Removing the blade printing?

Plumberdv

Plumberdv

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I just got hold of a NIB 312 that has the Prca printing on the blade in black. It appears to just be printed on there and not etched.

Can that be polished off? I think it's just ugly and the knife's appearance would benefit from it's removal.
 
I think a Scotch Brite pad will take it off and leave a nice satin finish. However, it's hard to get it even unless you can take the blade out of the knife.

I'm sure others will have a better solution though.
 
I'd first try a dishwashing liquid like Dawn or Palmolive with a "non-scratch" Scotch Brite pad.

If that doesn't do it, I'd try 0000 grade "final finish" steel wool.
 
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Plumb,

I will trade you a clean one of equal quality, if you will not scrub off the printing....
300Bucks
 
Someone told me on one of the many cleaning threads we have seen in the past few months that I have to be careful with the Never Dull I use to clean bolsters and blades because it may take the coating off any coated blades I have. Wasnt a big poblem cause I aint got none:) I do however have a 286 Bantam that has a company name on it that was given to me. Seems like a good tester since its an inexpensive knife that I take with me when there is a possibility of loosing or ruining(although I must say it stands up very well even though an inexpensive chinese knife) Maybe I'll pull it out and see if the never dull will take it off cause i know it wont affect the blade appearance.
I'll let you know(unless of course you've already set up the trade with 300)

eh maybe even then-good for posterity:D
 
Ok here is the comparison. I used Never Dull treated wadding and cleaned the promo label for about 15-20 minutes using about 5 or 6 wads.

before;


after;


the label had kind of a dark green color and rough texture to it. as you can see it cleaned the roughness and green off but the label, although now very light by comparison(almost like a computer screen burn) is still visible but smooth. I believe I could rub my fingers off and still at least leave a phantom image on the blade. Some kind of polishing still needed maybe because of the basically vertical lines of the satin finish-maybe not. Also it may have smudged the blade just slightly which I did not expect. Anyway there is my contribution to science.

Plum, you'd have to look for another means.

Fritz

Oh BTW, I left the left picture logo basically untouched for comarison-thats why its sitll pretty dark
 
As a matter of fact, I gave the knife to a good friend of my wife's whose husband used to rodeo.
 
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