Beckerhead Knife Making and Modification Thread

daizee said:
MMmmmm.... file and scrap knife.
For those who were keeping score, the file knife took overnight to harden fully, which suggests to me that it's O1 or similar. It turned out wicked wear-resistant (discovered when polishing) when tempered at 1084 specs, so it's gonna be pretty sweet. That one is still in progress, but the scrap knife is done.

post heat-treat:

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preparing to etch:

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boo-yah:

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I love your work. I don't know if you read my post in the Becker thread but I lost all my knives due to storage unit theft while I was moving.

I lost a few Camillus BK7s, a sterile BK2 Campanian, an XM8 bayonet, as well as many custom and commercial knives. I bought a Ka-Bar BK7 to try and kickstart my collection but I'm on disability and can't afford much on a sub 9000 dollar yearly income.

I was wondering if you plan on making any more of the larger knife. I really like the blade shape and I think I would carry that knife.

Let me know if I can help in any way. I would love to have one of those blades. I would try making my own but Muscular Dystrophy has affected my dexterity pretty severely.

Take care,
Dan
 
OOoooh.... looky here!

Couple blades finished tempering tonight:

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Also did some cleanup, prep, and ground some bevels:

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Glad you like my stuff, Dan.
I'll be making some 5-7" bladed stuff in the next 6 months or so. I work pretty slowly. :-)
 
Wasn't ready for heat-treating at Knife Night, so I cut out some rough patterns to refill the beginning of the queue:

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A guy I have been working with wanted a smaller knife to be able to work deer, small game and be able to choke up on for use on birds. On top of that he wanted a 3 finger grip but still be secure in hand.

He wanted the choil, which helps out nicely for indexing and wanted a lanyard but wasn't sure how comfortable it would be jutting out into his palm. So I figured I would use a hidden. Lanyard hole and a finger loop to get all 4 fingers incorporated and allow him to drop the knife and use his hands while keeping the knife at hand and reducing the risk of loss.
1084, natural canvas micarta and stainless pins.


 
Thanks guys!

Yep, home HT with a machine shop buddy tested my regimen to 60hrc avg over 10 knives.
Cut from 1/8" stock, 3 1/4" x 1" flat ground and 6 1/4" oal.

Finish is 600 grit then VF Scotch-Brite and a 400 grit wet sand on the slabs. If he wants to roughen it, that is his call.

Next up is some kydex I am going to bend for it tonight and then it is headed to its new home.

Have quite a bit of 1/8" x 2.5" stock left, and old crosscut saw that I can't bring myself to hack up yet since I cannot ID the maker.
 
Gave my 5 a good ol Fisking. Thinned it behind the edge and flattened the flats.
In one spot right in the belly (on the flat, not the edge) there was an indentation that looked like someone took it out of a tempering cycle and leaned against a ball hitch with it.
It was nearly symmetrical in its circular shape, about the size of a half dollar around and deep enough that 120 grit would just barely miss making contact.

I took it up to 400 grit then to my medium Scotch-Brite belt. I have since picked up a few 600 belts and a very fine Scotch-Brite belt, so I might refine the finish a bit still.
But as it stands now, .025 behind the edge with a convexed edge and as you can see it is hair whittling sharp.

On to the pics.
 
NJBillK said:
Gave my 5 a good ol Fisking. Thinned it behind the edge and flattened the flats.
In one spot right in the belly (on the flat, not the edge) there was an indentation that looked like someone took it out of a tempering cycle and leaned against a ball hitch with it.
It was nearly symmetrical in its circular shape, about the size of a half dollar around and deep enough that 120 grit would just barely miss making contact.

I took it up to 400 grit then to my medium Scotch-Brite belt. I have since picked up a few 600 belts and a very fine Scotch-Brite belt, so I might refine the finish a bit still.
But as it stands now, .025 behind the edge with a convexed edge and as you can see it is hair whittling sharp.

On to the pics.
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You sir are one sick individual...


I like it!!!
 
NixKustoms said:
You sir are one sick individual...


I like it!!!
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Thank you Sir.
It took a little bit of time with having to keep it cool and my belts not liking water (3m Trizact). I would take a pass, dip then dry, pass, dip, dry, over and over...

Handle mods and distal taper is waiting until I have a 2" wide belt so I can do an accurate removal of material.
 
I like the way the scales turned out - especially since they were an attempt to rescue a previously messed up pour.



I've learned a lot about the grinding. Got a lot to learn still though.
 
Knife #8 from scratch. 1084 from Aldo. .156" thick, 3.5" blade length, 7.375" total length. Profiling and grinding done on my Wilmont LB1000. I am getting a group of knives together for heat treat. I am slow, but who cares? I'm not a pro, although I do want to design and make a good knife. Next step, drill for pins and maybe taper the tang. My next Wharncliffe will definitely have a tapered tang.
 
hawkhead said:
Knife #8 from scratch. 1084 from Aldo. .156" thick, 3.5" blade length, 7.375" total length. Profiling and grinding done on my Wilmont LB1000. I am getting a group of knives together for heat treat. I am slow, but who cares? I'm not a pro, although I do want to design and make a good knife. Next step, drill for pins and maybe taper the tang. My next Wharncliffe will definitely have a tapered tang.
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You don't have to be a pro to make something nice....and you've definitely got the chops, pro or not. That blade looks good, slow or not. I've still got blank steel waiting for me to make something knife shaped. That is the definition of slow. Nice to see you are still able to pursue this, HH.
 
That looks gorgeous, Hawk, and I am not surprised. Though I'd drill before all that nice pre-heat-finish work!
1084 is a snap to heat-treat at home. I'd offer to do a one-off for you, but my availability is crap in the summer.
 
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