Blade re-coating a possibility?

Yonose

Yonose

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Im wondering if anyone else has had second thoughts about stripping a knife(not infi, that would be wrong) and sent theirs back for a “new coat of paint” so to speak? Would it end up being cheaper just buying another blade, and giving the stripped one to someone who’s never heard of the power of Busse and kin.
 
If they do it in house it might not be cost prohibitive, otherwise I’m guessing( I should be waiting on the email response) at least someone has asked before.
 
Ive had them powdercoated locally
No it does not get hot enough to ruin the heat treat
You will loose your logo if that matters
 
Case of beer , basic colors are $3.50 square foot
Its just the prep and getting them to hang it properly
If they just put a wire through a talon hole it will look like crappy
 
lex2006 said:
Case of beer , basic colors are $3.50 square foot
Its just the prep and getting them to hang it properly
If they just put a wire through a talon hole it will look like crappy
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Yeah for me the hardest part would be removing and restoring the handles! If I were up to that I’d grab a toaster oven off the curb and try some brownell’s. I guess I’ll just have to wait 2 more days...
And of course I like the knife fine the way it is, I was just imagining what it would look like with muddy brown finish and g10 scales!!
 
I have a bad habit of taking everything apart - I've taken apart each combination there is, coated, Cerakoted canvas and G10 - If I was to do any kind of coating, and I'm not a coating person, I'd pull the slabs off, have it Cerakoted and put the slabs on Busse style- especially a BG blade. The BG blade I had that was Cerakoted was over the top after assembly. I pull the slabs and it wasn't pretty - I put it on a 180 belt to find the metal again. I like working on the SR101 though I have to say, never worked with anything like it.
 
Just clean the blade well and use a gun blue since it's not getting used for food prep.

Or etch with ferric chloride, even mustard/hot sauce/vinegar, those give some protection against rust
 
That' what I'm Gona do if I get BG PR Off the waiting list, strip it, and force patina with mustard tiger stripes style like on my 1095 Blades way back when
 
Ok, so before I sound like a complete idiot talking to the folks at SW, there isn’t any “spa treatment “ program where they will recoat the blade, add new handles, etc., for a nominal fee? Wow, that sounded stupid already.
 
I can' tell from the pics if there are any grinder squiggls on it but I'd say finish stripping it and start sanding. Your regrets will fade away onceyou get it clean looking.
 
clampdaddy said:
I can' tell from the pics if there are any grinder squiggls on it but I'd say finish stripping it and start sanding. Your regrets will fade away onceyou get it clean looking.
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those lines are there to help the coat “stick” to the blade, right? Grinding those out would leave me with a thin, flat ground blade! Right now I keep this blade across my back in a sling, right and left hand accessible, because it will knock the jawbone loose of any wolf-coyote hybrid who gets too close. I don’t really want this blade to lose any weight.
 
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TheMtnMan said:
That' what I'm Gona do if I get BG PR Off the waiting list, strip it, and force patina with mustard tiger stripes style like on my 1095 Blades way back when
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Patinas really are fun to play with. Best thing about them is that if you don' like the way it turns out you can just buff it off and try something else. This was the first look my DTBM wore after I got the paint off of it. Vinegar bath followed with mustard stripes.
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Yonose said:
those lines are there to help the coat “stick” to the blade, right? Grinding those out would leave me with a thin, flat ground blade! Right now I keep this blade across my back in a sling, right hand accessible, because it will knock the jawbone loose of any wolf-coyote hybrid who gets too close. I don’t really want this blade to lose any weight.
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Nobody knows for sure why they are put there but I sanded them out of the knife pictured above and I didn't notice any difference in weight. They usually aren't very deep.
 
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