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I've been airbrushing DuraCoating firearms and knives for a while know, and recently did a few of my Beckers.
I offered a friend's son who will be deployed to Afghanistan in a short time any knife in my collection, and that I'd Duracoat it and bend him a Kydex sheath, set up to mount in whatever position he chose. That got me doing some experimenting in proper camo patterns for the terrain he will be deployed to.
He's made his choice (and it isn't a Becker) but he DID chose a KaBar -- the USN MK1. But I have all of these DuraCoat Beckers that I though I'd share with the brothers on the Forum.
First, an overview of some of the common models:
It's best to stip down to bare metal and have a matte finish so the sandblast cabinet makes quick work (5 min.) of a Machax.
First up was a BK2, and I thought I'd try my hand at digital camo. What a PITA! Never again. Too much cutting out tiny squares. :fatigue: Rosewood scales, BTW.
Then the BK-9 with more of a free-hand with various colors. The Grivory scales here are sandblasted also, then DuraCoated. It completely changed their personality. There is no way you'd need more grip than this:
Now we're getting somewhere! Since I thought the -7 was going to be the obvious choice (!), I spent the most time on it. I got several ideas from following the pass-around BK-7 whose name escapes me, in that the width was narrowed, the clip point was made more severe and the micarta grips added, obviously. The finish is a proprietary idea that I came up with that I think matches the deploy area perfectly. It became my favorite.
The Machax wasn't on the table as a deployment choice, but I did DuraCoat one of the newbies and thought I'd share. This one is probably a work-in-progress:
I'm including a couple of other, smaller items just for giggles. Grivory is as it came out of the sandblaster. Blasted and painted scales on the BK15.
So there they are. Figured I'd give everybody a break from the acid-etch knives!
I offered a friend's son who will be deployed to Afghanistan in a short time any knife in my collection, and that I'd Duracoat it and bend him a Kydex sheath, set up to mount in whatever position he chose. That got me doing some experimenting in proper camo patterns for the terrain he will be deployed to.
He's made his choice (and it isn't a Becker) but he DID chose a KaBar -- the USN MK1. But I have all of these DuraCoat Beckers that I though I'd share with the brothers on the Forum.
First, an overview of some of the common models:
It's best to stip down to bare metal and have a matte finish so the sandblast cabinet makes quick work (5 min.) of a Machax.
First up was a BK2, and I thought I'd try my hand at digital camo. What a PITA! Never again. Too much cutting out tiny squares. :fatigue: Rosewood scales, BTW.
Then the BK-9 with more of a free-hand with various colors. The Grivory scales here are sandblasted also, then DuraCoated. It completely changed their personality. There is no way you'd need more grip than this:
Now we're getting somewhere! Since I thought the -7 was going to be the obvious choice (!), I spent the most time on it. I got several ideas from following the pass-around BK-7 whose name escapes me, in that the width was narrowed, the clip point was made more severe and the micarta grips added, obviously. The finish is a proprietary idea that I came up with that I think matches the deploy area perfectly. It became my favorite.
The Machax wasn't on the table as a deployment choice, but I did DuraCoat one of the newbies and thought I'd share. This one is probably a work-in-progress:
I'm including a couple of other, smaller items just for giggles. Grivory is as it came out of the sandblaster. Blasted and painted scales on the BK15.
So there they are. Figured I'd give everybody a break from the acid-etch knives!
