Official BK18 Harpoon Thread

[Bill Siegle]

Got my tan BK18 in from Tomars today Love it!!!! Great job Ethan and KaBar!!!!!!

 

[tanglediver]

I might mention, you know, in passing, I ordered one from Tomar's Tuesday night.
~~~
"Ding Dong"!
"Yes?"
"Tomar's Delivery."
"For me???" Oh, you shouldn't have!!"

"What EVER could it be?"

"Hmmm..."

"You know, I bet this will match the Jeep."

"Hmmm, where will this lead?"

"Did I mention I got mine from Tomar's?"

 

[StrangeDaze]

Just arrived
View attachment 1297540 View attachment 1297541 A look with a couple other similar Knives the Globetrotter and 17 I think this BK18 is one of the best Sheath-Knife combos yet from KaBar All USA too nicely done KaBar!

nice!!! Starting to wish I picked up a 17 when they were easily obtained. I was torn between the 16 and the 17 and I could get only one at the time.

Thanks for those pics. Good comparison.

Thank you! They are pics I wish I could have seen before purchasing so thought they may help!

 

[FAL'ER]

Friggin' knife Center, of course I haven't even gotten shipping conf. yet.

 

[th3ug1y0n3]

Such times we live in - when black is an exclusive.

That being said, I too will among those likely getting one of each. The question then becomes: which will be the user and which the Safe Queen?

It’s like reverse psychology. Lol

 

[GeofS]

Friggin' knife Center, of course I haven't even gotten shipping conf. yet.

Same.

 

[Mike McCarter]

Got mine today in black!

This is another home run! Thanks E and Ka-Bar. Love the sheath and the new slicker black coating.

Yep, one is a Cammillus...

 

[GeofS]

Still waiting on my pair of bronze 18s, but, was just surprised by a delivery of my blacks...

Great knife! Great sheath!

 

[JJ_Colt45]

anyone get both black and the bronze knives to compare the coating texture?

The black has a nice fairly smooth coating ... if the bronze is as smooth I may want to pick one of those up too.

If not I may grab another black and strip one.

I put a set of micarta on it and took the edge down a bit today ...

 

[gtblade]

anyone get both black and the bronze knives to compare the coating texture?

The black has a nice fairly smooth coating ... if the bronze is as smooth I may want to pick one of those up too.

If not I may grab another black and strip one.

I put a set of micarta on it and took the edge down a bit today ...
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I have the black and the tan should be here Monday. I’ll compare if nobody gets to it before then.

 

[MolokaiRider]

Looks great. How’s the primary saber grind? Is the knife thin like the 16?

 

[GeofS]

I just finished putting stainless screws into my new 18s.

With the 98 as an exception, these are my pristine back-up tweeners...

Sure wish I had another 98. Lol

 

[JJ_Colt45]

I have the black and the tan should be here Monday. I’ll compare if nobody gets to it before then.

great I'll look forward to hearing how you like both.

 

[daizee]

Great pics since I looked only a few hours ago!
Waiting for the first stripper...

GeofS, that BK-17 does not look pristine... someone done tried to sharpen it!

 

[JJ_Colt45]

Looks great. How’s the primary saber grind? Is the knife thin like the 16?

I like the primary sabre grind and it had a nice edge on it ... but I took the edge down around 17⁰ per side with a 20⁰ micro bevel ... it's sweet at that angle ... push cuts through some register sales paper and shaved a couple feather sticks with ease.

It is a thin and light blade like the 16 ... and has a pointier tip and maybe more belly than the 16 from the curve and being a taller blade.

I used the harpoon swedge and made some fuzz from a dry pine branch just to try it out ... I may not fully sharpen the swedge but might put a better dull edge on the it if I pick up another knife to strip ... just to use the swedge to scrape fuzz for fires.

 

[JJ_Colt45]

I just finished putting stainless screws into my new 18s.

With the 98 as an exception, these are my pristine back-up tweeners...

Sure wish I had another 98. Lol

I just finished putting stainless screws into my new 18s.

With the 98 as an exception, these are my pristine back-up tweeners...

Sure wish I had another 98. Lol

I would like to find a 98 myself ! ...did you use stainless steel or silver Ti fasteners? ... I may look into getting some Ti hardware to fit if anyone knows where to get some?

 

[th3ug1y0n3]

I felt I had missed out when I didn’t get the BK17, but this makes up for it plus some.
No changes needed at least not for now.

 

[GeofS]

Great pics since I looked only a few hours ago!
Waiting for the first stripper...

GeofS, that BK-17 does not look pristine... someone done tried to sharpen it!

Perhaps, the previous owner tried to stroop it. It’s not the grind, it’s the coating near it.

No worries anyway, I have another.

 

[GeofS]

I would like to find a 98 myself ! ...did you use stainless steel or silver Ti fasteners? ... I may look into getting some Ti hardware to fit if anyone knows where to get some?

It’s stainless. I did see some Ti on Amazon a few months back, they were substantially more expensive. For me, it just wasn’t worth doing on a 1095 blade.

 

[The Warrior]

daizee

Great pics since I looked only a few hours ago!
Waiting for the first stripper...

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