I have a brilliant idea for Mr. Becker/BK&T

[thrillbilly]

As y'all know I patinaed my BK2...well I went out and beat the holy crap out of it today batoning and chopping...and noticed I had already rubbed the patina a lil bit...so I went ahead and sanded it all off.

While I was sanding it with the grips off I had myself an Idea...

I used model paint and coated the steel under the handles where it's not visible.


The ''black coating for rust protection'' mod I did seems like a great idea...BK&T should look into it, maybe make their knives coated from now on.

...on a serious note, anyone else ever done this? I thought it would make maintenance easier as I dont have to remove the grips now to oil/clean it. It would have been better to leave the factory coating in these areas but would have been a bugger to do with chemical stripper.

 

[daizee]

Nail polish is a pretty good sealant. You could use clear. Or pink, your choice.

 

[rokclmb]

Somewhere around here someone posted a step-by-step to strip the finish while leaving it under the handles. It involved masking the areas off with masking tape before you strip the finish.

 

[thrillbilly]

Nail polish is a pretty good sealant. You could use clear. Or pink, your choice.

thats why I'm a noob. Clear nail polish would have been way easier because I wouldnt have had to tape it off or worry bout bleedthru as much. dangit

 

[thrillbilly]

Somewhere around here someone posted a step-by-step to strip the finish while leaving it under the handles. It involved masking the areas off with masking tape before you strip the finish.

after using the stuff, I'm pretty sure the liquid/gel stripper would eat thru the tape way before it took the coating off. I hadda soak it submerged in stripper for over an hour to get it all off.

 

[SpookyDriver]

Or just use a wire wheel on a bench grinder to remove the finish on the blade and leave it on the tang. Should take less than a minute since it takes me about 90 seconds to completely strip a BK9 with a wire wheel.

 

[trailbum]

If you don't sand all the coating off, you won't have to repaint under the handles.

 

[thrillbilly]

Or just use a wire wheel on a bench grinder to remove the finish on the blade and leave it on the tang. Should take less than a minute since it takes me about 90 seconds to completely strip a BK9 with a wire wheel.

I woulda done exactly that if I was near my Dad's shop & tools. Do you have a pic of what the steel looks like after the wirebrushing? Seems like it would take more sanding afterwards to smooth it out some...but I'm just guessing.

 

[Hunter Sharp]

When I strip my blades I leave the coating on under the scales,plus I go as far as putting a thin layer on silicone around the edge and holes to prevent water from sneaking in.

 

[rokclmb]

Oregon Fal'er posted it back in September. Here's the link.
Strip the coating off a blade while leaving the coating under the scales

 

[trailbum]

Rokclmb
Thats what I was trying to find.

 

[totallynotalex]

after using the stuff, I'm pretty sure the liquid/gel stripper would eat thru the tape way before it took the coating off. I hadda soak it submerged in stripper for over an hour to get it all off.

It doesn't eat through the tape. Just follow his tip step by step and you'll be golden. That's how I did mine and it worked like a charm.

 

[thrillbilly]

I'll admit it would have been better to do the Oregon Fal'er's method. But hindsight is 20/20 I didnt think about it before I stripped it. I reckon the enamel paint will work though. I'm fixin to seal over the paint with fingernail polish just to be sure.


LOL I figger by my 5th or 10th Becker I mod I should be smart enuff to do it 100% right...maybe

 

[thrillbilly]

It doesn't eat through the tape. Just follow his tip step by step and you'll be golden. That's how I did mine and it worked like a charm.

I'm sure it does with the kind of stripper he was using. I was simply stating the brand I used took forever to work.

 

[SpookyDriver]

I woulda done exactly that if I was near my Dad's shop & tools. Do you have a pic of what the steel looks like after the wirebrushing? Seems like it would take more sanding afterwards to smooth it out some...but I'm just guessing.

Bronze is a lot softer than 1095. The wheel strips the finish with no cosmetic impact on the steel itself.

Here is one of the BK9's I've stripped:

The dark color is due to a few months of patina...the finish is all gone.

 

[Guyon]

I just stripped everything, and then sprayed the under-the-tang areas with some clear poly in a can.
Once it dries, you have a nice durable clear coat under the scales and no worries about rust.

 

[thrillbilly]

Bronze is a lot softer than 1095. The wheel strips the finish with no cosmetic impact on the steel itself.

Here is one of the BK9's I've stripped:

Thanks, that looks awesome. the Big9 is gonna be my next Becker.

 

[SoldMyHat]

Bronze is a lot softer than 1095. The wheel strips the finish with no cosmetic impact on the steel itself.

Here is one of the BK9's I've stripped:

The dark color is due to a few months of patina...the finish is all gone.

That's flexxxy. I mean. Sexy!!!

 

[axesbold]

You can just reverse OF's method to coat under the handles... ie mask everything with the handles on, remove the handles and coat away. I don't see any reason to strip under the handles and leave bare 1095 where I can't see it....

 

[thrillbilly]

BTW the thread title was just poking fun at myself over my stupidity. I worked to take the coating OFF then worked to put some coating back ON. Good lesson though, always think over all the angles BEFORE doing permanent mods LOL I let my enthusiasm overrun my common sense.