Ka-Bar Becker BK2. What should i do?

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rednalrebo

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Hi all,
I'm new here. New to blades even. Im a city boy who has moved out to the country and is trying to become an outdoors man. On a recommendation i picked up a bk2 (i wanted an inexpensive, but high quality do everything knife). Got the knife today and it IS IMPRESSIVE! however, it isnt very sharp, wont cut paper or shave my arm. Im cool with that, i understand mass produced knives are like that. im not, repeat NOT KNOCKING Kabar, becker, or the bk2, I just want to know how to best get this thing sharp. I know squat about sharpenning knives.

I dont want to fool around with it and end up doing anything irreversible to it.

I plan on using it for general camping, whittling, maybe some chopping, but just as a everyday camping knife.

please help with any advice on how to sharpen and maintain this blade! thanks guys!

-Nathan
 
Welcome to are lil corner of the web Nathan! I call myself niner around here!

Well I'd pick up a lansky sharpening system it's around $40 but will last you for years! Or if you what you could try and learn how to freehand sharpen its a bit harder to Lear but its a good thing to know....also if you look at the threads at the top of MT&E that are highlighted yellow there's some good info there!

Hope it helps

-niner
 
Thanks! I will do that, one more question, should I take it somewhere and have it professionally sharpened first? just to have a good starting off point? or would that just be a waste of time and money?
 
rednalrebo said:
Thanks! I will do that, one more question, should I take it somewhere and have it professionally sharpened first? just to have a good starting off point? or would that just be a waste of time and money?
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Well you could but the lansky is guided so you shouldn't have to.....
 
I put a convex edge on mine with a mouse pad and 180grit working my way up to 2000 then I maintain it with a strop. Its sharp. Lots of good tips in the Becker subforum

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Picked one up today at the local sports store ($25 on clearence for the deluxe 5 stone set!), havent worked on the becker yet, but spent an hour or so on an old kabar 1189 folder ive had for years. it works pretty well, think i needed to spend a lil more time with the course grit stone, as there are a few imperfections still, but over all, with a little practice i think this will be perfect! thanks a ton!

-Nathan
 
Of all the ways to sharpen I prefer waterstones for basic carbon steels. You will need a coarse stone to first re-profile the edge and thin it down, it will also be useful in maintenance to correct a hard days work. 1095 is a good steel but dents, nickel, and chips can and do happen with a blade that has "abuse me" written all over it.

Stones like the Naniwa Omura 150 grit, King 220 brick, besters 220, or the new latte 400 would all be good on the coarse end while following with a 1000 and maybe a 2000 Aoto type stone would provide excellent performance and maintenance ability.
 
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