Does stripping your blade with the handles on affect liners?

Grey Falcon

Grey Falcon

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I've done a little research and it seems you can strip a blade with the handle scales on without affecting the micarta which is great because I want to keep the coating on under the handle scales, but I can't find a definitive answer on whether doing this on a handle that has liners would affect the liners.

Does anyone have any experience with this, and can it be done? Or do I have to remove the handle scales and wrap it?

It's a Tops knife, so getting those scales off is kind of a pain in the ass.

Any information would be greatly appreciated.
 
When I did a similar stripping, I used a sharpened piece of brass to scrape the paint adjacent to the handles down to the steel. A 1/4" wide strip.Then I masked the handles and part of the stripped area and used Citristrip on the rest of the blade.

I didn't want to find out if the stripper would hurt the handles, or have any of it get underneath the the scales and cause corrosion. Brass won't scratch steel.
 
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