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Recently found myself with another bk7 so I figured this was the perfect time to show you guys some mods I did for my bk7 with some upgrades. Enjoy!
so yea we start ourselves with a slightly used bk7. Buddy of mine loved the one I owned and traded it sheath and all. Didn't have time for sheath mods but the quick rundown is with whatever minor mods I still hated it.
Materials: minwax wood finish for staining micarta
Heirloom paint stripper
Micarta scales
Nail files for convex grinding(stolen from Derek? but hands down my favorite tip on the site. Thanks again man. Sorry if I effed your name.)
Assorted files, sand papers, steel wool
Company. This is important. Find someone smarter than you and frequently ask " Am I going too far?"
WARNING! If you are using females make sure to provide proper nourishment and comfort.
strip paint dye micarta
(the micarta part is the only part I regret, i highly do not recommend doing this.)
Paint took me 3 applications to take off
Stripped bk7
steel wool and sandpaper to clear off any excess paint and make it nice and smooth
convexing the edge. http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...tory-edge-to-convex-with-the-BK2-(and-others) found the thread and the find was by DEREKH
I'm right handed so I preferred to hold the blade still in my left and sand the blade down with my right. Images show the positions I used to steady the blade while I sanded the edge down.(ran low on time so I didn't finish the convex, but later I did and it took a total of 4 nail files.
Big fan of choils! If you do decide MARK IT OUT FIRST. Seriously. All I did was mark out how far I needed for my finger left to right and filled in the rest of the circle as per what I thought felt good.
Dremel it out and then wet it. Keep it cool and don't screw up the heat treat. Whatever little rust develops is easily taken off by steel wool. then oil it down. Usually I use mineral oil so I can use the blade in food prep but it wasn't around so I had to use surplus boot oil. I cook with my 11 now any way. GO SLOW
" Stop when you feel it's right. You can always take more off if it's not comfortable you can never put more on." A lot smarter than I am. First time I did this I did it a lot deeper(to where I drew the top most line) and I gotta say less was more on this situation.
barehanded or gloved it's totally comfortable
where my thumb meets the rest of my hand fits into the thumb ramp perfectly. THIS is my favorite thing about the 7 you get a perfect center of balance grip with this choil that is great getting a firm grip on the knife for feather sticks. Having that extra bit of power pushing down on the thumb ramp is ideal IMO.
Pretty self explanatory. Sharpened the pommel and now it throws a spark. this one needs fine tuning.
And there you have it. Finished product with it's travel companions.
Final notes: go slow, take your time, DON'T STAIN YOUR MICARTA. Or do it better than I did I don't know. It just lost much of it's grip and doesn't look that great. I'm going to take sand paper to it as soon as I get a chance. Poisonous micarta particles be damned.
