Stripped my first rat!

[kansasjayglocker]

I got a good deal from a forum member on a Chopweiler user, & decided to strip and blast it!! I really like the raw, kind of industrial look of the steel. Been keeping a real light coat of oil on it to protect the blade. Here's some pics along w/ the sheath Dave made for me.

 

[Mr. Night]

nice choppa mang

 

[Cutshaw]

Naked Rats are hot.

 

[David Brown]

Looks great.

And look at the heat treat line awesome.

 

[chickenplucker]

Love your Chopweiller, DC Rats are sweet !!!!!

 

[sleevefullofaces]

That looks awesome! Nice work.

 

[bld522]

DC Rats are sweet !!!!!

Yep. Just keep that blade protected. SR101 loves to rust and DC SR101 loves to rust the most.

 

[rpn]

ya done good!

chicken plucker, that ratweiler looks insane.if you decide ever to ditch it- call me!

 

[kansasjayglocker]

Looks great.

And look at the heat treat line awesome.

I thought that heat treat line was pretty cool myself. And the sheath is not too bad either!:thumbup:

Thanks to everyone for the kind remarks.

 

[iamtoast]

Which stripper or other process did you guys use to remove the coating?

 

[resinguy]

That's really good looking. :thumbup:

Can you give us the details on the blast process you used?

 

[kansasjayglocker]

That's really good looking. :thumbup:

Can you give us the details on the blast process you used?

Here's what I used. I stripped it twice w/ the chemical stripper, then went to blasting with fine glass bead blast media (Grainger #2W766).

 

[iamtoast]

Looks like a crack lab version of a paintball marker.

 

[resinguy]

AFAIK, the Busse shop process uses an abrasive grit first, followed by the glass bead blast to smooth/seal the surface.

 

[Maqua]

Looking good! I forced a mustard patina on my M9LE and it seems to slow, or at least hide, any rusting.