Naked Izula

65535 · Sep 5, 2009

I did a 65535 (knife hacker) patented coating removal on my wrong color Izula.
It came out really nice, and it's a great improvement over the original OD coating, now it also has no OD coating to wear off. Pics soon, tease you guys a little first.

Irish Steel · Sep 5, 2009

Oh man, can't wait to see this. I need an Izula, now.

5.56 · Sep 5, 2009

You guys are going to love this, I was there and witnessed the stripping process with his special homebrew remover. The knife looks awesome naked, it still has all laser markings present too.

65535 · Sep 5, 2009

And a pic of Rob's (5.56) that he took.

D1omedes · Sep 5, 2009

Is there some number-name mafia in Irvine, CA or something?

5.56 · Sep 5, 2009

1st rule of the numbers
We don't talk about the numbers.

D1omedes · Sep 6, 2009

Is that rule the same for the 2nd and 3rd?

Really nice pic's. I love the color and finish of the "stripped" Izula. How on earth did you manage to keep the golden-colored numbers and such?

It still looks it has some nice texture to it. Great job. :thumbup:

TheQuest · Sep 6, 2009

Slick. Ditto keeping the engravings. Trade secret?

65535 · Sep 6, 2009

It is, but considering it requires some pretty heavy chemicals, PM and I can offer this as a low cost service.

TheQuest · Sep 6, 2009

Sweet, I'll keep you in mind. Might be a minute before I order an Izula, but I don't expect it to be too long. Again, slick job.

coop1957 · Mar 22, 2010

Naked is the way to go on the Izula. I used some of the thick paint stripper. It came off rather easily after about 15 minutes of soaking. The 1095 develops a nice patina on its own.