Stripped my BK-15

salvo

salvo

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I decided to strip a couple of blades, one was my BK-15.
I picked up some etchant from Radio shack and stripper from Home Depot and used green 3M pad to smooth it out, cold blued it then convexed the edge on my home made strops.
I started the etching Yesterday after work, I just puddled it on the logo, let it sit for an hour or more, clean it off under hot water and a bronze brush it and start over, probably took 3-4 applications on each side.


Then it's into the stripper, it took two applications and a bit of scraping.


After stripping I buffed it with green 3M pads and gave it two coats of cold blue, then gave a hair popping convexed edge.
 
Sexy as hell. What kinda bluing? I bought a kit once for my shotgun, but other than that.. Man that's a fine blade
 
Just be careful if you are planning on using that knife for food. Bluing I believe is toxic.

Looks super though! Nicely done.
 
Chameleonbear said:
Just be careful if you are planning on using that knife for food. Bluing I believe is toxic.

Looks super though! Nicely done.
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Damn the luck. I love using my Beckers for food prep. I guess sticking to vinegar patina will have to suffice. So bk 15 or magnum? Food prep in mind. I've been using the 16..
 
The acid blue method used on older double barrel shotguns will be o.k. It is labor intensive.
 
Yeah, that does look awesome. I use all my knives at some point for food prep so they never get any thing but a rinse and wipe.
 
Thanks guys! and for the concern of using the knife for food prep, I appreciate it.
I did some research before using the cold blue, seems to be two thoughts on it, as far as food prep goes.
I'm not worried about it but that's me, if you blue you'll need to do your research and come up with your own conclusion.
 
Alnamvet68, I'll take pictures this after noon on the logo's they are all there just hard to see being all blued.

Ray Settanta, the black canvas micarta on the Busse is not affected by the stripper at all, just dries it totally out, I put some olive oil on the Micarta and it looks like new. After stripping I cleaned the steel up with the 3M pads and called it finished.
Here is a pick of the Boss Street afterwards.
 
Damn that Boss blade is beautifully done.

As a side note, I really don't know why manufacturers refuse to offer up a nicely finished stainless (by this I mean not stone washed) blade on their more popular offerings. Many of us press our knives into food preparation, and while the durable and cheaper to produce paint finishes are, well, durable and cheaper, I doubt many would complain if our favorite models came in a bright stainless steel at a higher price. I can see paying, say, $75.00 - $100.00 street price for a nicely polished and properly heat treated D2 or 440C steel BK-11, 14, or 24.
 
I agree with Alnamvet68. I would definitely pay extra for one of the tweeners in d2 or s30v or something like that. And Your 15 looks awesome salvo
 
Cool. IS the logo not etched very deep from the factory? I supose it is just a light laser etching? How deep is it now after using the PCB Etchant?

Thanks,
Greebe
 
The etching did not look very deep from the factory, but may have been fine?
I'm not sure how deep they are now, I didn't go crazy with the etchant, just wanted to be sure the logo's would still be there once stripped.
 
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