Re-Shaped Bone Collector

[Zach Thompson]

I was given a Benchmade Bone Collector as a gift. I really liked the handle, and it was my first D2 blade. The one thing I wasn’t crazy about was the shape of the blade. I decided to grind off the hump on the back. I was very careful to keep the blade cool so I wouldn’t mess up the temper / heat treatment. See the before and after below. I just love it now.

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• BoneCollector.jpg

[cbwx34]

Very nice. I think I’m going to do that to mine too, like you, I’m not too crazy about the shape. Sorta kills the tip.

How’s the edge holding up for you? I started a thread on this… initially it didn’t do so well, but now seems to be fine.

Great job! :woohoo:

[Ken Buzbee]

Excellent job!

I really like the original shape, so I wouldn’t have done it. But it came out great.

Ken

[Zach Thompson]

So far the edge is fine, but it hasn’t really been tested. It’s generally just used for opening letters and boxes. I think it will be fine. I used a low speed belt sander with a 50 grit belt to remove most of the metal. I kept a cup of ice water near by and dunked it and held it until ice cold about every 5 – 10 seconds and the blade never felt more than slightly warm to the touch. I took the last 1/32″ or so off with conventional and diamond stones by hand.

Edit: Also, I used a post-it and a sharpie layout a straight edge so I could see my progress. It’s still not dead flat on the top, but I accomplished what I wanted. It can now stab into stuff and I personally prefer the look.

[Josh]

Man, that looks good! I think I’m going to do that on mine as well… Would be nice to have a tip again.

Another thing I think I might mod is the handle… It just feels to “square” right now and digs into my hands on the corners… I want to round those off a bit. Any suggestions? 🙂

[cbwx34]

Thank you for the motivation!!!

Much better!!! :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

(Sorry I don’t have any suggestions for the handle… not very good at messing with that).

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• BnClctrGrind.jpg

[Zach Thompson]

Very nice. Now you won’t have to change knives to get the dirt out of your finger nails.

[Geocyclist]

Nice work. Curtis, did you do that just now?

[cbwx34]

Yea, this afternoon. Probably took a couple hours give or take… mostly on a belt sander. (I started on the Tormek, but it was too slow). Can’t say for sure how long… I kept getting interrupted.

I like this shape mucho better. 🙂

[Josh]

Looks good Curtis!! Thanks for posting! I will have to do mine soon 🙂 man I really love the edge retention on this blade…. Need to do some edge comparisons too lol

[James Bare]

Looks great, maybe you should send it as a suggestion to benchmade. The bone collectors are almost like the original sheepfoot bladed flat ground griptilian blades which I like better than the hollow ground ones they make now. I don’t see any reason why they can’t make the drop point blade like on the 551 but with a hole for the bc line. I know I would be standing in line to get one if bm did offer a blade like that.

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