Zuluninja
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As a sign of great things to come, five minutes after a late arrival on Friday night Derek, after introducing himself, says "So you are the new guy? never been to one of these gatherings?"
"Nope"
"And which Becker are you lacking?" (or something along those lines)
After me trying to figure which one I lack and not producing a coherent answer, he goes to a box and starts asking:
"Do you want a 4? 15? 17? - 17 -here you go"
And he hands me a box with a brand new 17 in it. How cool was that?? It was in the company of a BK&T patch and a sticker. I was also handed a Ka-Barley opener, such a cool gadget!
Then on Saturday we did the grind-in, where we got to play with Uncle E's tools
D) at the shop, there were sharpening lessons by pointy and a charcoal furnace outside along the propane furnace and an anvil on a stump. I tried to do as much as I could, even a lame attempt at the chopping competition with a knife that kept slipping out of my grip...should have brought my 9 oh well, everybody had a blast. I ground one small knife and beat on another piece of steel that was brought home to be finished later.
So, the total haul was 1 Ka-Barley, 1 BK-17, 1 BK&T patch, 1 BK&T sticker, 2 Beckerhead velcro patches, 1 homemade small knife, 1 piece of forged 1084, 1 blade HT and memories for a lifetime
Ka-Barley
Forged piece of 1084, now almost finished
here it is with the ground knife (also almost finished, it's dipped right now in wax for the handle) and tactical bamboo spoon that actually helped me gobble down Saturday night's dinner
Even tho I didn't score this one over there, it was brought over to show it to Ethan and company and hopefully get the HT done. Thanks to Tackett and Uncle E, it was brought up to critical and then dunked in canola in a pipe tank done by Ethan for it. I was speechless at the camaraderie flowing everywhere all the time, everybody willing to help and teach, it was truly heartwarming.
Due to lack of time (and fear of missing dinner) we had to leave the shop and tempering wasn't done, just a quick "snap" temper as Terrio explained to avoid a catastrophe on my 14 hour drive back home. As soon as I got there, even before unpacking, the blade was placed in the oven for the first of 2 temper cycles. Some sanding and sharpening later, here it is with my BK-7 scales, although I will order some nice burl for it soon.
sand the swedge or not? still undecided
One swipe. Seems to work
Following Dex's advice, I used leather dye instead of rit dye on the 17's sheath. The patch was first glued with Barge and then stitched. The other Beckerhead patch is going to my 15 sheath flap.
So go ahead and post what you got there! To me, the best thing I took back from there is the memories and getting to know you guys, but the extra stuff is not bad at all
"Nope"
"And which Becker are you lacking?" (or something along those lines)
After me trying to figure which one I lack and not producing a coherent answer, he goes to a box and starts asking:
"Do you want a 4? 15? 17? - 17 -here you go"
And he hands me a box with a brand new 17 in it. How cool was that?? It was in the company of a BK&T patch and a sticker. I was also handed a Ka-Barley opener, such a cool gadget!
Then on Saturday we did the grind-in, where we got to play with Uncle E's tools
D) at the shop, there were sharpening lessons by pointy and a charcoal furnace outside along the propane furnace and an anvil on a stump. I tried to do as much as I could, even a lame attempt at the chopping competition with a knife that kept slipping out of my grip...should have brought my 9 oh well, everybody had a blast. I ground one small knife and beat on another piece of steel that was brought home to be finished later.So, the total haul was 1 Ka-Barley, 1 BK-17, 1 BK&T patch, 1 BK&T sticker, 2 Beckerhead velcro patches, 1 homemade small knife, 1 piece of forged 1084, 1 blade HT and memories for a lifetime
Ka-Barley
Forged piece of 1084, now almost finished
here it is with the ground knife (also almost finished, it's dipped right now in wax for the handle) and tactical bamboo spoon that actually helped me gobble down Saturday night's dinner
Even tho I didn't score this one over there, it was brought over to show it to Ethan and company and hopefully get the HT done. Thanks to Tackett and Uncle E, it was brought up to critical and then dunked in canola in a pipe tank done by Ethan for it. I was speechless at the camaraderie flowing everywhere all the time, everybody willing to help and teach, it was truly heartwarming.
Due to lack of time (and fear of missing dinner) we had to leave the shop and tempering wasn't done, just a quick "snap" temper as Terrio explained to avoid a catastrophe on my 14 hour drive back home. As soon as I got there, even before unpacking, the blade was placed in the oven for the first of 2 temper cycles. Some sanding and sharpening later, here it is with my BK-7 scales, although I will order some nice burl for it soon.
sand the swedge or not? still undecided
One swipe. Seems to work
Following Dex's advice, I used leather dye instead of rit dye on the 17's sheath. The patch was first glued with Barge and then stitched. The other Beckerhead patch is going to my 15 sheath flap.
So go ahead and post what you got there! To me, the best thing I took back from there is the memories and getting to know you guys, but the extra stuff is not bad at all
