Beckerheads of the Forums, unite.

Howdy, all you Beckerheads... I'm new to the forums here, and this is my first post. I guess, for a first post, this ought to be something more than just "beckers are cool", huh? OK, I've had a Blackjack BK-5 for several years, it is my favorite steak slicer for fajitas. I believe the blade steel is 440C. My sister(who DOESN'T HAVE A CLUE) did some chopping with it, and was trying to wrench :eek: the blade out of the small tree she was destroying. Anyway, she managed to warp the edge in a few places. Is there any way to straighten out the small waves? Not that I really care, I bought it as a user, and use it I do. I'm happy to see KABAR has resurrected the design, this is one of my all-time favorite designs, and I look forward to getting one in hand to see how much better it is. I know 1095 is a better steel for a bigger hard-use knife, is there any way to get the edge convexed? OK, was that enough substance for an aspiring Beckerheads' first post here? ;)
 
if you have a smooth piece of hard material - like a 12" chromed socket extension - you can try using that as a hone to try and work the edge back mostly straight. Use like you would a crock stick or butcher's steel. (if you have a smooth butcher steel, that would be ideal - so long as it's not one of the grooved abominations that come with low end kitchen cutlery sets)
 
you know the hammer and sickle in the USSR logo? well, guess what the hammer is for?

if you were to start with a good plastic hammer, and a flat, clean piece of hardwood, you can probably manage to hammer the edge into place. you may have to step it up a little with a harder surface, move it around, but it should work.

the new model doesn't really need convexing per se, quite sharp. ask your sister to buy you one ;) i think she owes you a new knife. suggest to her that she destroyed a priceless artifact worth more than a NICE handbag ;) hahahah...

and pictures!


Bladite
 
Thanks for the ideas, might try the hammer method. The damage is old now, too long ago to hold her responsible. Oh well.... Another question: On my BkJk, the logo is etched, on the Kabar it appears to be stamped into the blade. I assume this is done before heat-treating, but wonder if it weakens the ricasso at all, due to the thickness(or lack of same) of the blade stock?
 
justjed said:
Thanks for the ideas, might try the hammer method. The damage is old now, too long ago to hold her responsible. Oh well.... Another question: On my BkJk, the logo is etched, on the Kabar it appears to be stamped into the blade. I assume this is done before heat-treating, but wonder if it weakens the ricasso at all, due to the thickness(or lack of same) of the blade stock?
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you can ALWAYS guilt relatives :) "hey, remember when you broke my $800 knife? good times ;)" course, she doesn't know it's not worth $800 ;)

well, camillus has been stamping for a while, and thus far, i haven't seen any break. even bend. .188 or thicker stick? probably not an issue.


Bladite
 
How about another off-the-wall question? Would there be any advantage to removing the scales, bead-blast or sand the coating off, and softening the tang and rear third of the spine with a blowtorch to create a differential heat treat? It could then be blued or parkerized. I'm kind of a fan of differential hardening, just curious.
 
justjed said:
How about another off-the-wall question? Would there be any advantage to removing the scales, bead-blast or sand the coating off, and softening the tang and rear third of the spine with a blowtorch to create a differential heat treat? It could then be blued or parkerized. I'm kind of a fan of differential hardening, just curious.
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for what purpose to change the heat treat? it's pretty darn fine already.

lots of people strip, paint, coat, whatever. heck, go for a hard-chrome or a black nitride phosphate for fun :)


Bladite
 
As I said, just curiosity. There would be no really GOOD reason, other than to have something no one else does, a truly custom version of a production knife. More than just different handle material, or a different sheath. Maybe to see if the performance can be increased even more. I would assume Jerry Fisk would do a differential heat treat if he were to make a handmade version, and he used to convex the edge on the Camillus models, IF someone wanted to pay for it. I just wondered if there might be any other advantages that could be had with the 1095.

And to up my post numbers for this Beckerhead thingy.....! :D
 
Likewise! Been here 34 years, not a bad place to hang my hat. Looking forward to the Wannamacher show in a couple of weeks. It's my favorite place to find good deals on cutlery, due to the lack of knife shops in the area. Maybe you know one or two that I don't ?
 
nope, I've been here 4 yrs and haven't found an exclusive type knife shop that would carry anything that really holds my interests.. my first whatamacher show though was a nightmare, 10acres of guns!!!! i was completely lost, found stuff I liked wanted to return to buy and couldn't find again..

I vowed to never go to such a large show, that is until I talked to someone with skills, they told me get a map and circle the areas I wanted to return to, a MAP?? go figure

I'm sure there are good deals on knives at that show, I'd especially like to go rummaging through boxes some ol boy brought down from grandpas attic!!:D
 
Yeah, it's a big show, and takes some getting used to. In 1986 they had the Knifemaker's Guild show in the IPE building. THAT was a hoot. Met blackie collins, Pat Crawford, and a bunch of other guys. Tom Maringer was walking around in a stainless steel chain mail shirt, carrying one of his swords, looking like something off the cover of a Conan book....! I can usually find my way back to whichever table piqued my interest, picked up a SOG Bowie last show for $160. Plenty of good deals to be had. I always see something or two that I never knew existed. But, surprisingly enough, there's a lot of stuff you'd think you would see, that just isn't there. Still, I never miss it.
 
I'm gonna try to pin Ethan down this week for lunch sometime, to try to work out the details for the Beckerheads. The problem I always run into, is we wind up BSN instead of talkin' about the Beckerheads. My bad. Moose
 
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