Horace Kephart Tribute..."Beckerized"...

The Warrior said:
Ethan posted this thread about the Horace Kephart knife: http://www.bladeforums.com/threads/the-knife-that-horace-kephart-created.1496191/

Have always admired that design, and thought I would do a "Beckerized" rendering. I took this photo from that thread:

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I then cut it out using the GIMP program, then resized it using the same. Shadow added:

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I then used that direct copy of the cut out, to render what I perceive at least, to be what this knife would look like if it were a Becker blade. The "Beckhart", if you will:

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Animation showing how I used the original Kephart shape:

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A fun rendering to do. Thanks for looking.

EDIT:

Clear coat version:

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Signature series:

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Thay's too cool. I actually think this would be a great addition to Becker's line up.
 
I like the 4 1/2 version. I think that it can do anything the 5 can, I have never been a baton type person with a knife, me personally not saying it cannot be done with such a knife.
 
bearfacedkiller said:
I recently picked up an Ontario Blackbird which in my eyes is an OKC styled Kephart. Basically a 5" spear point blade on a typical blocky micarta Ontario style handle. I am actually so far quite smitten with the Blackbird and find the handle very comfortable, I don't intend to knock the handle at all. I was using it side by side with the Bk16 and was comparing the two. I love the 5 inch spear point blade and thought I would play around and see what that blade might look like on a tweener handle. I think it looks amazing and seeing as how a "Beckhart" has been mentioned a few times and seeing as how Ethan is a fan of the Kephart I thought I might post this here for your viewing pleasure.

I know, it isn't a Kephart with a tweener handle. Just call it a spear point tweener then. ;) Or maybe a Beckerized Dadley? Isn't the Kephart sort of Horace's refined adaptation of the Dadley?

As always, opinions and feedback are always welcomed and encouraged. :)

The original pic. I took a pic of them together to hopefully not have to deal with the proportions at all and just do a cut and paste. It seemed to work well.
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The mashup. I would buy this knife in a split second without thinking twice. Maybe keeping the blade at 5 inches would make it different enough from the BK16 to make is more feasible in the product line?
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Cool mock up man. Too close to the 16 to ever be made though, me thinks.
Lapedog said:
Thay's too cool. I actually think this would be a great addition to Becker's line up.
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Thanks man. I would love to have one.
 
Ok so this has been on my mind for a few months...i picked up a bk16 that had the tip broken off. I have been slowly turning it into a Beckhart and planned on coming here and starting a thread about it....i had no idea this thread existed...I should have figured Dubz already did it lol....anyway I might as well post it here...its not completely finished because it's all been hand filing so I need to clean up the lines but its done enough to show....
Ok so it says the file is too large....
 
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