BKL Tactical Solutions

09/23/2026

Two knives are off the table for the gunshow just this morning. They are going to Louisiana to a guy I know.

That GL Hansen Sr. Brown Trout Scales really pop. Go check out their collection of scale materials they make. They are one of my favorite patterns from the scales I picked up from them. I still got work to do on this knife to call it finished but it is close.

09/22/2026

Besides Cerakoting Pew Pew Stands I finished stonewashing the last 3 blades. Top has buffalo horn scales, middle has wood and axis deer scales and the bottom is glow Raffir.

09/21/2026

Weekend update, 2 weeks out from the gunshow. All 21 AEB-L steel blades have been bead blasted and 18 out of the 21 have been stonewashed. The 3 Seax blades will get stonewashed tomorrow when I get home from work. All 12 of the Pew Pew Stands have been bead blasted and tomorrow I will cerakote 6 bronze and on Tuesday I will cerakote the next 6 a gray with a blue tinge to them.

Fun fact. We have seen the Toxic Moss CamoCarbon and it's UV light reaction. The first two pictures with 2 knives. Well GL Hansen's G-carta also has UV light reaction too. This is the first time using this product. Finally the last 3 pictures. Raffir handle material also has UV light reactions as well. Check out the last picture the knife on the bottom of the 3 also will glow for some time after you turn off the UV light. I really like this Raffir material.

09/20/2026

A sneak peek of what I am planning on taking to the Gunshow on October 3rd and 4th weekend for knives. Steel on all 21 are AEB-L. Hopefully I will be able to get them all finished in time. I will also have 12 or 13 G10 knives, and 12 Pew Pew stands. I'm in the homestretch now. My plan is to bead blast and stonewash the AEB-L knives for a finish. I may keep a few as the are now or do a belt satin bevels and hand rubbed satin finish on the flats. No time for mirror polish.

08/31/2026

Weekend update. Looks like I am keeping my schedule for the October gunshow. All the G10 knives got cord wrapped and are ready for sheaths. All AEB-L stainless steel knives got bevels ground and scales rough shaped. I have 4 knives that need to get rough shaped then it is on to contouring and texturing. Goal is to be working on sheaths next weekend and getting them done. It is going to be a busy week.

08/29/2026

The last 3 steel knives are getting their bevels groung in today. You can even find Stalagmites on the grinding table too. They are not just in caves.

08/28/2026

The October Gun Show is right around the corner. The 3rd and 4th of October. Nine of the last 13 knives have their bevels ground before I start the scales. My goal is to have all 13 done by end of Saturday so that i can start scales on Sunday and finishing them through next week. That way I just have to complete the finish product and start working on sheaths. So much to do and so little time. I am pushing to have 21 AEB-L stainless steel knives, 14 G10 knives and 12 pew pew stands for the show.

08/24/2026

Weekend update for the upcoming October Gunshow prep. The Gunshow will be on the weekend of October 3rd and 4th.

Picture 1, eleven G10 knives all ground and buffed out. They are ready for their cord wrapped handles.

Pictures 2-4 are 3 Seax blades and 1 Huinakolu (triangle) knife that all got their bevels ground and finalized. The Seax knives have 3 different type of bevels ground on them. The bottom one has a flat grind. The middle has a hollow grind and the top one has a compound grind on it. A hollow grind across 80% of the blade with a flat grind at the tip. They are ready for handles to be made.

Picture 5 are the remaining 9 blanks that are ready for bevels. They were heat treated before tropical storm Lala and were finally able to get tested for hardness and then surface ground. They ranged between 59.5-63 HRC. My goal is to have them all ground by the end of next weekend and hopefully handles started.

08/22/2026