What knife is this?

I congratulate you on the decision to make your own knife, sir!

Ultimately, my decision not to buy many knives has been based on the fact that there are aspects of the design that I want to fix.

By making your own, you can make it perfect.

Or, at least, you can try. I believe that the first knife will lead to making the next knife.

Either way, go slow with that grinding, so as not to overheat the blade and ruin the heat treat. Keep at least a gallon of water there to cool the blade, and do not wear gloves. When the blade gets hot to your touch, dip it in the water and swish it a little.
 
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I congratulate you on the decision to make your own knife, sir!

Ultimately, my decision not to buy many knives has been based on the fact that there are aspects of the design that I want to fix.

By making your own, you can make it perfect.

Or, at least, you can try. I believe that the first knife will lead to making the next knife.

Either way, go slow with that grinding, so as not to overheat the blade and ruin the heat treat. Keep at least a gallon of water there to cool the blade, and do not wear gloves. When the blade gets hot to your touch, dip it in the water and swish it a little.
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Thank you :) I am not a knife making virgin btw :D
My first knife I made was under the instructions of local smithy in south India close 17 years ago. I sat at his shop for a week. 2 hours each day and actually beat a knife into shape. I called it the "Stressbuster". It was crap and broke in a cpl months of "use". And "use" was bashing it mercilessly into any wood I or my friends could get a hold of. Hence the name.

They say its always better the second time around...........................

PS. I am not "Sir". My father is :D
 
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You're thinking of BK&T "Becker knife and tool". That knife is a pretty blatant rip off even if the blade's not matching the lines exactly the handle sure seems to be. I wonder if Ethan has seen this or gave them the OK ?

Jack Black said:
There are some very beautiful and well-made copies of Bob Loveless designs. Since they have his blessing, I'd certainly consider one of those. What irritates me about the Wood/Mears copies is that even Alan Wood doesn't think the design is that great, (and Ray is a nice feller with a lot of knowledge, but he's really not a knife designer), and yet it's copied very closely, because it's currently fashionable, by companies who could probably improve on that design, and by some who guard their own designs very closely. I really baulk at buying such a knife, even though many of them are well-made.

A couple of years back I was bought this knife produced by Boker's Magnum sub-division.
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I don't think it is precisely a copy of a BRKT design (though I may be wrong about that), but it's very clearly a copy of the BRKT style (and in 440A), and because of that I keep it hidden away in a dark cupboard!
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