daizee
Knifemaker / Craftsman / Service Provider
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- Dec 30, 2009
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Guess what came in the box-of-other-stuff-that-nobody-cares-about?!?!?
mmmmm.... black is the new black.
What could it be??:
But what is it?!? Stop teasing me!:
yes. Yes. YES!!
Lordy, I'm pleased.
This is the first recreational knife purchase for me in a year. It is enough.
I figured I'll never make a knife this big, so what the hell.
Some thoughts on the BK5 so far, then more pix:
First, it was shaving sharp from the box.
Looking at it from a knifemaker's perspective, this is well done for a factory knife of this size.
The grinds on the right side of the blade are ever-so-slightly "deeper" (longer, etc.) consistently than the left side, but geez, it's close - better than I could do on something this size.
This thing is fast in the hand and doesn't feel like a 3/16" chunk of metal. Credit Jerry Fisk (right?) for matching the full flat grind and swedge to this height, length, and thickness. It's PERFECT. I can just *barely* flex the blade in my hands, but no more. So it's strong, but also lively. The 3-dimensional geometry gives it a very low angle of attack and it's gonna cut-cut-cut, I can tell. Seriously, the confluence of geometry on this thing is a meditation.
Kabar has done an excellent job producing this knife at a reasonable price (actual retail, not MSRP). I figure it would cost me about $45 simply in low-volume materials to reproduce this knife myself. (of course it would have micarta instead of grivory, but whatever.
)
I fed it from the kindling pile to keep it sated. Cardboard = slain:
Then I fed it some cheese from a 2lb block of sharp cheddar. It cut it easier than my cheese knife. This was the Oh-Wow moment about the geometry. It's 50% thicker than my cheese knife, but that material is spread over a 1.5" area. Also the cheese didn't stick to the coating the way it will to a polished steel surface.
Bringing it upstairs to meet the family....
Hey, what's this little pocket for? Hmmmm...:
All the Beckers together:
Finally, down to the basement to meet the kids and a reality check.
I THOUGHT I was making a BIG knife. Guess not:
Originally the plan was for the BK5 to live in the knife block as a carver, but... it's so BIG.
I stropped the edge on a nail buffer and put it away.
Oh wait, it's out again.
This is going to go on for awhile, isn't it.
So there ya go!
Another happy BK5 owner.
-Daizee
mmmmm.... black is the new black.
What could it be??:
But what is it?!? Stop teasing me!:
yes. Yes. YES!!
Lordy, I'm pleased.
This is the first recreational knife purchase for me in a year. It is enough.
I figured I'll never make a knife this big, so what the hell.
Some thoughts on the BK5 so far, then more pix:
First, it was shaving sharp from the box.
Looking at it from a knifemaker's perspective, this is well done for a factory knife of this size.
The grinds on the right side of the blade are ever-so-slightly "deeper" (longer, etc.) consistently than the left side, but geez, it's close - better than I could do on something this size.
This thing is fast in the hand and doesn't feel like a 3/16" chunk of metal. Credit Jerry Fisk (right?) for matching the full flat grind and swedge to this height, length, and thickness. It's PERFECT. I can just *barely* flex the blade in my hands, but no more. So it's strong, but also lively. The 3-dimensional geometry gives it a very low angle of attack and it's gonna cut-cut-cut, I can tell. Seriously, the confluence of geometry on this thing is a meditation.
Kabar has done an excellent job producing this knife at a reasonable price (actual retail, not MSRP). I figure it would cost me about $45 simply in low-volume materials to reproduce this knife myself. (of course it would have micarta instead of grivory, but whatever.
)I fed it from the kindling pile to keep it sated. Cardboard = slain:
Then I fed it some cheese from a 2lb block of sharp cheddar. It cut it easier than my cheese knife. This was the Oh-Wow moment about the geometry. It's 50% thicker than my cheese knife, but that material is spread over a 1.5" area. Also the cheese didn't stick to the coating the way it will to a polished steel surface.
Bringing it upstairs to meet the family....
Hey, what's this little pocket for? Hmmmm...:
All the Beckers together:
Finally, down to the basement to meet the kids and a reality check.
I THOUGHT I was making a BIG knife. Guess not:
Originally the plan was for the BK5 to live in the knife block as a carver, but... it's so BIG.
I stropped the edge on a nail buffer and put it away.
Oh wait, it's out again.
This is going to go on for awhile, isn't it.
So there ya go!
Another happy BK5 owner.
-Daizee
