Photos Finally got around to stripping Bessie's blade

[markymark6290]

Used the same paint stripper (Citristrip) as on my Esee 3, and I'm really liking the outcome. I only stripped the blade down to the top of the handle.

Thoughts?

 

[rubberdog]

Looks great. Almost like a stone wash finish. It makes sense that you only stripped the blade. My only criticism would be that some painters tape would have given a crisper line on the spine. Though after a bit of use stuff like that becomes less and less noticeable. The cord wrap job looks very nice too.

 

[High Tower]

I like the end result on your blade. The handle wrap looks great too. I'm just curious but I checked out the Citristrip website and they have a number of products. I am thinking of doing this to one of my blades but don't need to buy a big container of Citristrip. Did you use the aerosol or the gel of the Paint and Varnish Stripping Gel?

 

[markymark6290]

Looks great. Almost like a stone wash finish. It makes sense that you only stripped the blade. My only criticism would be that some painters tape would have given a crisper line on the spine. Though after a bit of use stuff like that becomes less and less noticeable. The cord wrap job looks very nice too.

Thanks man Subtle visual differences, but the OD cord is 750 and the camo is 550, so while it doesn't look too different, you can feel a noticeable ridge between the two cords, which helps with grip.

I like the end result on your blade. The handle wrap looks great too. I'm just curious but I checked out the Citristrip website and they have a number of products. I am thinking of doing this to one of my blades but don't need to buy a big container of Citristrip. Did you use the aerosol or the gel of the Paint and Varnish Stripping Gel?

Thanks! I use the gel. You can buy a quart of it on Amazon for $10.72 with One-day shipping (if you have Prime). It works really well on both ESEE and Becker coatings.

 

[Boss1911]

Nice work, I like the idea of using 550 and 750 cord to improve the grip. I'll have to give this a shot.

 

[91bravo]

Looks good Mark!

 

[markymark6290]

Nice work, I like the idea of using 550 and 750 cord to improve the grip. I'll have to give this a shot.

Makes up for the lack of jimping

Looks good Mark!

Thanks man!

 

[The Warrior]

Nice job. Reminds me of the old days when I did my first one: http://www.bladeforums.com/threads/my-first-eskabar-wrap.840216/

 

[HilhamHawk]

Thanks man Subtle visual differences, but the OD cord is 750 and the camo is 550, so while it doesn't look too different, you can feel a noticeable ridge between the two cords, which helps with grip.



Thanks! I use the gel. You can buy a quart of it on Amazon for $10.72 with One-day shipping (if you have Prime). It works really well on both ESEE and Becker coatings.

From experience, I know it also works just fine on Cold Steel and Ontario knives too....................

 

[markymark6290]

From experience, I know it also works just fine on Cold Steel and Ontario knives too....................

If you're referring to Citristrip, it might work on their RAT series or something like that, but the particular finish on my Vulpine is a heated phosphate, and that crap is tough as can be.

 

[HilhamHawk]

That's what I've heard. I haven't had an occasion to strip one of those........ yet.

 

[rscornutt]

I do the same thing to my Becker knives - strip the blade and leave the coating to protect the tang around the scales.