My new EDC "DM"

[Dantor]

I just got my new scrapyard dumpster mutt, and what a tank! It should handle about every job I put it through. I will find out!

 

[scpower]

Nice! I like the looks of the grip. How does the "groovy" part feel, softer or same material as the rest of the handle?

 

[Dantor]

it's all the same scpower, rubber like.

 

[perksy]

Very nice.. Wish I hadden't missed this one.

 

[Thomas Linton]

Sigh! I just wish they were not so in love with coatings.

 

[Dantor]

What I've heard is scrapyard's coatings are pretty good, meaning they last longer than many. Also if the coating is on the full blank, then they put on the scales/handles it really retards in corrosion/rust.

 

[Fiddleback]

Sigh! I just wish they were not so in love with coatings.

Me too. Do they do customs?

 

[Evolute]

Sigh! I just wish they were not so in love with coatings.

So use the knife... wear the coating off. Or, if you want it completely stripped, right away, use a chemical stripper.

 

[Thomas Linton]

So use the knife... wear the coating off. Or, if you want it completely stripped, right away, use a chemical stripper.

Is the finish under the coating such that only stripping is needed?

 

[Evolute]

"Is the finish under the coating such that only stripping is needed?"

I'm not certain I'm correctly understanding what you are asking, but I think I do. I haven't seen beneath the coating on a Dumpster Mutt, and therefore do not have a definitive answer. Based upon the knives that have been made by the Busse family companies in the past, I would presume that the surface of the knife was roughened, prior to the application of the coating. So, if you remove the coating, I presume you will find a somewhat rough finish.