ESEE Strip tease? I need your dirty Pictures!

Niagara

Niagara

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Notice a lot of Beckers stripped and polished in posts on this board, but did search and haven't seen/found any shot of an ESEE strip teased!.

Kind of wondering with amount of green I am slowly scraping of what my Orange G10 ESEE-4 will look like if I went that way.

If this is criminal act for a future Pack member tell me know please,,hehe
 
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I'm surprised you couldn't find any stripped ESEE's. I thought there was a whole thread dedicated to them. Plus plenty of incidental shots of them as well.

God bless,
Adam
 
jumpmonkey said:
I'm surprised you couldn't find any stripped ESEE's. I thought there was a whole thread dedicated to them. Plus plenty of incidental shots of them as well.
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Very nice Izula. If you don't mind me asking, how did you obtain that patina?
I really like the look of it.

Thanks, I am in the process of stripping my Izula as well.
 
If you can copy me on that thread I couldn't find it. I want to see a polished ESEE 3,4,5 blade


jumpmonkey said:
I'm surprised you couldn't find any stripped ESEE's. I thought there was a whole thread dedicated to them. Plus plenty of incidental shots of them as well.

God bless,
Adam
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Fuzillade,

The patina was done by soaking a wash cloth in white vinegar and wrapping it around the stripped knife. Make sure you give the thing a light sand before you do it. I thought there was a second layer of stuff on the blade, but it turns out that they kind of micro texture the steel. When you try and patina it before a light sanding you just get a nice light red rust over the entire knife.

Niagara,

I'll try and find that thread... We'll see what happens.

God bless,
Adam
 
Just to state the obvious -- it's the one on the bottom (don't have a pic of my stripped 4 yet):

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This is the only picture I have of my stripped 3 - sorry about the picture quality.

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Also my stripped ESEE H.E.S.T., although you didn't ask for it.

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Doc
 
Has anyone who has stripped a blade had any problems with corrosion or rust?
They look damn good, but I like the peace of mind with a coated blade.
 
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just a little morae maintanence but not really any rust problems yet....but i live in arizona/Texas
 
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Thanks. That was my first go at any woodworking ever. Had a few guys that didnt believe me. Just did a TON of research before i started but feels sooo much better in hand. Doing the new sheath for it this week. I will repost shot later when its done.
 
Izula before patina with Martin Swinkels sheath.
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Same Izula as I use it now.
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Long gone Desert Tan RC-4
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My logic for post is after you use blade for a while the protection wears off. I would rather clean a high carbon polished blade and keep it oiled.

My Fallkniven http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fObcnnUIKhg and CS San Mai blades look smoking this way!

Clearly as I guessed many others as well had gone my way. If you look at Beckers many are polished aftermarket on that forum.


huntmol said:
Has anyone who has stripped a blade had any problems with corrosion or rust?
They look damn good, but I like the peace of mind with a coated blade.
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