Should I strip her?

[POINTMANDDT]

After seeing a post about how easy it is to strip the coating off of a blade; I've been think about stripping my NMSFNO. Does anyone have pics of how their stripped NMSFNO looks? Also, once you strip it I will be able to put a sharper edge on it right?

 

[MustardMan]

I dont see any reason why a stripped knife would be able to take a sharper edge than a coated one. It might reduce friction for slicing and batoning, but it probably won't be much.

 

[JGarrison Knives]

I say strip it, It looks a little different now, not much though.

Here it is after stripping but with the decarb still on it.

 

[norcalblacktail]

Here you go...I dont mind the coatings but everything looks better stripped/satin IMO.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=642593&highlight=stripped
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=640338&highlight=stripped

The coating doesnt effect how sharp you can get the knife.

 

[POINTMANDDT]

Perfect thanks for the pics

 

[MustardMan]

Expect to have to do a bunch of sanding after stripping it, too... and a WHOLE BUNCH of sanding if you want to get rid of the INFI dimples.


I'm keeping the coating on my Bama Clay NMSFNO for the time being

 

[JGarrison Knives]

I would say the infi dimples on mine werent deep at all.

 

[jms2021]

I think it looks good at this stage...but what do I know? I am DRUNK! Just my 2 cents I think an NMSFNO looks good, no mater what blade coating (or lack of coating) there is...So as the bossman says: LETS DRINK!!!