I Feel Stupid (Naked BK9 Content)

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SpookyDriver

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My first Becker was a BK2 that I picked up a few months ago. After seeing the pictures of stripped knives here, I decided to follow the cool kids and do it myself. Took out the paint pan, applied stripping gel to the knife, waited a couple of hours, spent another hour scrubbing off the coating and getting it all clean. Made a big mess, went through half a roll of paper towels and wore out a scotch brite pad. But it looked good, so I didn't care.

Last week, I got a BK9 in a trade and intended to do the same thing since I have a set of micarta on the way and it looks good with a bare blade. I went out to the shop, started to pull out my paint pan, then realized I have a 10" bench grinder with a bronze brush wheel. I turned it on and 90 seconds later, I had the knife below.

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It took longer to remove/replace the scales than it did to strip the whole knife.

I've had that bench grinder and wheel brush for over 20 years and I have no clue why I didn't think of it when I stripped the BK2. I was standing less than 10 feet from it the whole damn time... :mad:
 
I got one better ... After I spend almost a couple hours sanding (orbital sander)
and hand sanding my BK 2, I asked my wife what she thought (got the "that's nice dear"
response) without skipping a beat she says, "if you've got anymore, I can take it to work and have the guys bead blast it" - Arrrrrrrrrrr !!!!
 
HOOOOOOOOWLLLLLLLL!!!!

Some of lifes best lessons are learned the hard way.

Blades look good too, by the way. :thumbup::D

Moose
 
Nice job, I definitely like the BK9 stripped it shows the contour lines so much better then the black...




Beckerhead 76
 
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I'm sure all of us can tell a story like that.

Still, the 9 looks great!!
 
That looks sweet! You guys that do that, how much do you have to baby it from then on out to keep it rust free?

So a copper wire wheel gives you that nice even finish?
 
Thanks for the comments, guys.

C_Tanner said:
That looks sweet! You guys that do that, how much do you have to baby it from then on out to keep it rust free?
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I've lived in SE Texas for years and you'd have to live in the everglades to find a more humid environment. Most of my handtools are plain carbon steel (like the Becker) and I just wipe them down with an oily rag once in a while. Never have a problem with rust. Oh, occasionally a little red speck will show up in a nook or cranny, but it's nothing a shot of oil and a wire brush can't fix. These knives aren't going to turn to a pile of oxide dust overnight or anything. Rust isn't near the bugaboo people seem to think it is. I've got a 60+ year old Colonial slip joint that might have gotten oiled once a year during most of it's lifetime and it hasn't rusted yet.

So a copper wire wheel gives you that nice even finish?
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Mine is bronze, but I suppose copper would do the same thing.
 
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