Stripping esee question

joeyza

joeyza

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I know that when you strip beckers (i just stripped my bk7) the overall finsih under the coating is not that smooth, was just wondering if that is the same with esee knives or if the finish under the coating is smoother and better finished than with beckers?
thanks!
 
they are the same. usually if a knife is coated, you can almost count on the finish underneath to be rough. thats why they coat them.
 
i thought as much, from what i've heard busse's are the only knives the seem to have decent finishes eve underneath coatings..you would expect that tho for how much busse's cost!
 
they are dimpled under the coating also. i have stripped quite a few busse knives and none had a good finish under the coating.
 
I recently stripped an ESEE 4 but did so gradually with sandpaper. Once the coating was gone I noticed that the blade was not as rough as I expected. If you plan to polish the blade, know that the 1095 will show scratches very quick with use. The coating was thicker and tougher than I thought. Chemically stripping the coating would probably be the fastest way to do so.
 
If you use chemicals to strip ESEE you will find the surface to be very rough. Not rough as in hammer or tool marks but as if they have chemically treated the steel to form microscopic pits all over so that their coating will bite. The surface almost feels like a very, very fine diamond hone. It is not like a stonewashed finish either which is why I assume it is a chemical treatment...no sanding lines at all. Since they are going to coat them I don't imagine they bother to slick them up of course, but this rough finish is very even. I have only stripped one so I suppose YMMV. ESEE seems to be coating for the sake of coating rather than covering up. They are 1095 steel and their coating makes them rather resistant to rust on the coated parts.
 
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