Stripped and Convexed my Swamp Rat Ratmandu

[norcalblacktail]

I decided to take my Swamp Rat Ratmandu strip it and convex it. I am not a fan of coatings except for the fact that the knife is cheaper that way. I forgot to take pics of it before and the stripping process. But what I did was take a can of Klean Strip Premium Stripper and spray it on the knife. It literally took about 5 mins and the coating was ready to be wiped off. It was very easy. I then hit the scotchbrite belt on my Kalamazoo 1X42". It took off the dull gray real quick. I then thinned and convexed the edge and finished it off with the leather belt. Total process took about an hour. This was my first time doing anything like this. Hows she look?

Heres a pic of what it looked like before. Red arrow. ( Not my pic)

Heres what it looked like right after I stripped it.

And all done

You can see the rodent bite marks in the blade.

 

[mtnfolk mike]

man.. that came out great...:thumbup: i like it much better... nice work Nate...

 

[Snow]

Wow, that looks nice. How long did it take you?

 

[bondy]

Man that looks a lot better, nice one.

 

[norcalblacktail]

Wow, that looks nice. How long did it take you?

About an hour.

 

[ZombaiO]

It looks really great !

 

[theonew]

Nice job, that looks much better and more useful :thumbup:

 

[TheGame]

Great job on the stripping and convexing! Very nice!

 

[dawsonbob]

That looks pretty nice. Well done. Looks really clean and sleek.

 

[mcjhrobinson]

nice work norcal! i miss woodside, ca

have you used her yet?

 

[WILLIAM.M]

man.. That came out great...:thumbup: I like it much better... Nice work nate...

I agree 110%

 

[banana-clip]

That looks really nice...I bet its super shart too

 

[Marcelo Cantu]

That came out great! Does the stripper affect the micarta at all?

 

[CWL]

Nice work, I've done the same to a BK7 and RD9, but yours came out much better.

You can see the rodent bite marks in the blade.

Any idea what caused those impressions?

 

[norcalblacktail]

nice work norcal! i miss woodside, ca

have you used her yet?

Just did it today. Havent used her yet. Did you used to live in Woodside?

That came out great! Does the stripper affect the micarta at all?

Stripper has no effect on the micarta.

Nice work, I've done the same to a BK7 and RD9, but yours came out much better.


Any idea what caused those impressions?

I think its something from the machining process as far as I can tell.

 

[mcjhrobinson]

it is the machining process....i know INFI usually has dimples unless youre lucky.

norcal well i technically lived in RWC on woodside rd by the safeway...but i worked in woodside alot doing landscaping...i sure do miss those foggy mornings!

 

[Fonly]

Nice! that looks very, very good, and sharp.