I stripped my Skinny

adrock1978

adrock1978

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My skinny ASH is my first Busse. It was black with tan and black G10. Tonight I jumped in and decided to strip it. I'm psyched I did. Its fairly smooth with almost no Infi dimples. Even with its dull grey finish its a great looking knife against the G10. I can't wait to polish it up. I'm glad I took the chance. I'll post some pics once its finished.
 
I love the looks of bare INFI :thumbup:
It is going to be a fun project, can't wait to see it.
 
I have been meaning to strip my CG ash. The coating is getting some decent wear.

The stuff I used on my SS should do the trick.
 
adrock1978 said:
My skinny ASH is my first Busse. It was black with tan and black G10. Tonight I jumped in and decided to strip it. I'm psyched I did. Its fairly smooth with almost no Infi dimples. Even with its dull grey finish its a great looking knife against the G10. I can't wait to polish it up. I'm glad I took the chance. I'll post some pics once its finished.
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Disregard the OP. It never happened. If it did, there would have been pictures over an hour ago. Sorry folks! Nothing to see here! Move along please! :yawn::o:D:eek:
 
Ha! Typically I would have taken a few. I did this on a whim at 10pm last night. I have plenty of before shots, so I'll just document the sanding and polishing as I go along.
Iboschi said:
Disregard the OP. It never happened. If it did, there would have been pictures over an hour ago. Sorry folks! Nothing to see here! Move along please! :yawn::o:D:eek:
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:D

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...Just kidding.
 
Before
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Stripped
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After a little hand sanding and polishing
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I think this is the best its going to get by hand.
 
Is it at all possible to achieve satin with a drill and some kind of wheel/s? I don't need LE quality, but at least mirror like.
 
adrock1978 said:
Is it at all possible to achieve satin with a drill and some kind of wheel/s? I don't need LE quality, but at least mirror like.
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3M makes an abrasive wheel for a drill chuck. I remember seeing another member using it on a FFBM. The results looked pretty good.
 
230grains said:
You need a belt sander.
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That's what I thought. I know Harbor Freight has (did have) that $40 belt sander but I was hoping I could get away with something else. The belt sander seems like it would have a learning curve to it... plus I don't have the space for it. Maybe though...
 
all belt sanders do is speed things up, if you are willing to put in the elbow grease, you can achieve the results you want by starting with a sanding block and some medium grit paper and working through progressively finer grits (which you can get from any hardware store). Time is money as the saying goes, the inexpensive method will take a lot more time, but it's also harder to mess things up when you're going slowly (IMO).
 
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