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I got a harpy some years ago, and I carried it for daily use. Then we started remodeling the downstairs. So I used it to cut fiberglass tape, score and cut drywall, trim wood, open boxes etc.
At one point the masonry guy asked if he could borrow my knife. When I caught up with him later he was using it to pry mortar out from between bricks.
After that the mitts where off so to speak and I used it for pretty much everything and anything. The latest use was help in stripping paint from a door, it got covered with a cement like goo of dried stripper and lime green paint.
So I only carried it when I "suited up" to go strip paint. I never carried it otherwise and it was sooooo ugly and messy that I hid it in a drawer.
A week or so ago I thought, maybe it's time to throw it away as it's such a mess.
I couldn't do it, I had a change of heart, got out the scotchbrite pads, some fresh paint stripper and after an hour of of scrubbing and cleaning, I got my Harpy back!
So the finish is more matte than shiny, but it's back to EDC for a while. What's amazing to me is that after all this kind of use the G-2 blade didn't show any signs of rust or corrosion. (Bet ya thought I was gonna say it was still sharp.
NOT! )
Any, it was nice to retreive the value of this knife after I had written it off.
At one point the masonry guy asked if he could borrow my knife. When I caught up with him later he was using it to pry mortar out from between bricks.
After that the mitts where off so to speak and I used it for pretty much everything and anything. The latest use was help in stripping paint from a door, it got covered with a cement like goo of dried stripper and lime green paint.
So I only carried it when I "suited up" to go strip paint. I never carried it otherwise and it was sooooo ugly and messy that I hid it in a drawer.
A week or so ago I thought, maybe it's time to throw it away as it's such a mess.
I couldn't do it, I had a change of heart, got out the scotchbrite pads, some fresh paint stripper and after an hour of of scrubbing and cleaning, I got my Harpy back!
So the finish is more matte than shiny, but it's back to EDC for a while. What's amazing to me is that after all this kind of use the G-2 blade didn't show any signs of rust or corrosion. (Bet ya thought I was gonna say it was still sharp.
NOT! ) Any, it was nice to retreive the value of this knife after I had written it off.
