BK2-inspired WIP

daizee

daizee

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Hi Beckerheads,
This probably belongs in the making forum, but I hope you like what you see.
DerekH's post inspired me to share too, and Derek, please post as you make progress!

I got tired of waiting for the Tweeners, which will probably be too big for my locale anyway.

I designed what you see below on paper, converted it to a weak cad program, and then sat on it for months. Finally I got together with a friend of mine who is an experienced metal worker and veteran knife maker. He guided me through his shop, shared many of his basic techniques, and together we produced this knife. He did a number of the precision operations, including turning my hilarious attempt at a primary grind into something respectable!

If this turns out well I'd like to take it to small-batch production.

The blade shape is inspired by the AWESOME BK2 (see, on-topic!). This knife shortens the blade and extends the handle compared to the BK11.
In fact, the handle is a little longer than originally intended.
Other sources of inspiration for this non-innovative design were the BK11 (too much blade, too little handle) and Izula-2 (nice spine, not enough blade),

My basic req was 3" blade measurement (with scales attached - local legal max) and enough handle to get a solid grip, without being bulky. It has to be a good field-dressing and all-around rugged outdoors knife. I've got another 8 variations in mind, so if I'm satisfied with this one I'm going to consider going water-jet for a batch of 'em, depending on cost.

Once I polish out the finish (except where the epoxy will go) it will go back to my friend's for heat-treat and scales. I have some 3/16" pin stock - my friend uses larger numbers of smaller pins - so I'll probably bring that back with me en enlarge the holes for better visual balance. The lanyard hole will be exposed.

The steel is 1095, 1/8".

I should probably post this in the general knife-making forum, but here's where I hang out. :-)

OH NO, MY WEBSERVER THAT HOSTS MY IMAGES IS DOWN!!
I'll come back and post the pic when it resurfaces.
Sorry about that, I wrote all this up and then discovered the server issues. :-(

Ok, here it is.
DNS is flakey btw my house and my webserver... apologies.

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-Daizee
 
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Booo! PICS! Where are the pics!

Seriously, if you want you can send it to me and I will post it up.

Coincidentally, I think if you are making a knife inspired by Beckers, and you want to show it just to us, that shouldn't be a problem.

But you never know. I recently posted a thread asking what knives you guys hate, but someone decided it belonged elsewhere, even though I was just curious about the opinions of my fellow Beckerheads.

YMMV
 
I like it. How comfortable is it in hand?
 
It's a little thin to evaluate without scales, and the non-edge edges are still quite sharp. :-)
It will be quite comfy for me, but then I designed it that way. The jury-of-1 is still out on the topic of contoured or flat-faced scales. After this PoC I'll decide on future variations. If I make more I'll use some kind of bolts so the scales are swappable.

The handle dimensions are similar to the BK11, but stretched out another inch, and with a gentler curve and no finger bump.

I have a number of knives I really like, but none really fit my needs precisely, so started with those requirements and designed the knife using what I'd learned from those other blades. There are dozens of drawings around my desk - at first I was trying to fit the design within local available materials, and then decided to just make it exactly how I wanted and then order what was necessary to get it done. Turns out my friend had the 1.5x18" piece of 1095 in his stash already.
 
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