Convince me that Becker isn't crap

[BJE]

Send it to me, I will sharpen it for free, just pay for shipping.
My own personal Becker I have removed the coating, added a patina, dropped the primary bevel down to around 20 degrees inclusive, convexed on a coarse belt and stropped, it shaves, but really shines slicing meat and vegetables with its toothy thin edge.
Or if you prefer I can put a very fine finish or even mirror polish.

 

[Lee D]

Send it to me, I will sharpen it for free, just pay for shipping.

Good man...That’s very kind of you to offer.

 

[BJE]

Its no big deal for me, I spend hours a week sharpening tools, from knives, axes, machetes, chainsaw chains, plane blades, and chisels daily/weekly.
I even resharpen disposable utility blades instead of tossing them.

A healthy selection of files, natural, ceramic, and diamond bench stones, specialty stones, KO Worksharp, Sharpmaker, various guided sharpeners, a grinder set up with cloth polishing wheels, and a 1X30 belt grinder help make sharpening anything a breeze.

I do the bulk of my tool sharpening with files and cloth wheels, and most of my knife sharpening on a worksharp diamond/ceramic field stone.

 

[el gigantor]

Send it to me, I will sharpen it for free, just pay for shipping.
My own personal Becker I have removed the coating, added a patina, dropped the primary bevel down to around 20 degrees inclusive, convexed on a coarse belt and stropped, it shaves, but really shines slicing meat and vegetables with its toothy thin edge.
Or if you prefer I can put a very fine finish or even mirror polish.

Can I screenshot this and contact you when I need a fixed blade sharpened? I insist on paying for the service though, as well as shipping. It sounds like your skills and experience vastly exceed my own..

 

[co556guy]

Those are nice
In my personal experience, quality aftermarket sheaths can cost nearly as much as a well made fixed blade , <snip>

It's why I learned how to do kydex. Though "good fixed blade" can mean a wide range of costs. Some don't even come with a sheath.

Kydex isn't hard to do. It's cheap. Once you can make a sheath to your liking for any knife, it really opens up the knife options that you are skipping due to afterthought sheaths.

 

[upnorth]

The Sharpmaker can only do so much. If the factory edge is too obtuse, sharpening on the Sharpmaker is futile.

You need to learn to reprofile the edge angle on knives. Once you set a nice, steep bevel, the Sharpmaker can carry the edge for months.

Yup. I think that I had to take a couple of Condor Undertakers down to 30 degrees inclusive on my Lansky kit before getting any performance from my Sharpmaker.

 

[GingivitisKahn]

I actually wish that I had titled this thread differently, like maybe "I Really Want To Love This Knife But...".

Yeah - that thread title is pretty combative but your actual posts aren't. Lol.

Have you contacted Kabar? It could be that you got one with a bogus grind out heat treat or something. Bet they would help you out.

 

[Lee D]

It's why I learned how to do kydex. Though "good fixed blade" can mean a wide range of costs. Some don't even come with a sheath.

Kydex isn't hard to do. It's cheap. Once you can make a sheath to your liking for any knife, it really opens up the knife options that you are skipping due to afterthought sheaths.

I prefer the look and feel of leather. Kydex has no soul

 

[co556guy]

I prefer the look and feel of leather. Kydex has no soul

To each their own.

 

[herisson]

I prefer the look and feel of leather. Kydex has no soul

But it makes for the best sheathes available. When well done... While I'm right there with you, about leather, I must say I prefer this any day of the week :

But I carry this 24/24 and 7/7. It's perfection :

 

[Lee D]

But it makes for the best sheathes available. When well done... While I'm right there with you, about leather, I must say I prefer this any day of the week :

But I carry this 24/24 and 7/7. It's perfection :

For me it depends on the knife. The main fixed blade I carry is a G3 in kydex, but if I’m having a sheath made, it’s gonna be leather. Imagine a Bowie in kydex lol

and nice knives, I really dig the bottom one

 

[herisson]

Fixed blades and their sheathes, there is some magic happening there. The bottom one is perfect...

 

[Wasty]

I just checked, my BK14 shaves my arm hair without any effort - quite often sharpened (freehand on a stone) and stropped on a leather.




If you cannot get the 11 to be that sharp, it is maybe a lemon or your technique.

I do have many Becker knives and while some came with an uneven grind, that's nothing that will stop these blades from working and punching way above their price tag.

 

[BJE]

Can I screenshot this and contact you when I need a fixed blade sharpened? I insist on paying for the service though, as well as shipping. It sounds like your skills and experience vastly exceed my own..

Sure thing, since I can’t receive PMs here, I will leave you my number, feel free to call or text anytime, if I don’t answer please leave a message so I know it’s not a telemarketer, I get a lot of those kinds calls lately.

Brian
614-940-2866

Forgot to mention mower blades, I sharpen quite a lot of them in the summer for a commercial lawn care company, sometimes the blades he brings me are barely recognizable as cutting tools, I swear he must run over fire hydrants and parking stops with the way he messes up blades, lol.

 

[Lee D]

sometimes the blades he brings me are barely recognizable as cutting tools, I swear he must run over fire hydrants and parking stops with the way he messes up blades, lol.

It sounds like he took lessons from my wife. lol
She loves to push mow the back yard for the exercise, and I have to deal with the aftermath.

 

[tomsch]

I have a BK9 that is stripped, micarta scales, and a kydex sheath. I use it pretty hard at hacking and chopping in the back yard. I did reprofile mine on my diamond stones (free hand) so I can use my SharpMaker for touch-ups when needed. I've thought about taking it to my Wicked Edge but such a long blade is a bit of a PITA. For now the minor touch-ups are enough until the day it needs to go back to the stones.

 

[Wannabe Rambo Guy]

My esee, dpx, and kabar bk10 and 16, are wicked easy for me to get an edge on, and I'm atrocious at sharpening. Easy steel to deal with imo. Idk, brother, something is up. Beckers are great users to me, don't give up on that knife right there. You'll end up loving it I bet

 

[numbersman]

Send it to me, I will sharpen it for free, just pay for shipping.
My own personal Becker I have removed the coating, added a patina, dropped the primary bevel down to around 20 degrees inclusive, convexed on a coarse belt and stropped, it shaves, but really shines slicing meat and vegetables with its toothy thin edge.
Or if you prefer I can put a very fine finish or even mirror polish.

Thanks, but I am not in the states. Overseas shipping is a bit of a beast. I might just have to keep going. I don't really mind people slinging off at my sharpening, thats to be expected, but geez, the factory edge was genuinely terrible. It was practically a letter opener.

 

[BJE]

Thanks, but I am not in the states. Overseas shipping is a bit of a beast. I might just have to keep going. I don't really mind people slinging off at my sharpening, thats to be expected, but geez, the factory edge was genuinely terrible. It was practically a letter opener.

I understand, most factory edges are unsatisfactory to me, though useable, and I sharpen most new knives before the first use because of this, but I have gotten some truly awful edges from new knives at this price point before, they are depressing to see and require more work before use, but after you thin them out and set a real primary edge bevel, it’s just water under the bridge and probably less work than sending it back.