BKL Tactical Solutions

11/03/2026

20 Blanks ready for heat treating.

11/03/2026

Just delivered today from New Jersey Steel Baron. Thanks guys for another set of designs of mine in AEB-L stainless steel that your water jetting service team did for me. Can't wait to heat treat them so that i can start grinding bevels.

11/02/2026

The scales for the Barba prototype (My wife's name for them) trifecta are basically done. I need to clean up some grind imperfections, put a finish on the knives, make sheaths, and engrave everything then they will be done.

10/31/2026

2 sets of scales built, cut and rough shaped of the 3 prototypes I have been working on. One more to go then i will finish all 3. Be on the look out for the next batch of knives that I have had water jet cut from NJ Steel Barron. They are going to be delivered early next week. I did another 7 designs a few that were from the last batch and a few new designs. All will be AEB-L stainless steel.

10/30/2026

Next set of scales epoxied together for the prototype Sheep's foot razor knife I am making. It is the bigger brother to the last one and will have a full hand grip to it unlike the smaller version that is a 3 finger grip. I have 1 more set to make but I am waiting for the liner material to get delivered for it.

10/29/2026

Did some work on the scales tonight. Rough shaping.

10/19/2026

Weekend projects. First 2 pictures with 3 knives, new design prototypes. They all have a hollow grind to them. Going to make them extra slicy like a straight razor. Next 2 pictures are of the finished knife from the blank a gunshow patron brought by last week that he wanted me to finish for him. I did a hollow grind, creakoted it in bronze with a battle worn finish and Koa wood scales. The last two pictures are of a karambit I made for the first gunshow. A LIFE fi****ms instructor of mine bought the match set of Karambits that I made. He kept the 80s camo carbon for him and his daughter got the toxic moss one. Well at the gunshow he busted it out to show me that he uses it all the time. Well I looked at it and I was going to take it home and sharpen it for him. Well while sharpening it I felt that I am better of a grinder now than I was when I first started. So I gave him a loaner knife to use while I did a regrind on his karambit. In doing so I had to re-cerakote it and make a new sheath since the knife went on a diet and lost some weight.

10/14/2026

Next prototype while I wait to get my water jetting quote from NJ Steel Barron for the next batch of blanks. These 3 were inspired by the top knife on the last page. I felt that knife need to have a bigger blade and wider handle. It was a knife blank that I was asked to grind in the bevels for a client. I really digged the hollow grind I put on it and thought to myself. This needs to be modified to my liking. So I took some scrap AEB-L and ATS34 steel that I saved and used to practice engraving new designs on. Last night the blanks got heat treated. The larger of the 3 blanks is the ATS34 steel the other 2 are AEB-L. I didn't have a piece long enough to make them all the same size so we have a small, medium, and large design. The small is a 3 finger knife. The 2 larger knives you can get a full grip on the handle. I will probably take them up to sensei's place to hardness test and surface grind on Thursday after work.

10/12/2026

10/10/2026

Highlights from the Great Gun Show!