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[JDMiller]

My new BK 9 arrived :thumbup:

Its true ! You cant not have a 9

Now to etch the logo deeper and go out back and baton some fire wood into kindling


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[ocnLogan]

Congrats .

The 9 is easily my most used Becker knife, its amazingly useful for such a large blade.

 

[Kentwood33]

My new BK 9 arrived

Its true ! You cant not have a 9

That's true , the reason of why i own two of them

 

[JDMiller]

That condor was getting nicks and rolling the edge easy, just from whittling spruce bark

This 1095 cro-van BK9 edge should hold up nice I hope

I likes the big knifes now that ive been buying playing with different sizes. Good for all this tree work on my property

Glamor shots

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[JDMiller]

Oh by the way. got the scales off. Mine isnt warped at all

 

[Bobby3326]

That condor was getting nicks and rolling the edge easy, just from whittling spruce bark

This 1095 cro-van BK9 edge should hold up nice I hope

I likes the big knifes now that ive been buying playing with different sizes. Good for all this tree work on my property

Glamor shots

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The edge on the bk9 holds up remarkably well. Mine is 15dps with a 17dps micro bevel and has held it's razor edge during chopping and batoning.

 

[JDMiller]

Got the logo DC etched deeper with my battery charger, and AC blackened. Now Ready to do some batoning

What is "15dps with a 17dps" ?

 

[Bobby3326]

Got the logo DC etched deeper with my battery charger, and AC blackened. Now Ready to do some batoning

What is "15dps with a 17dps" ?

My edge has been thinned down to 15° per side or 30° inclusive, with a micro bevel of 17° per side. Instead of the 20°+ per side it comes with.

 

[G III]

She's a beaut! Congrats, it is a *lovely* piece of steel.

And thank you for confirming my Hudson bay wasn't the only one. Chops amazingly, but I delimbed a stick with maybe a dozen <.3" branches, and discovered the edge *destroyed*. Rolled 180 degrees in some spots, the dents reaching up to 1/8". I chalked it up to the scandi, brought it home, took a file to it for a (less than) microbevel, and haven't used it again yet. Hoping it isn't just uselessly soft.

However, I bought it for the sheath, which fits the 9 nicely

 

[JDMiller]

Yeah, I can use that Hudson bay sheath for my 9 ....:thumbup:

 

[Bladite]

mmm, those axes

 

[JDMiller]

My edge has been thinned down to 15° per side or 30° inclusive, with a micro bevel of 17° per side. Instead of the 20°+ per side it comes with.

Bobby,

Did you use one of the Jig type sharpeners on that long BK9? Or just free hand with a stone

I have a 1000 grit ceramic and then a large 240 grit stone.

What grit stone do guys like for touch-up and finish grit on these big wood working knives?


I need to get a large stone maybe a 600 grit? ? ? ?

Maybe one of these Norton stones I can use water with, that arent super expensive ?

 

[Bobby3326]

Bobby,

Did you use one of the Jig type sharpeners on that long BK9? Or just free hand with a stone

I have a 1000 grit ceramic and then a large 240 grit stone.

What grit stone do guys like for touch-up and finish grit on these big wood working knives?


I need to get a large stone maybe a 600 grit? ? ? ?

Maybe one of these Norton stones I can use water with, that arent super expensive ?

I use the work sharp blade grinding attachment to sharpen and touch it up when it needs it.

 

[JDMiller]

like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQv_tVLVSMo

 

[Bobby3326]

like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQv_tVLVSMo

Yup that's what I have, it'll get a knife insanely sharp and give it a nice mirror polish.

I just got finished thinning out the edge on my 16, made a world of difference in cutting performance.

Here's an example of the finish it puts on a blade. I haven't gotten the leather belt with compound yet but I think when I do it'll get knives over the top sharp and polished.

 

[ocnLogan]

I use wet/dry sandpaper for right now.

I usually by it in a variety pack for like $4, with grits from ~400-1500 or so. Then I have some compound I rub on some copy paper that is really "high grit" that I use to finish it off. I don't recall exactly what grit it is at the moment, but I recall doing the micron-grit conversion a while ago, and finding out it was "many thousands" of grit.

I can get my blades to look just like the ones above, and all have whittled hair at some point, so don't think you "have" to get a nice system like that to get good results. By hand can work just fine as well .

 

[Bobby3326]

I use wet/dry sandpaper for right now.

I usually by it in a variety pack for like $4, with grits from ~400-1500 or so. Then I have some compound I rub on some copy paper that is really "high grit" that I use to finish it off. I don't recall exactly what grit it is at the moment, but I recall doing the micron-grit conversion a while ago, and finding out it was "many thousands" of grit.

I can get my blades to look just like the ones above, and all have whittled hair at some point, so don't think you "have" to get a nice system like that to get good results. By hand can work just fine as well .

Yup sand paper works great as well, that's what I use for sharpening when traveling for work...I have 120-2500 grit, some glued to paint stirring sticks and on convex blades I use it with a mouse pad.

A machine just cuts the time in half.

 

[NCSlice]

I'm in the hand crowd as well. Still learning but its fun.