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After looking at all the cool patina threads here in the Becker Kingdom, I decided I would try this process myself and make the bk2 a little more "mine"...
I had seen a pic of one on the net with a kind of "tigerstripe" pattern and I wanted to try this for myself. I have another nib bk2 so I figured "what the heck" and the knife I did this process on the finish was beat anyway...
So here we go, here is the knife as I started the process,,, the first thing I did was start to sand it, but I was lazy and didn't want to take the finish off that way (too time consuming) so I took it to work and had it sandblasted a few days ago to speed the process...
When I brought it back home I sanded it with 200 grit then 400 grit sandpaper, I didn't go farther because I knew I was going to attempt this finish. I cleaned the entire knife with alcohol prep pads before doing the patina so that I had all the dirt, oil, dust off the blade...
Here's full shots of the blade as it came out, I first covered the entire knife with some Dr. Pepper barbeque sauce I had sitting in the fridge as it was thick and would cling to the blade. I left it fully coated with the sauce for an hour, hanging off my bathroom ceiling by some shock cord. I then using a q-tip made the pattern and left it sit for another hour. Then I cleaned the blade off, and applied some dijon mustard to the areas I wanted to "stripe" to make the contrast a little better. Left the mustard on for an hour as well. Finally, cleaned the blade off once again and applied a light coat of 3 in 1 oil, then reassembled. I hope you like the pics, I still plan to put a set of micarta green scales on her, but this is where I am at as of now...
Can ya tell I am excited? It's 12:49 in the morning here in windy Wyoming and I couldn't go to bed till I wrote this post...and yes I am questing to become a beckerhead as well!!
Full shots of the full knife before re-assembly...
Closer shots of the blade itself...
And finally re-assembled...
I hope you like my effort, and always this forum is amazing,,, I have learned so much here and the Becker forum members are tremendous people!!
I had seen a pic of one on the net with a kind of "tigerstripe" pattern and I wanted to try this for myself. I have another nib bk2 so I figured "what the heck" and the knife I did this process on the finish was beat anyway...
So here we go, here is the knife as I started the process,,, the first thing I did was start to sand it, but I was lazy and didn't want to take the finish off that way (too time consuming) so I took it to work and had it sandblasted a few days ago to speed the process...
When I brought it back home I sanded it with 200 grit then 400 grit sandpaper, I didn't go farther because I knew I was going to attempt this finish. I cleaned the entire knife with alcohol prep pads before doing the patina so that I had all the dirt, oil, dust off the blade...
Here's full shots of the blade as it came out, I first covered the entire knife with some Dr. Pepper barbeque sauce I had sitting in the fridge as it was thick and would cling to the blade. I left it fully coated with the sauce for an hour, hanging off my bathroom ceiling by some shock cord. I then using a q-tip made the pattern and left it sit for another hour. Then I cleaned the blade off, and applied some dijon mustard to the areas I wanted to "stripe" to make the contrast a little better. Left the mustard on for an hour as well. Finally, cleaned the blade off once again and applied a light coat of 3 in 1 oil, then reassembled. I hope you like the pics, I still plan to put a set of micarta green scales on her, but this is where I am at as of now...
Can ya tell I am excited? It's 12:49 in the morning here in windy Wyoming and I couldn't go to bed till I wrote this post...and yes I am questing to become a beckerhead as well!!
Full shots of the full knife before re-assembly...
Closer shots of the blade itself...
And finally re-assembled...
I hope you like my effort, and always this forum is amazing,,, I have learned so much here and the Becker forum members are tremendous people!!
