of fun to play with.
 
Thanks man-I'll bring it to BLADE (dunno what we'll be able to do with it, but I'll bring it)
That 5 is pretty much my favorite kitchen knife at this point.
 
you should pick up a 15 to go with it -- one of the best steak knives on the market. :)
 
So this happened this weekend...

Before:



Etching
12VDC power adapter with jumpers clipped on
Distilled white vinegar and a crapton of table salt etching solution



Stripping
Citristrip for about 45 minutes to an hour



Stripped and patina'd thanks to the citristrip



Finished product:

 
A while back in the "What did you do with your Becker today" thread, I posted that, while bored waiting on a well repairman, I threw one of my 9s at a stump. I readily admitted in the post that throwing such a high Rc treat knife was bad, many others agreed as did Ethan, who also admitted to throwing 4s back in the day.

BUT... the 9 actually flew pretty good for 1/2 spin and 1 spin, o what does an enterprising individual do?

Well, he goes out and learns how to use CorelDraw to design some throwing knives that vaguely resemble a 9, then he learns how to convert said CD files to FlowCut software to set up using a FlowJet waterjet unit to knock out some prototypes.

Here's the WJ set up ready to go after a non-cutting test pass to make sure I had everything set up correctly - didn't want to screw up a $300K machine.
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Here's the 9 blades cut out but still on the cutting bed.
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And here's the first 3 prototypes roughly based on a BK9.
Some basic grinding has been done on the edges, but all I have are hand files and grinding wheels, no belt grinder.
The 2 sets on the right are very similar to a 9, the left most set resembles a 9 only in length.
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Damn, zzyzz.....your "makerspace" is extremely well equipped. I'd be a danger to my 401k with a waterjet at my disposal.....

I am looking forward to seeing these done.
 
What does CPM-154 look like coming out of cryo?
a lot like this :D :

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Also, I modified my 15 to address two issues I had with it:
1) I want it to be more board-friendly, so I ground off the guard and lengthened the choil
2) I just can't abide a trailing point, it turns out, so I straightened the spine, which made the tip more accessible
3) Forgot to krylon the peanutbutter scales to orange... next time.
4) Forgot to pick up some decent paint stripper to clean the blade.


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visually, I think the ricasso looks too long without the guard, but the function is improved overall.
 
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