Hey all,
I've been working on a semi-custom BK-7 on and off the last couple of weeks. I made some progress over the weekend and I wanted to put up a pic to show off my work so far. When I'm done, I'll post the whole series of pics from beginning to end, but here's a brief synopsis of what's been done so far:
1) Reground the blade to make it thinner and add a bit of a recurve(I didn't do this part)
2) Stripped the coating
3) Built rock maple scales
4) Fitted the scales
There are a lot of fine-work steps that need to be done now, including better fitting of the attachment hardware, fine sanding and finishing of the scales, and finishing of the blade. The scales will probably get darker once finished, and I hope to enhance the grain pattern.
I've made some changes to the scales from the original, including thinning them down and eliminating the middle screw, which I thought was uncomfortable in the hand. Overall, the 3-D profile is pretty much the same, although it's a little hard to tell from the picture (I'm a woodworker, not a photographer). Anyway, here's a link to the pic, comments and constructive criticism welcome:
BK-7
I've been working on a semi-custom BK-7 on and off the last couple of weeks. I made some progress over the weekend and I wanted to put up a pic to show off my work so far. When I'm done, I'll post the whole series of pics from beginning to end, but here's a brief synopsis of what's been done so far:
1) Reground the blade to make it thinner and add a bit of a recurve(I didn't do this part)
2) Stripped the coating
3) Built rock maple scales
4) Fitted the scales
There are a lot of fine-work steps that need to be done now, including better fitting of the attachment hardware, fine sanding and finishing of the scales, and finishing of the blade. The scales will probably get darker once finished, and I hope to enhance the grain pattern.
I've made some changes to the scales from the original, including thinning them down and eliminating the middle screw, which I thought was uncomfortable in the hand. Overall, the 3-D profile is pretty much the same, although it's a little hard to tell from the picture (I'm a woodworker, not a photographer). Anyway, here's a link to the pic, comments and constructive criticism welcome:
BK-7
