Stripped my Izula..Option from ESEE would be nice......

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The other night for no reason at all I started to sharpen my knife and was side tracked..

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I soaked it in lacquer thinner for a couple hours, then used another knife to strip the coating, I'm kinda disappointed I did it as the knife has imperfections in the metal, of course I never seen this with the coating on.. I've had this knife about a year and some of you may remember this knife was dull from the start, not like the newer ESEE version I have now, sharp out of the package..
maybe I got a lemon from the factory?? who knows after all its a production knife, I will say though this sucker is super sharp now, and slices through newspaper like nothing.. super smooth.. Although I've polished the blade it has a little more work to do to make it a show stopper..

altogether including sharpening it took me a total of 15minutes.. another drawback in striping is the knife rattles a little in the sheath now..

I think ESEE should offer all their knifes with an optional "no coating", or at least on the Izula.. would save them money too as many people are striping their blades anyhow..
 
I stripped one of mine and it also has imperfections on the blade.

Mine also rattles in the sheath.

I agree with you that they should offer an uncoated version.
 
I'm on the fence about the stripped blades. I might strip one of my Izulas if/when the blade coating gets worn enough to start looking crappy. OTOH, I like the coating for the rust-prevention, since they ARE 1095 not stainless.

Still, I've seen some pretty good looking stripped/patina'd ESEE's on here too.

Maybe I'll have to get a full double set, so I can keep one coated, and strip the other.

Still, yours is lookin' good. Look forward to the pics when you "finish" your polishing. :)
 
Cool. Reminds me of the prototypes....I kick myself for sellin mine. I liked the thickness, and saber grind.
 
I think it would require more work to offer them in the "stripped" format. Really thinking about it, they would have to ensure that all their stripped knives had no visual imperfections thus upping the QC and costing more money. Moreover, they would also have to spend time polishing each individual knife to have a presentable look for the ELU.

In reference, I know that another knife company sells their satin blades at a higher cost due to extra work involved in getting the actual blade to the satin finish.
 
I like the well used look when the coating starts to wear off.. makes it looks well loved :thumbup:
 
TheGame said:
I like the well used look when the coating starts to wear off.. makes it looks well loved :thumbup:
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now you tell me ...............

I could never achieve the sharpness I wanted, until now... perhaps I need to go back to hand sharpening vs. mechanical..
 
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