BK9 Sheath mod to fit BK11

[ocnLogan]

I know that most people here have heard about this, but since there are a lot of new guys here, I thought I would post this up.

I modded the sheath meant for the BK13 on my 9's sheath to fit a BK11.

Its pretty simple actually. Just drop your BK11/14 into some boiling water for a bit, insert it into the sheath and push it in very firmly. The idea here is that you get the blade warm enough to melt the plastic sheath and form it into a new shape. I repeated the process a few times, making sure the knife was always warm enough to push through cleanly without breaking anything.

It worked great, and now my BK11 can ride along with my BK9 .

Here are some shots how how it turned out.

Hope this helps out .

 

[Sam Hell]

I really love those liners

 

[arcadiaknives]

Hope that the temp of the water doesn't affect the temper of the blade.

 

[ocnLogan]

Thats actually a question I brought up the last time I saw this done. Apparently the boiling water is too low of a temperature to affect the temper or HT of the blade. The HT takes place up around 300-400 degrees, and the water is just 200-ish. Also, the blade was only left in the water for about 30 seconds at a time, so I doubt it even hit full temperature.

 

[AlvarF]

I like red and green liners. It´s a nice way to personalice your becker.

 

[cautioning]

Do do you think it would work still with scales on the 11?

 

[ocnLogan]

I don't think it would fit in there if the scales were on it. I don't have any scales to test with, but I can't imagine that it would work well.

 

[cautioning]

It was looking kinda tight 8). Great mod Logan, thanks for letting me know.

 

[Tdhurl1103]

:thumbup:

 

[Charlie_K]

Yeah that's definitely an interesting modification to be done.

 

[ocnLogan]

For the record, the BK11 is still riding just the way you see it there. And I'm glad people are finding these old posts of mine useful.

I have changed the sheath up a bit since then, so it rides higher on the hip as I find that more comfortable when walking around. You can check out what I did to it here.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1002608-BK9-stock-sheath-mod

Cheers .

 

[stvpourciau]

When putting a blade in boiling water, just make sure not to touch the bottom of the put, suspend it.

 

[A_T_WorkHorse]

When putting a blade in boiling water, just make sure not to touch the bottom of the put, suspend it.

Damned good call on that. Boiling water can never get higher than 212*F, but the metal pot sure can!

 

[ocnLogan]

Good point to call out actually. I didn't suspend it, but instead took it off the burner for about 30 sec before I placed the knife in each time. That way the metal bottom had time to cool and transfer heat to the water.

And for what its worth, I believe that the temp range was asked to toooj in the "ask toooj" thread. And iirc the temp foe damage was up around 400f.

I still use the setup like this, and haven't noticed and degradation of edge holding.

 

[NathanJ]

Awesome mod, thanks for sharing. This should work with a 14/24 I would imagine.

 

[stvpourciau]

Victotinox uses water as a constant coolant throughout the blade making procces after HT.

Idk the blade sciences but that to me says that the hottest temp of water is OK :thumbup:

 

[neeman]

Awesome mod, thanks for sharing. This should work with a 14/24 I would imagine.

Hi
could someone confirm that this works for the 14/24

thanks

 

[Chameleonbear]

Only reason it may not is cause the handle is about half inch longer. The blade is exactly the same though.

 

[stvpourciau]

Only reason it may not is cause the handle is about half inch longer. The blade is exactly the same though.

So cut the retention flap off it's a problem!

 

[NJBillK]

A question about this general mod...

Does the stock sheath for the 4 and 5 also have this sheath behind the pocket?

If so, it would be safe to assume that it would also work for them as well, correct?