I decided to strip it... used a can of klean strip, coating came off with minimal effort. used some 600 grit to clean it up a bit.
This was the only pic I took during the process. I just used some pieces of wood to scrape. I used tie wire in the handle to move it around. I started in the garage but ended up going outside.
great job! looks real neat and even. It looks like you were strippin the entire knife in ^ that picture, what did you use to keep it nice and even, painters tape or sumthin?
It kinda came out that way, kinda two toned... then I cleaned it up a bit with 600 grit on the bottom side edge.
