Should I or Shouldn't I

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flatlander

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Should I take the battered finish off my 1 of 300 SHBM? With the recent threads I've been thinking alot about it lately.

Bob Mills
 
Oh no, character is cool. It shows the years, and you'll have memories associated with some marks that'll just get sent away. Just throw a bit o' krylon over the worn spots for protection and drive on!
 
Are you kidding me!?!

Of course you should do it! Break out the coating remover, the sandpaper and the beadblaster and get busy ya hog!!! One Double Cut coming up!!! :D
 
I'm thinknig along those lines with an HOFSH as well. Prefer raw INFI. Have you guys ever sent one back to have the coating removed and have it refinished in satin, or double cut? Just wondering what the time and cost would be and if any significant amount of metal is removed in the process.
 
Flatlander,

If it is a beater knife like mine, just use it till you begin to worry about it rusting, then hit it with a coat of Krylon flat black.

If you want it to be pretty,,,,Let a Knife Maker take it home and fix it up.

One of the first 300 as a project knife, sharpen the top swedge, make it shiny, mayby re-do the handle slabs, Yup could get real purdy :p
 
This one is a virgin. I was going to make it real pretty like another HOFSHLE I have. I have other SH's and BM's that I use that are beat up, and look best that way.
 
papathud

It's definately a user. I've used it to stab into ammo cans at the INFI 1500:D
I think I'll just use the Krylon when the time comes.
Thanks guys

Bob Mills
 
Flatlander,

The way I see it Busse knives are above all, first and foremost beater knives.

The purpose to the coating is to reduce rust.

So for me on a beater Busse Krylon flat black is a good fix.

Some collector types might freak out a little, let them eat cake.

If a knife feels great in your hand, and stays sharp, and does the job you want done, then beat the knife.

I do. :thumbup: :D
 
papathud said:
Flatlander,

The way I see it Busse knives are above all, first and foremost beater knives.

The purpose to the coating is to reduce rust.

So for me on a beater Busse Krylon flat black is a good fix.

Some collector types might freak out a little, let them eat cake.

If a knife feels great in your hand, and stays sharp, and does the job you want done, then beat the knife.

I do. :thumbup: :D
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That's what I say everytime I use my SH Variant:D

Bob
 
flatlander said:
Should I take the battered finish off my 1 of 300 SHBM? With the recent threads I've been thinking alot about it lately.

Bob Mills
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Nope, don't do it.

Original finish is always preferred. Just look at old 1911's and SAA's. They EARNED those marks, so did the SHBM.

Rob
 
Okay....I'm thinking that Andre and Bob need to post more abuse pics. :thumbup:

:D
 
papathud said:
The purpose to the coating is to reduce rust.
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That may be a side benefit, but the primary reason that most Busse knives come coated is to reduce costs and increase profit. It takes a lot of time and money to smooth out the grind lines and satin finish a knife. With the coating you skip that entire process and go straight from CNC'd knife to finished knife in one step.

That's why satin finished Busse knives cost more. Rusting isn't really an issue, out of the thousands of satin finished Busse knives out there I have never heard of or seen one that had serious rust.
 
360joules said:
Okay....I'm thinking that Andre and Bob need to post more abuse pics. :thumbup:

:D
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Like these?

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Gene :D
 
True, but this isn't a CNC knife.

I've never had 2 of the same straights be the same.

Otherwise, I agree with you.

Rob
 
Gene, you da man.

Where were you last weekend??

Bob, only remove one side. That way you can compare.:rolleyes:

Just remember what the electricians PD looks like.
 
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