Snarking in a Becker Wonderland

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1066vik said:
define "modded"?
I added a coat of sno seal to the sheath and oiled the scales, because after they were soaked in blood and scrubbed clean, the grain raised significantly, telling me it wasn't particularly well sealed.
to me, those are preventive maintenance, not modification.
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maintenance is a thing

immediately stripping a knife, removing the thumb ramp, reprofiling the grind, rounding the point, adding a clip, adding a choil, within hours of receiving it, never having sample how it works...

i might be controversial, but i do tend to let the knife speak to me as purchased for a while before making decisions that cannot be undone.

sure, if you have a vision, and bought the thing to achieve that, great, but it doesn't "honor" the intent, if that's what you had in mind. kind of why i'm irritated at some folks producing "the canadian" or "the kephart" or "the nessnuk", and they completely missed the point except making a buck. cough. buck.

but yeah, i know, your knife, your tweaks. super duper :D

i still don't quite get it though.
 
course, the way i heard it, ages ago, was "atf fluid" (mineral oil?) and stabbing a Magnum Camp into steel barrels...
 
Bladite said:
maintenance is a thing

immediately stripping a knife, removing the thumb ramp, reprofiling the grind, rounding the point, adding a clip, adding a choil, within hours of receiving it, never having sample how it works...

i might be controversial, but i do tend to let the knife speak to me as purchased for a while before making decisions that cannot be undone.

sure, if you have a vision, and bought the thing to achieve that, great, but it doesn't "honor" the intent, if that's what you had in mind. kind of why i'm irritated at some folks producing "the canadian" or "the kephart" or "the nessnuk", and they completely missed the point except making a buck. cough. buck.

but yeah, i know, your knife, your tweaks. super duper :D

i still don't quite get it though.
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When I like a knife I will do everything I can to make it feel better in my hand and more comfortable to use and look better to my eye . Just cause :D just small little changes though :rolleyes:
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It's fun to make your knife your knife and be just a little different :thumbsup:
 
Xr6x said:
It's fun to make your knife your knife and be just a little different :thumbsup:
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perhaps you are [deliberately] missing my point (banning! :>)

there's "i tried it for a few weeks" and there's "i got that suckah outtah the box, and immediately stripped, convexed, and ...."

which tells me, you don't know the character of the original knife at all.

in other words, you don't know what you are missing or what you frakked with.

naturally, you're happy with the final result. no question.

however, you are no longer "one" with the idea.

shrug.
 
Bladite said:
perhaps you are [deliberately] missing my point (banning! :>)

there's "i tried it for a few weeks" and there's "i got that suckah outtah the box, and immediately stripped, convexed, and ...."

which tells me, you don't know the character of the original knife at all.

in other words, you don't know what you are missing or what you frakked with.

naturally, you're happy with the final result. no question.

however, you are no longer "one" with the idea.

shrug.
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He just made the knife his that's all!
 
Bladite said:
immediately stripping a knife, removing the thumb ramp, reprofiling the grind, rounding the point, adding a clip, adding a choil, within hours of receiving it, never having sample how it works...
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I agree with you philosophically, Bladite Bladite . But, I don’t think I’ve seen anyone do what you wrote above (at least recently). Have I missed something?
 
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