Naked 9

[Jeff S1]

I did not want to derail my bud's thread " 'Nuther One" so I thought I would pop the 9 pictures here. I like the Beckers satin bare finished. The real shock was how sharp both can get after some work. The 13 shocked me after a good convex sharpening & stropping, scary sharp!

In my opinion the 9 is the best bang for the buck out there. Not to mention just the pure fun of smashing stuff with it! At 42, I still smile every time I "alter" some wood with it.

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[dawsonbob]

Oh, mercy. I think that's the first 9 that I've seen stripped. That's one bad boy. Looks really, really nice.

PS: The 13 looks good, too!

 

[Jeff S1]

Thanks. It is good looking in a rough kind of way, if that makes sense. Looks good but, begs to cut & chop all day long!

 

[dawsonbob]

Well, of course: that's its purpose in life. It's a Becker, after all, no matter how sweet it looks.

 

[WILLIAM.M]

I ALSO HAVE A STRIPPED 9--BLADE PORTION

GREAT KNIFE

 

[Jeff S1]

Well done. I just noticed you stripped or changed the handle hardware, nice touch!

 

[NorCalMtn2]

That's a nice BK9. I stripped the coating off my BK2 too.

 

[52100]

Very nice Jeff (and others). After seeing how cool they look nekid, I might end up stripping mine too.

 

[dl351]

Nice looking BK9 there! I too stripped my BK2:

 

[Jeff S1]

All those look great! So far I have stripped an 11, 2 & 9. The 11 is going on 3 months with no adverse issues. I do not feel corrosion really bothers the 1095 crovan with a normal wipe down every now and again.

Ethan/KaBar, how about some factory bare blades?

dl351, those scales are fantastic!

 

[WILLIAM.M]

well done. I just noticed you stripped or changed the handle hardware, nice touch!

those are G-10 grips made by Bill Siegle on the BK-9

 

[Jeff S1]

Thank you for the info on the grips!

 

[theedge13]

AHHHHH! Jeff you're killin me man! Fab work on that 9.

*starts scheming how I'm gonna get that one outta ya*

 

[caine]

naked is the only way to go

 

[theedge13]

naked is the only way to go

caine...i may just add that to my signature. I'm gonna tell Mrs. Edge you said that... weee haw!

 

[hawkhead]

Nice work guys! Aside from lots of elbow grease, did you use any type of solvent to remove the epoxy coating?

 

[haley1]

I'm curious also, how did you remove the coating. That's the first thing I want to do when my bk7 gets here. Well, after chopping something.

 

[Jeff S1]

So far I have stripped an 11, 2 & 9. I just scraped the 11 clean, then finished it with a couple of grades of sandpaper. The 2 & 9 were first stripped with Bix stripper which I bought from Lowes, then wiped, washed & sanded down to remove the residue. I finshed all of them with Simi metal polish to clean them up. Good luck!

 

[brians]

Yeah, naked Becker thread

 

[haley1]

Thanks Jeff S1