Quick video on the evolution of the BK Skinner.
It started out life as a Stihl lawn edger
blade.
Because it was cheap I decide to try a new
profile on it.
I used a plasma torch to cut the rough profile
of the first one.
Since this is the first one of these I was
not sure how it was going to be.
That is one of the reasons I elected to use
the cheap steel.
These edger blades are only $2.39 from Ace
Hardware.
As it happens it turned out pretty nice.
Everyone that sees it likes it.
At first they are not too sure what to think
then they see how it fits in your hand and
how your hand can wrap around it multiple
positions.
Then they like it quite a bit.
After I did the plasma cut I ground out the
profile on 
the bench grinder.
Not long after coming up with 
this profile I ended up building a 2" x 72"
sander.
I used this little sander to do the flat grind.
Use what you got.
It is a lot better than doing it all with
a hand file.
I did several of my first knives with a hand
file.
they took 23-25 hours each.
It was a good experience but I have other
things in life I want to do also.
This one took about 5 hours to make.
Which seemed blazing fast when compared to
how long the other ones had taken by hand.
The goal here is to reach the center of the
blade at the same time you meet the black
line.
I used the angle of the table to determine
what my finished bevel would be.
This is a sharpening aide that I use as a
guide for the secondary bevel.
I start with a 320 grit belt.
Then a 600 grit belt.
Followed up with a leather belt to polish
the edge.
The entire process takes 10 minutes or less
to get from a blade with no secondary bevel
to one with a razor sharp edge.
This is the leather belt.
Do this part with your blade edge down so
you don't cut your leather belt in half.
After the 600 grit belt now I am polishing
it to a mirror edge on this leather belt.
I use white compound on the leather belt.
Just got to work it until the wire edge is
gone and all that is left is the cutting edge.
I made quite a few of this pattern.
All of 
these are for other people.
Then the water jet bug bit me.
After I had built my own sander.
I thought I am going to take this up to the
next level.
So I learned how to use CAD well enough so
I could draw my own profiles and send them
to the water jet or laser.
This is the latest version of the skinner
which is called the BK Skeleton Skinner.
It features a hollow grind.
These particular ones were cut from 1095 carbon
steel plate.
I use that screw to adjust the 
hollow grind.
These are now all sold.
they went pretty quick.
These have the Cerakote H baked 
on them.
This 
one is a sandblasted finish.
Here is a 
pair of them in Cerakote H Graphite Black.
I 
then did 
a batch of them in 440C stainless steel.
Take Care and have a great day.
