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The boy and I out back of the house clearing things up with the 2 and the Cutlass.

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sanded finish off, but only to where the grips start, gave him a hot vinegar patina

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I'm pretty impressed with the chopping power of such a little knife. I'd like to figure out the whole convex thing, but not totally sure how well suited that this is to touching up the field?? My son is really getting into blades, has several moras, really likes beckers and currently has his sights set on the kbar kukri, followed by the BK 17.:thumbup:

Got to say, I'm very proud to own Becker/Kbar products.

BK 5 coming on Monday!:surprise:
 
Thats about the age I was when I got my first machete. And thats when my parents started getting calls about trees falling into neighbor's yards lol.
 
Getridone.

Great pics of the family outing. Looks like you had a great time!

As to the convex edge- the two hardest parts are getting it put on the blade and then understanding how to sharpen /strop.

You don't have to convex the whole blade grind. Just a convex secondary bevel will work very well on that BK-2.

No matter what type of grind you have on a blade they all result in an edge which must be cared for and maintained. IMHO that is best done by periodic stropping . Once you get in the mindset you will see that the convex edge is actually the most versatile and easliy maintained of all.

V bevels and Scandi edges are created and maintained by perfectly flat honing surfaces. Unless you ALWAYS have something like that in the feild- they are of no more advantage than a convex edge.

Do a google search for Convex blade sharpening videos. There is no "secret handshake" involved with convex edges and once you aquire the mindset you will wonder why you did not do it a long time ago.;)
 
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