New BK9...I'm so weak.

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I thought I had the buying sickness under control but then Jim62 had a new BK9 for a great price and I caved.

Based on my now gone Camillus BK9 and BK91, I thought I had gotten the "9" out of my system.

The Kabar version feels livelier and for some reason the thum brest doesn't offend me like on my older ones.

Now I need Micarta slabs and a good Patina recipe.

Even though I have 2 BK11's I'm going to have to pair this with a BK14...glad I got a great deal!!!
 
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I love my 9. It was my second quality woods blade(after the 2)...

I have bought the Junglas and the RTAK-II as well... and while they are both really nice for chopping... they're so big that they become relatively worthless for anything other than chopping and batoning... The 9 is good at both of those tasks but still nimble enough to be used as a knife for cutting tasks. Great balance. Great size. All hail the king, baby!

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I remember when the RTAK first came out and 1 guy complained there was no jimping on the spine.
I had this odd thought as to just when you would need to choke up on a knife that big for fine work...

I have a Condor Golok as well but it's HUGE...I thought the Pack Golok was something that might interest me, but I'm certain the BK9 has filled that spot.
 
Malice,those handles are badass, care to elaborate on what they are how they got that way?

Moose
 
Malice,those handles are badass, care to elaborate on what they are how they got that way?
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Thanks buddy! Sure. It really wasn't too complicated! lol

Started with factory micarta, of course. This was my first set of micarta and I had seen all of the pics here of everyones well-worn reddish/brown handles so that was really my initial goal was to get them dirty and get some color on them.

To start off I wanted them to have just a hint of green to them... so I just used green food coloring on a paper towel and dabbed it around on the scales. Nothing uniform just blotches here and there. Well, the green food coloring was a bit brighter than I had anticipated... so after letting it soak in for a few min, I rinsed the handles and took the blade outside. Grabbed the hose and sprayed some water in the dirt and worked up a mud mixture... covered my hands with the gritty mud and just rubbed and twisted all over the handles for a bit to really work the dirt in there and at the same time maybe rub some of the green out of the micarta. After a few minutes I rinsed it al off again and I was left with this dark green and brown handle.. kinda reminded me of camo... not what I was going for, but I can make it work....

I went back inside, grabbed a sharpie, and started with the black cowspots to finalize the pattern.. I really had no idea how well this color and pattern would stay on the grips using food coloring, sharpie, and dirt. :D Once I finished up, I really wasn't sure how much I liked it... but it did grow on me. The grip was just a little bit slick so I took a triangular rat tail file and cut the groove lines into the grips... it's subtle, but enough to give just a little more purchase.

It's been about 4 months or so now and they have held up surprisingly well. The picture above was from the first trip out and getting some real, good use. Still looks pretty much the same now.

Really, they were just an accident that turned out pretty cool. :)
 
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Well this purchase also necessitated the purchase of another Multi-Tool.
Glad I found this bargain...still need new slabs...it never ends.
 
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