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I've had the Bk14 for almost 2 months and I should've done this earlier, oh well.
On the third of July I got a nice visit from the mail man. The power had been out for 5 previous days so this was a good spirit lifter. I was going to make a kydex sheath later that week, but the power co. had other plans and did not come on until 5 days later.
The Kydex sheath I made for my new Bk14
I decided to strip the coating off, so I sanded the blade until it was smooth and shiny.
I put some buffing compound on my buffing wheel and buffed it for about a total of 4 hours.
I put a tumb ramp on the sheath and took out one rivet so the knife would snap in better.
I found that it needed a patina and handle wrap.
So I tried heating some apple cider vinager and rubbing that on the blade with a cottonball.
Then I took some metal polish stuff and polished some of it to make it look even and here is what I got.
The last patina didn't do very well with rust prevention so I tried a different one.
I heated about 2 cups of white vinager to a boil and poured it into a cup with the Bk14.
I took it out and scrubbed the blade with the abrasive side of a sponge about every 5-10 minutes for 1 hour. This one turned out much better.
I also put a different paracord wrapping on it.
So now my Bk14 is finally ready for some action.
Thanks again for the Bk14 Rouge
On the third of July I got a nice visit from the mail man. The power had been out for 5 previous days so this was a good spirit lifter. I was going to make a kydex sheath later that week, but the power co. had other plans and did not come on until 5 days later.
The Kydex sheath I made for my new Bk14
I decided to strip the coating off, so I sanded the blade until it was smooth and shiny.
I put some buffing compound on my buffing wheel and buffed it for about a total of 4 hours.
I put a tumb ramp on the sheath and took out one rivet so the knife would snap in better.
I found that it needed a patina and handle wrap.
So I tried heating some apple cider vinager and rubbing that on the blade with a cottonball.
Then I took some metal polish stuff and polished some of it to make it look even and here is what I got.
The last patina didn't do very well with rust prevention so I tried a different one.
I heated about 2 cups of white vinager to a boil and poured it into a cup with the Bk14.
I took it out and scrubbed the blade with the abrasive side of a sponge about every 5-10 minutes for 1 hour. This one turned out much better.
I also put a different paracord wrapping on it.
So now my Bk14 is finally ready for some action.
Thanks again for the Bk14 Rouge
