Some new knives in my collection (pic heavy)

[Moin.]

Good buy Moin!

Whats next?

Rajat "Hazaron Khwahishen aisi ki har Khwahish pe dam nikle bahot nikle mere arman lekin phir bhi kam nikle " The list is never ending. But want a Boker Appegate Fairbarn Fixed Blade Dagger to compliment the Folder.

Best Regards
Moin.

I hear that..I hear that..

Was a subtle hint Santa, glad you've heard

This is the puppy I'm referring to




Regards
Moin.

[Moin.]

Santa, and since you are all ears The Gerber Mark II, what a blade and what pedigree !!

[Moin.]

Another wonderful wonderful gift received from the memebr who has inspired so many of us here to get down and dirty and try our hand at crafting our own blades and sheaths.

A handcrafted Kiridashi Knife and Sheath by our very own....Sir.... No prizes for guessing....

[ak27]

A handcrafted Kiridashi Knife and Sheath by our very own....Sir.... No prizes for guessing....

Sir Marthandan I guess.......

[marthandan]

a little bit about the kirdashi...
its made from file steel annealed and hardened in a coal furnace, then tempered in a oven. it has a flat grind with a little bit of a convex edge. the knife was left with grind marks and scale to contrast with the polished edge.

the sheath is designed for neck carry. it is 1.5 mm veg tanned leather cut using the kirdashi itself and dyed using black shoe polish (gel type polish).

[Moin.]

a little bit about the kirdashi...
its made from file steel annealed and hardened in a coal furnace, then tempered in a oven. it has a flat grind with a little bit of a convex edge. the knife was left with grind marks and scale to contrast with the polished edge.

the sheath is designed for neck carry. it is 1.5 mm veg tanned leather cut using the kirdashi itself and dyed using black shoe polish (gel type polish).

Wonderful Marthandan. i'll make this my EDC, can be comfortbly carried in my wallet Nasty little bu gger, a bit of touch up on 1200 grit paper and it is scary sharp....

Best Regards
Moin.

[Bruno22]

Very nice Marthadan. Simple and practical.
Bruno22

[ckkalyan]

Wow! Tiny 'Khachaas' Moin. / marthandan, I can see lots of loving work on this mere handful of real, practical, & deadly tool!

Are you guys sure this is a ' Kiridashi' and not a 'Kardashian' - very sexy indeed! Hai!

[TC]

a little bit about the kirdashi...
its made from file steel annealed and hardened in a coal furnace, then tempered in a oven. it has a flat grind with a little bit of a convex edge. the knife was left with grind marks and scale to contrast with the polished edge.

the sheath is designed for neck carry. it is 1.5 mm veg tanned leather cut using the kirdashi itself and dyed using black shoe polish (gel type polish).

Lovely work Marthandan.... I used to make my own knives years ago.. Just loved your work.
Keep it up. My best wishes.

TC

[Moin.]

Wow! Tiny 'Khachaas' Moin. / marthandan, I can see lots of loving work on this mere handful of real, practical, & deadly tool!

Are you guys sure this is a ' Kiridashi' and not a 'Kardashian' - very sexy indeed! Hai!

Thank You Ckkalyan... All credit to the master bladessmith....

Regards
Moin.

[Moin.]

This is one evil blade, absolutely demonic and unholy.. Summoned for destruction from the darkest pits of hell 8 full inches of 1095 Carbon Steel.....

The Becker BK5 Magnum Camp Knife...

Here's a very nice video review of the knife for those who want to know more.

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[Moin.]

Out and out Tactical Blade, this is no way a camp knife as it is marketed to be, better off buying a BK2 or the Essee Series.




Extremely comfortable handle, point of balance is where the index finger rests on the handle. The handle is made of hard plastic Kabar calls Grivory, I prefer the textured feel of G10. Have seen several mods of Becker Handles on the internet where the handle is stippled, hatched or cord wrapped for added traction. This would surely be sliipery when wet. The Micarta handles that are sold seperately should have been standard on the blade . The light brown handles Micarta handles look gorgeous with the deep black coated blade, like Cindy Crawford in Victoria's Secret Satin Lingerie



Full tang ending into a large skull crusher/glass breaker with a nice and large lanyard hole

[Moin.]

The handle is extremely comfortable to hold in forward and reverse grips





The thick blade narrows down to a thin swedge at about an inch from the choil. Probably done to reduce weight and make it more manouverble. I would have preferred the thick spine to continue and then narrow down to from an about an inch from the tip.This would have probably made it more suitable for batoning and the blade more stiff. But I am sure the Master Designers at Becker would have something in mind for having done this.







Like all Kabar's the knife is shaving sharp right out of the box. ( See pic of the bald patch on my hairy legs

[varunik]

Kiridashi Knife stole my heart away!!!

whou, you guys can actually open a museum!!! those knives with japanese sort of paintings on handle look really cool!

i dont know what will happen to a thief, if he EVER enters your house. poor guy.

[Moin.]

Very generous unsharpened choil for closeup work...



Now for the sheath, ( The Blade made in USA, the Sheath in China WTF.... ) . Does not compliment the lovely blade at all. Like Langoor ke Mun main angoor, like Raj Kunder marrying Shilpa Shetty





Has pouches for storing the Becker neck knife and probably a multitool...



Has an El Cheapo plastic casing inside to house the blade, should have been a nice kydex casing where the blade fits in securely...



Nice and large belt loop, should have had other carry options, but again this is being marketed as a camping knife...



To sum it up, this is a wickedly large 8 inches of 1095 Carbon Steel, the blade's light and very manouverble, a very nice belly and a large flat grind for that slicing action and last but not least the Becker brand name....