best way to strip a the black finish.

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qhunteraz

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just bought a used active duty the finish is a bit rough and figured i'd strip it down to the infi. is there a better way to do it than others... besides using it till the rest of the finish wears of that is.
 
excellent I was hoping that was the answer, I have lots of it at work. will post picks once its all done and polished up.
 
If you decide to employ power tools to help just be very careful to not overheat the blade.

Garth
 
Garth, have you had blades come back that someone has overheated in this way? I thought that INFI could take a pretty high heat without risk; 900F IIRC, and thought that it would be hard to reach such a temp. Since I have reprofiled some edges with a HF 1x30, i have a particular interest in this. Thanks.
 
resinguy said:
Garth, have you had blades come back that someone has overheated in this way? I thought that INFI could take a pretty high heat without risk; 900F IIRC, and thought that it would be hard to reach such a temp. Since I have reprofiled some edges with a HF 1x30, i have a particular interest in this. Thanks.
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Yes, it does take an extreme amount of heat to alter INFI. Yes, I have seen it done. No, I have not drank enough yet today.

Garth
 
Highrisk, acid etch or and engraver etching? I was thinking about that when I was looking it over last night.
and no worries on over heating no power tools used on my blades, and I am sure my arm will not move fast enough to worry about the heat. :)
 
qhunteraz said:
Highrisk, acid etch or and engraver etching? I was thinking about that when I was looking it over last night.
and no worries on over heating no power tools used on my blades, and I am sure my arm will not move fast enough to worry about the heat. :)
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Electrolytic etching is the best and easiest in my opinion.
 
For a long time I hand polished after stripping the blade. The pads I use now are used hard on hatchets and axes first and only then do I use them on knives. No overheating at all. I can bear down on these and still touch it with sensitive skin. I use them regularly to polish things back up. Needed badly after several days in the woods.
 
mymindisamob said:
For a long time I hand polished after stripping the blade. The pads I use now are used hard on hatchets and axes first and only then do I use them on knives. No overheating at all. I can bear down on these and still touch it with sensitive skin. I use them regularly to polish things back up. Needed badly after several days in the woods.
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Where do you get these pads?
 
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