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Hey all,
So I've had these factory Beckers since around Christmas and I've been meaning to strip them since the day they arrived in my mailbox.
I finally got around to it and I thought I'd post some pics here for your enjoyment.
Here's the before pics:
I used Jasco stripper from home depot. I poured some in an old baking pan and tossed them in.
The stripper worked great and I was scraping the coating off in no time. I cleaned as much as I could out of the corners and hidden spots, then tossed them on the ground and sprayed them down with the hose.
Once the stripper was cleaned off I used the dremel with a wire brush head to get the remaining chunks off; it didn't really work that great. Then I started sanding. I was hand sanding so I started with 120, then 800, then 1000, then 1500. The process didn't take too long but, then again, it didn't come out with a mirror finish either.
After my arms got tired I determined I must be done sanding. I wanted the knives to look rustic and I really like the way the old coating is still visible in the "pores" of the steel.
I decided I wanted to do some kind of patina on the BK11 so I looked up the thread on that cool bleach patina. Then I found out I would need gun blue, which I don't have, so I looked up some other options and decided to put some mustard on it.
I smeared it on with my finger and left it for about 10 min.
It turned out pretty cool. Someday I'll pick up some gun blue and do that kick ass patina when I get bored of this one.
Here's the finished pic, I can't wait until I get some micarta for these bad boys.
So I've had these factory Beckers since around Christmas and I've been meaning to strip them since the day they arrived in my mailbox.
I finally got around to it and I thought I'd post some pics here for your enjoyment.
Here's the before pics:
I used Jasco stripper from home depot. I poured some in an old baking pan and tossed them in.
The stripper worked great and I was scraping the coating off in no time. I cleaned as much as I could out of the corners and hidden spots, then tossed them on the ground and sprayed them down with the hose.
Once the stripper was cleaned off I used the dremel with a wire brush head to get the remaining chunks off; it didn't really work that great. Then I started sanding. I was hand sanding so I started with 120, then 800, then 1000, then 1500. The process didn't take too long but, then again, it didn't come out with a mirror finish either.
After my arms got tired I determined I must be done sanding. I wanted the knives to look rustic and I really like the way the old coating is still visible in the "pores" of the steel.
I decided I wanted to do some kind of patina on the BK11 so I looked up the thread on that cool bleach patina. Then I found out I would need gun blue, which I don't have, so I looked up some other options and decided to put some mustard on it.
I smeared it on with my finger and left it for about 10 min.
It turned out pretty cool. Someday I'll pick up some gun blue and do that kick ass patina when I get bored of this one.
Here's the finished pic, I can't wait until I get some micarta for these bad boys.
