Well I blame you guys...

[Streetdog]

Hey everybody, I'm new to BF and completely unkown here in the Becker sub-forum but I wanted to say hello. The Becker sub-forum seems to be a great group of people and I was brought up to choose my friends carefully, so I hope at some point you guys will be ok with me hanging around here lol.

Now to the question what do I blame you guys for? Doing awesome mods, cliching and etching on your Beckers. I'm in love and don't even own one yet. I have yet to hear anything bad about a Becker knife or the customer service. Everybody seems to love them so I'm really looking forward to getting one. I'm getting to the point where I spend more time looking at Becker stuff than I do pretty much anything else in BF. I can't wait to get back to the states and find a BK9 or BK2 to mod and start taking steps to become a Beckerhead. I'm pretty sure right now I'm going to snag a BK9 and a BK2 and try my hand at modding. So again hello and while I blame you guys for a soon to be lighter bank account I'm also extremely grateful. Thanks guys I look forward to spending a lot of time in here.

Regards,
Streetdog

 

[RogueBowie]

Welcome aboard man! Happy to have you! And yes, look into extending your credit line now

 

[The Warrior]

cliching

Oh God, not you too. Welcome to the forum. Stick around, always something going on here.

 

[Streetdog]

Oh God, not you too. Welcome to the forum. Stick around, always something going on here.

Caaannt heellpp iiiitt lol. It calls to me, I at the very least HAVE to try it. Unless you're referring to what I called it, in that case I don't know what else to call it lol. Cliching seems to be the accepted term. Enlighten me o' learned sage. <----- This goes for everybody, I'm a learning sponge, I will try to learn anything and everything I can. So please feel free to give me any advice you think I may need.

 

[CamH_16]

Hey, welcome to hell buddy (Just kidding)! But in all honesty it looks like your in one of those situations where you havent experienced how awesome something truly is...Like if you think a girl with a pretty face is cool and then when you see her boobs it blows your mind...It'll be like that but with Beckers . Hope you get a BK soon and post some of your mods! Btw, when you "mod" your future beckers are you gonna go patinas and factory micarta or be like me and really screw those sucker up? Hahaha.

 

[Murphnuge]

Welcome Streetdog! We are an encouraging lot whether it be around the workbench, fire pit or beer bong. I won't suggest a first Becker, seems you'll just get them all eventually.

 

[CamH_16]

Oh God, not you too. Welcome to the forum. Stick around, always something going on here.

Wait, you dont like Cliching? Thank god, I thought I was the only one who wasnt really a fan and was like "Hmm...am I missing something?!"

 

[Streetdog]

Btw, when you "mod" your future beckers are you gonna go patinas and factory micarta or be like me and really screw those sucker up? Hahaha.

Definatly, patinas and etching, I think that is cool as hell. Probably micarta, I want to try my hand at making it as well. I will have to take a look at some of the stuff you have done and stealz yur ideaz

 

[CamH_16]

I will have to take a look at some of the stuff you have done and stealz yur ideaz

My mods include no such thing as patinas so good luck . Feel free to rob others though.

 

[The Warrior]

It's just a bleach/bluing, but "cliching" does seem like what everyone wants to call it around here. Pretty sure that method was being done before the ol clicher was even born. He is the one, it seems, started doing it on the Beckers. If you read on the other sub forums, there's many techniques to blade finishing, etching, sharpening, making scales/handles, etc.

 

[RogueBowie]

It's just a bleach/bluing, but "cliching" does seem like what everyone wants to call it around here. Pretty sure that method was being done before the ol clicher was even born. He is the one, it seems, started doing it on the Beckers. If you read on the other sub forums, there's many techniques to blade finishing, etching, sharpening, making scales/handles, etc.

Yeah. Clich would probably agree too. It's like if everyone referred to painting as 'Van Goghing'. Yes he is AWESOME at it, but he didn't invent it.

 

[C_Tanner]

The Becker Forum is growing fast as of late. We seem to pick up a new guy every day now. Welcome!

 

[Streetdog]

Well, good to know about the cliching lol. I have actually seen several posts of his where he flat out says he didn't come up with it. To me that speaks a lot about a person because if he chose to embrace it not many people would know the difference. So he has my respect on that part.

On the other hand it isn't so much the look, although I love it, it is about the process. I LOVE panning the work and working the plan. I love processes that come out with a end result that is far removed from the beginning pieces. To me half the enjoyment is performing the steps and seeing what I come up with and then doing it again changing something just slightly to see what that does and so on and so on and so on.... Granted in this case I love the way it looks, just seems more rugged and personal.

Question for CAMH and The Warrior... Is it the actual process you don't like or the term itself?

 

[clich]

Hey welcome. Glad to see you found your way here. Its a great place and one of the only places I spend my time on BF.

As to the whole "cliching" thing, while I'm flattered by the name, I do not deserve the credit. Really it all started a long time ago when I was new here and asked for strange patina advice. At that point I had done mustard, vinegar, gun blue, fruit, etc etc etc and was looking for something more permanent since I'd get a cool design, use the knife and it would rub off. I think it was in fact warrior or derekh that posted a link to a knifemaker shop talk thread about forced forge finishes and the blue bleach etch. I loved the antique look, and gave it a try. Since then I experimented and ruined more than a few knives along the way. Then when they started turning out well, a few folks asked for a write up, which I obliged and somehow it took on cliching. Hell there are guys on here that do it better than I ever could really. How bout we call it "thrillbillying"? Or "backwoodsing" I'm glad you like it, and its not for everyone but for those that like a old-time look on a new knife its a great technique.


Welcome again



Now get a bk5

 

[NixKustoms]

I'm pretty sure I had nothing to do with it.


Welcome!

 

[tradewater]

Welcome aboard. And thanks for clearing that up clich. I was confused about it too. Every time somebody would show a neat looking blue/bleach job and say they "cliched" their knife, I'd run to the exchange.

 

[C_Tanner]

"cliching" has a better ring to it.

 

[Streetdog]

Clich, thanks for the info. I also love the forged/antiqued look which is the second part of the reason I want to try it. The first part being the process lol. If I may ask, so I can avoid it, how did you ruin a few knives working on the patina?

Thanks for the great welcome so far everybody, that is awesome. I think I'm going to like it here.

 

[skyhorse]

Welcome Streetdog,while you're wallet may become somewhat leaner it's money well spent.

 

[clich]

Clich, thanks for the info. I also love the forged/antiqued look which is the second part of the reason I want to try it. The first part being the process lol. If I may ask, so I can avoid it, how did you ruin a few knives working on the patina?

Thanks for the great welcome so far everybody, that is awesome. I think I'm going to like it here.

The major way to ruin it is not protecting the edge. The reaction really loves to walk around the blade especially to areas that arent blued. So there were a few times that the edge gets eaten away. Also just patterns. I like to try new blue patterns and angles to soak the knife to get different looks and sometime your idea doesn't come out how you want . Since its permanent your kinda stuck with it. And things like oil from fingerprints can screw up what was going to be a sweet design.