Removing black finish from BK7

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inquisitivesponge

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After searching google the decision has been made to put the question out there myself. This has more than likely been brought up before, the topic has probably even been beaten to death but I'd like to pick your brains. I want to remove the black finish on my BK7. Its my first serious knife and I want to tinker with it but also I want to be able to cut food and not have that funky taste I think is coming from the finish. So what's the best/safest way to do this without taking a power tool to it. Thanks for your input!
 
I used varying grits of emery paper taped to plywood pieces (taken upto 2000 grit) to get this...

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Holy crap....that is gorgeous....what was your procedure using the emery paper. And, did you use anything to take the black off before you started polishing?
 
I agree that looks amazing! How long did it take and did you only use emery paper? I'm trying to stay away from things like paint stripper. A lot of folks force a patina after stripping the finish off. What is the purpose of that and what are advantages/disadvantages? Also, any specific reason for keeping the finish on the tang?
 
Read on the Becker forum here and you will see that lots of people have done the stripping operation with paint stripper. Some people have used sandpaper but it takes a lot of work to do it that way. There are lots of ways to do the patina too, with and without decorative patterns. The patina is to protect somewhat from its own method of gaining patina.
 
Hello Gents, Many Thanks :), apologies on the late reply. Just rub, rub rub on varying grits of Emery Paper taped to ply wood peices. Just a lot of elbow grease that's all.Do not rub the paper with hands, always use a sanding black ( Emery paper taped to wood/plywood pieces) or you will end up rounding the bevels. The blue Block you see in the second pic is 2000 grit paper taped to a large piece of plywood.

After all the grind marks have been taken out till upto 2000 grit paper, the blade was buffed using a stitched cotton wheel & black polishing compound a bench grinder.

I retained the black finish at the handle because 1095 is prone to rust and rust will be easily visible everywhere on the blade but below the handle, that's why I did'nt strip the finish below the handle

You don't need to polish a blade to Patina it, just strip it with paint stripper and you can refer the several threads in Becker Forum on how to patina. I personally love mirror polished blades, so did'nt patina.

Best
Moin.
 
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