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Prior to my participation in this forum, I likely would never have taken a file, dremel, or belt sander to a perfectly good knife. Don't get me wrong, I've reshaped some handles with file and sandpaper; but I'm talking about cutting away at steel.
Here's the short story - I purchased a nonBecker knife <Blasphemer! Sinner!> that I wanted to try; and, within seconds of having it in hand, knew I didn't like it. I set it aside, with the intent of posting in on the Exchange in attempt to recoup some $$. I gave it 2 weeks, and picked it up again. Just as bad - time to post it. Well, my camera battery was dead...I threw it in the charger, then my eye twitched or something. Next thing I knew, I was working away at the tang and scales, taking down the palm swell. From the guy that says most handles are too small, that's sort of surprising; but it dropped too low, and was just in the wrong place (not actually a palm swell).
It's at least usable now, though I may still take a little more off...if not, it needs just a little more finish work to look good as new.
To bring the content fully into Becker territory, here's a BK5 with newly applied Bocote, a just received BK4 (like most people seeing one in real life for the first time, it's a lot smaller than I expected), and the offending knife.
Here's the short story - I purchased a nonBecker knife <Blasphemer! Sinner!> that I wanted to try; and, within seconds of having it in hand, knew I didn't like it. I set it aside, with the intent of posting in on the Exchange in attempt to recoup some $$. I gave it 2 weeks, and picked it up again. Just as bad - time to post it. Well, my camera battery was dead...I threw it in the charger, then my eye twitched or something. Next thing I knew, I was working away at the tang and scales, taking down the palm swell. From the guy that says most handles are too small, that's sort of surprising; but it dropped too low, and was just in the wrong place (not actually a palm swell).
It's at least usable now, though I may still take a little more off...if not, it needs just a little more finish work to look good as new.
To bring the content fully into Becker territory, here's a BK5 with newly applied Bocote, a just received BK4 (like most people seeing one in real life for the first time, it's a lot smaller than I expected), and the offending knife.
