Stripped H.E.S.T.

[Nemo]

My stripped H.E.S.T. got character !
:thumbup:

cheers
Nemo

 

[jimdandy197647]

That looks awesome!

 

[jocawalk]

Awesome :thumbup:

 

[Monsieur]

Pas mal du tout! :thumbup:

 

[beaverballs]

Not bad at all. How'd ya do it?

 

[Heath2]

wow nice. how did you strip it?

 

[gundude73]

i like it, it looks like it should be that way :thumbup:

 

[ss2211]

The really does look beautiful.

 

[dangreco]

Que bonita es! And the background, too.

 

[LWLew]

Nice. Is it the lighting or do you have some sort of bluing coated on it?

 

[Nemo]

Thank you everybody.
I used a paint remover gel. Removed the scales. Soaked the naked HEST in the gel for 30 minutes on aluminium foil. Then I used old wood spatulas and old toothbrush to remove the black goo. (coating turned to goo! :-D)
The grey patina was underneath the black goo I was not expecting it.
Some leather stropping and voilà !
(No sand paper used.)

The blade is soft to touch and the patina looks great ! The strop edge shines like a mirror. The thick blade looks even more solid without the coating. Impressive piece of steel !
Cheers
Nemo

 

[Mistwalker]

That looks really good! I like the new look!

 

[jack lowe]

nice looking H.E.S.T.! :thumbup::thumbup:

 

[choltzapple]

That looks BAD ASS.

I never thought I needed a HEST until now. Did the paint stripper cause the patina or do you think it was always like that under the coating? If it was the stripper, what brand is that and where can I get it?

 

[TAGannon]

Fantastic. I love it!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Bmw4z84]

even meaner looking than before!

 

[jack lowe]

is that DPX GEAR logo on all H.E.S.T.?

 

[DocBurN]

very sexy indeed..
je suis vraiment jaloux!!

 

[rwasham]

very cool!

 

[DH1]

is that DPX GEAR logo on all H.E.S.T.?

As far as I know, yes, everyone has it.

Great looking blade BTW:thumbup: