Sometimes a Queen can clean up nicely

Cobalt said:
Let me tell you, the original Busse smooth coat is made from kryptonite. It is ten times tougher than todays coatings. It was such a pita to remove. I took the handles off and did about 5 applications of Jasco stripper and brass brushed it. Then 320 grit finish and wallah, done.
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Congrats Cobalt! :)

Any idea what type of coating it had?
 
That's beautiful! That sheath looks good too. None of mine have the name stitched onto the belt loop though.
 
Dang! That's a very nice blade! I notice it has screws in the handle instead of tubes, cool stuff. [emoji106]
 
Tyrade83 said:
That's beautiful! That sheath looks good too. None of mine have the name stitched onto the belt loop though.
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You are correct. The upper loop on that one is not original. I could not find the original belt loop so substituted one in until I can find it. The rest of it is original.
 
Andy the Aussie said:
Very nive old school blade mate !!!!! I have not dabbled in the older blades, I am afraid to, the newer versions keep me hooking long enough hours on my corner as it is !!!

Survival Sheath Systems... was that the guy from Oregon ?
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It is more nostalgia with me as the SHBM time frame is when I got into Busse.
 
Cobalt said:
Let me tell you, the original Busse smooth coat is made from kryptonite. It is ten times tougher than todays coatings. It was such a pita to remove. I took the handles off and did about 5 applications of Jasco stripper and brass brushed it. Then 320 grit finish and wallah, done.
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I don't know if you can get this stuff in the US, but it takes the smooth coat right off on every knife I've tried. It softens it enough that a little brushing under hot water with a stiff brush takes it right off. A little bit of scotch brite and they're beautiful, dimply, and shiny.
 
Tyrade83 said:
I don't know if you can get this stuff in the US, but it takes the smooth coat right off on every knife I've tried. It softens it enough that a little brushing under hot water with a stiff brush takes it right off. A little bit of scotch brite and they're beautiful, dimply, and shiny.
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Ah, no wonder it works so well. That's the good stuff, made with methylene chloride. Didn't know anyone still sold that kind of stripper.

looks like you can buy it here:

http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/show_product.do?pid=1694

http://www.swingpaints.com/product/1800
 
Jasco, which is what I used uses the exact same ingredients. It even melts latex gloves. The old smooth coating still took forever to remove.
 
Here is a video of the stuff I used. Look at how it takes the crappy coating off the Becker BK7. I wish Busse would use those crappy coatings.

[video=youtube;Taw3uTEkfSo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Taw3uTEkfSo[/video]

oh and it took two cans and 5 hours to get the stuff almost all off.
 
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