Post-stripping finishing

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Bob W

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I've been intending to customize/mod a Becker for some time now, just haven't ordered the knives. Stripping is no problem - I have the stuff, and have quite a bit of experience working with the chemicals.

My question, what is the blade finish like after the coating is removed? How much work will it be to finish it smooth, not necessarily a mirror-reflective finish but a nice matte or working-grade finish? Could it be done at home, or better to send it to a pro?

Does anyone have a photo example of a sand-blasted finish?
 
Just a little elbow grease
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Somebody did a sand blasted finish but I forget who it was.
Looked really nice.
It's a little bit of work if you want to hand sand it.
When I stripped my 2 I actually liked the look of the tooling marks and left it alone.
But it's definitely something you can do yourself. Kind of fun too!
 
Ill put money on that K9-Handler did the blasting. The finish is nice under the coating there really is no reason to sand it after stripping.
 
I just finished my BK2 "stripping project" today. (Didn't have time to do it all at once)
First , I removed the coating with a brass wire brush mounted on a power drill - took about 20 minutes because it was my first time ever doing something like this .
Then I sanded it with 400, 1000, 1500, and 2000 grit papers - about 15 to 20 mins for each grit (did the 2000 wet).
Then polished it with a cloth loaded with green compound - 10 mins .
Came out very shiny although not mirror . I had lots of fun doing it , seeing how the metal gets shinier with each step .

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I deliberately left it unperfected because I like it more like this . And because I'm lazy .
 

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After the coating is removed the blade has a kind of stonewashed finish to it, kinda nice looking actually.


033 by CamH_16, on Flickr


Some 320 grit sandpaper and WD-40 puts a nice non-refelctive satin finnish on it and the closest I can get to actual sandblasting.


001 by CamH_16, on Flickr
 
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