The king has arrived! Stripped, patina'd, ready for action.

[mrn8]

I know, nobody wants to see this, because you're all waiting on the big Becker / Ka-Bar releases. Too bad, the king reigns supreme and he needs some attention!

I finally picked one of these up and immediately went to work on it. I found this spray stripper at Menards. It worked, but no nearly as good as Jasco, IMO. I'll go back to Jasco gel or spray in the future. So, the 9 and the 7 went in the bath, came out mostly stripped, were sanded down, and then I put the patina on the 9. I used a Vietnamese chili garlic sauce, purely for the fact that it had a couple of tablespoons remaining in jar, which was well over a year old. It turned out nicely, I'd say!

On to the pics, since nobody reads this drivel, anyway.

 

[Greybush]

Damn n8, that looks nice...how long did you keep the chili sauce on there?

 

[mrn8]

It was on there for about an hour. After that, I wiped it down, rinsed it off, and oiled it with some canola oil.

 

[Cobra281]

Looks good. Grey Micarta ?

Making me want to do some more with mine.

 

[The Warrior]

Wow, that patina turned out pretty cool.

 

[thrillbilly]

Sweetness. Whats the 7 look like? I have a new fondness for that ''lil brother''.

 

[MsNaughtyIrish]

Wow....really nice work. The combination looks great together.

 

[dust.]

I really like the micarta! Nice work.

Those are micarta handles, right?

 

[mrn8]

The micarta is Saint Cutlery "black", but unless it's wet, it looks grey.

Thrill - the 7 is getting a full artistic etch treatment and I plan to have that done sometime in July. For now, it's oiled and awaiting time for me to work on it.

 

[EK20]

That is a sweet patina you came up with. :thumbup:

 

[Mrs.B]

I want one like that, do those handles come with the blade?

 

[CascadeSam]

I'll never look at Vietnamese chili garlic sauce the same way again.

 

[mrn8]

I want one like that, do those handles come with the blade?

No, they come with the plastic (grivory) handles. These are micarta, made by Saint Cutlery. Ka-Bar makes the tan / brown micarta handles for it.

Honestly, if you like a big knife, the BK9 is the way to go. I went with the BK7 first and it's a good knife, but the BK9 is in a class by itself.