Beckerhead Knife Making and Modification Thread

[1066vik]

nice job!
I'm jealous of that anvil.

 

[knoefz]

nice job!
I'm jealous of that anvil.

There were about 12 of those in the workshop iirc

 

[DunkEm]

That's a cool present, knoefz. And good job. I haven't figured out the forging thing yet.

 

[hawkhead]

Another puukko completed. 105mm blade, black alder burl handle, nickel silver bolsters and cocobolo spacers.

 

[tman038]

Wow, that is nice hawkhead!

 

[daizee]

Another puukko completed.

Dude... That's gorgeous. Love the grooves. How did you do them? Groovy!

 

[hawkhead]

Thanks tman038 and daizee. I cut them with a small round needle file the polished to 800 grit satin finish. Nickel silver is easy to work by hand.

 

[1066vik]

some may remember this mistake when I got in a hurry:

finished up the back half finally and got it sent to a new home this week:

and yes, that's a dub-sized handle

 

[The Warrior]

Another puukko completed.
https://flic.kr/p/25Y1miY
https://flic.kr/p/25G7L7z
https://flic.kr/p/24iUKFd

Nice work man.

some may remember this mistake when I got in a hurry:

finished up the back half finally and got it sent to a new home this week:

and yes, that's a dub-sized handle

Nice work brudda. You mean a 1066vik sized handle.

 

[1066vik]

here's the other half of that disaster - finished it this afternoon.

6 1/4" blade, 4 1/4" handle

 

[GeofS]

Dude, great job!

 

[The Warrior]

Very nice man. Looks like it's gotta a 1066vik sized handle.

 

[1066vik]

actually, the handle is a little short for me -- but the balance is only 5/16" in front of the handle, so it's pretty lively.

 

[GeofS]

This seems like the appriate thread for this.

These are minor compared to what a lot of you guys do, but, I have three projects I’m concurrently working on:

1. My wife got me a Man Crate’s kitchen knife making kit back in January. I’ve added the micarta scales to it and still have to shape them.

2. I have a Condor Kephart blank that I’m adding stabilized wood scales to.

3. I have an Enzo Trapper blank in Elmax that I’m adding micarta scales to.

Progress is slow!

 

[1066vik]

POIDH!

 

[GeofS]

Tomorrow after work

 

[GeofS]

As I said, progress is being made very slowly. After shaping most of the kitchen knife handle by hand, I’ve come to the conclusion that I will be getting a sander. Lol

 

[1066vik]

even a HF 1x30 is better than none.

 

[Mike McCarter]

Looking good, GeofS. The Enzo Trapper has long been one of my favorite profiles.

I’m with 1066vik on the HF 1x30 is better than nothing. That was my first and I made a bunch of knifes on it. I’ve upgraded a couple times but still use the 1x30 on occasion and it’s still going strong. It was less than $40.

Nice save on your two halves, 1066vik!

 

[1066vik]

thanks.