Fastest Way to Strip Off Black Coating on BK-11

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molinee

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What's the fastest or best way to quickly remove the black finish on the BK-11. I would like to take it down to bare metal and then blue it. Any thoughts appreciated... TIA
 
I don't know about the stripping, but I sure would be interested in seeing some pics when you get it all done. That just might be a really pretty blade.
 
Jeff s1 did it and his looks good...look around the becker forum and you will find it...give instructions too i believe.
 
I tried two ways, same results. The Necker was stripped by scraping the coating off with a Mora knife. The BK2 was stripped with a chemical method, Bix, from Lowes. Using Bix was messy, but scraping the BK2 would have taken a lot longer than the Necker. I would go with Bix if I were to do it again, which I will to my BK9, any day now. I like the looks of the stripped Beckers, and don't like coatings in general.
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No prob my good man! Shoot me an email sometime if you want. that BK2 looks nice as well...when u get the 9? now i am green :D
 
Thanks, theedge13. I followed the link, and that looks really, really cool.

I have also thought of using GunKote. I used it on a Browning Hi Power that I used to own, and I really liked it. I'll have to give it some thought.
 
No prob tho jeff's the man that did it...i just remembered his post awhile back... all good!
 
Thanks to all for comments and to Edge for the link. Jeff, You do good work... :) The BK2 is totally awesome. I was hoping that the metal finish underneath was pretty smooth and it appears that that is the case. I will check out the product, Bix, and ask the guys at Home Depot or Lowes what is the most powerful stuff they have. Nothing wrong at all with the black finish but I also really like this cleaner look. Still might blue it when done.
 
I was just getting ready to post a link to the thread about my RC-4 but Molinee beat me to it!!

It's a pretty simple process:

1) Remove the handle scales, although I have seen people just strip the blade and leave the coating under the scales.., it's up to you.
2) pick up some paint stripper(I prefer the gel kind, I used Jasco Premium paint remover from Lowes) and soak the blade in it till all the coating bubbles off
3)Sand the blade till you have a nice smooth finish.., once you remove the coating the blade still has a sort of grayish "coat" on it, although this may be optional I sanded the blade till it was nice smooth bare metal as I wanted to be sure the blueing soaked into the metal good, started with 120 grit and went to 1500 grit
4)apply blueing per instructions on package.., repeat till desired shade is reached

pretty simple.., the hardest part IMO was the sanding, not really hard but pretty time consuming
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OH NO! I just received the two Neckers that I had ordered and I intended on stripping both of them and then do some nice bluing. The problem is that the black finish on them is so darn perfect that I'm not sure I want to remove it ...... Well, maybe just one... :)
 
Strip one and leave the other. I plan on getting a second BK11 so i can strip my first one and keep the other black. Best of both worlds! You are going to LOVE that knife.
 
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Then sand and polish your butt off.

Tom
Chestnut Ridge Knife Shop
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Hey Tom ... You have sold me two Neckers in the last few weeks. I do believe you are teasing me for even more with this great looking strip job. :)
 
I started this job Tuesday afternoon, I didn't know how much work was involved. The striping was easy. Dressing the spine and all of the small nooks and crannies was the difficult part. After sanding and polishing I still was not satisfied. I promised my wife and son that I would take them out to dinner. After dinner I stopped at the auto parts store and picked up some 1000 grit paper, that did the job. I may do a BK2 next.

Tom
Chestnut Ridge Knife Shop
 
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