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The Official FrankenBecker Mod-Off (here we go)
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daizee
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The Eagle has landed.
It takes a little knife to get to a big knife.
Especially when the box has been repackaged a million times:
The contents.
Is this the spec-ops sheath I keep hearing about?
Willworship appears to have included a leather strop. Is this to maintain the knife as it goes on its journey?
Crikey, this knife is nearly as big as my cat! He posed for the photo on the condition that he be allowed to taste both the pommel and strop:
This is a beefy knife, very cool.
Will put a lovely convex edge on it, and it is indeed shaving sharp. I found a few hairs remaining on my left forearm - they're gone now. He must have a buffer. The swedge is a frickin' mirror and I don't think anyone's gonna be batoning on that area 'cause it's sharp! Nice file work. The thumb ramp is lowered (unless it started that way). The edge has a very slight recurve to it. I dunno if that's standard or the result of wear and use. It's kinda cool. Maybe from cleaning out that chip? There was a small hitch on the edge in paper that I couldn't detect by eye. A few passes on the nail buffer appears to have cleared it out. Maybe it was just shmutz.
Holding it in my hand I'm reconsidering my planned mod because I think it might become impractical.
The original plan was to grind the underside of the handle forward to the choil, removing the waddle, but now I think there isn't enough depth to the blade to do that safely.
Hmm....
-Daizee
It takes a little knife to get to a big knife.
Especially when the box has been repackaged a million times:
The contents.
Is this the spec-ops sheath I keep hearing about?
Willworship appears to have included a leather strop. Is this to maintain the knife as it goes on its journey?
Crikey, this knife is nearly as big as my cat! He posed for the photo on the condition that he be allowed to taste both the pommel and strop:
This is a beefy knife, very cool.
Will put a lovely convex edge on it, and it is indeed shaving sharp. I found a few hairs remaining on my left forearm - they're gone now. He must have a buffer. The swedge is a frickin' mirror and I don't think anyone's gonna be batoning on that area 'cause it's sharp! Nice file work. The thumb ramp is lowered (unless it started that way). The edge has a very slight recurve to it. I dunno if that's standard or the result of wear and use. It's kinda cool. Maybe from cleaning out that chip? There was a small hitch on the edge in paper that I couldn't detect by eye. A few passes on the nail buffer appears to have cleared it out. Maybe it was just shmutz.
Holding it in my hand I'm reconsidering my planned mod because I think it might become impractical.
The original plan was to grind the underside of the handle forward to the choil, removing the waddle, but now I think there isn't enough depth to the blade to do that safely.
Hmm....
-Daizee
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The original plan was something like this.
It looks better than I second-thought.
More style, less practical. The handle would be a bit long for the hero-handed.
opinions?
-Daizee
I like, but its not up to any of us. I gave you all creative control, do as you wish. Just no spray painted hand turkeys.....
1066vik
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not so sure about superhero, but I've been accused of having some cave troll hidden in the genome a time or 2...
and lest you think I'm kidding about the dogbone grips being on the snug side -- BK6 with thin gloves for traction and eskabar - a true 3 finger knife.
and lest you think I'm kidding about the dogbone grips being on the snug side -- BK6 with thin gloves for traction and eskabar - a true 3 finger knife.
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My vote is #1. The strop is a gift. A little bonus in the pass around.
daizee
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Thanks for the strop, Will! I'll have to think of something to put in the box for the next leg in the relay.
I brought the BK7 to Knife Night and it was reviewed along with the various other activities. My friend was rather adamant that removing the choil on a knife of this style was a potentially dangerous move. He's usually right about these things (lesson learned the hard way), so I'm considering some different mods at the moment.
I'm home all this week, so something will happen.
-Daizee
I brought the BK7 to Knife Night and it was reviewed along with the various other activities. My friend was rather adamant that removing the choil on a knife of this style was a potentially dangerous move. He's usually right about these things (lesson learned the hard way), so I'm considering some different mods at the moment.
I'm home all this week, so something will happen.
-Daizee