looks good to me i like hand sanding its a little more personal but i got lazy now i just use stripper
I wasn't able to get most of it off the handle, and if you look closely you should be able to see where I couldn't get it off the blade, right at the heel.
About a million people have alredy told you to get some paint stripper. Is it seriously out fo your budget? You can afford 2 70 dollar knives but cant afford a 5-10 dollar bottle of stripper? Seriously, It will save you time, work, leave a clean stripped knife and probably money in the long run. Sorry man, not being mean its just weird thats all...
Actually, I spent all my money on those two $70 knives, I've said it before and I'll say it again, the only job I'm capable of having at this point is working seasonally at the local Boy Scout camp, and I get anywhere from 6-10 weeks in the summer and 1 week in the winter, being paid about $75-$85 a week, so at the end of the summer I walk away with anywhere from $600 (before taxes) to $680 (also before taxes), so I go through that at some point, and I used the last of it on my two knives, so when I can afford it again, I will get that $5-$10 can of chemicals and some gloves thick enough to use with said chemicals. Now, that restriction is due to my not being able to drive, and the one car.
Yeah, a quart of Jasco Kleen-Strip should cost you less than $10 at the local hardware store. I've stripped 4-5 knives and haven't used even 1/4 of it yet.
That sounds like it would last me quite a while, unless I go on a Becker Binge right after summer camp....
Oh...wow, man. When did the rock concert start????
I was using it to fuse the paracord after I rewrapped it
I scraped the coating off my BK5 blade by hand with a carbide scraper. Took about 10 minutes. Left the coating on the handle. Seems like a decent alternative to using messy chemicals. That said, I'd buy stripper if I was going to do a bunch of knives.
Did you have issues with the heel of the knife not getting stripped?
i could pee on mine, and the coating would come off. strong this one is...
but yeah, hard works builds character, but a few hours finding cans buys some paint stripper
I agree, hard work does build character, to bad people don't leave cans lying up and down the road like they do in other places, the best I can find aside from the occasional bud bottle is Micky D's bags....
Mow someone's yard and you can get a pair of checmical resistant gloves, too.
Trust me, you want them. Oh, and don't flick a bug off your nose, either, it's better to let the bug bite you. Experience is a cruel teacher.
I live in a rural community where the minimum amount of land you can own is 5 acres.... And my little red craftsman riding mower isn't up to anything more than the front and back of my own yard over a month long period.... And thank you for the warning, experience is a cruel teacher.
