Switched up my 908-1501 just a bit.

Polo1000rr

Polo1000rr

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Never been a fan of coated blades so I swapped the blade from my 908 and put it onto my 908-1501. For me it's much better is way. Anyone else try improvising this way and how did it turn out for you?
 

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Swapping blades worked really well on your knife It looks great with that satin blade! :thumbup:
 
Is the 1501 an M4 blade? Personally I'd rather have the M4 blade if that's the case. Just strip the coating
 
Thanks jkarp_53!

Yea it is M4. Isn't m4 highly corrosive? Also, I've read that this type of coating is super hard to get off. How would you recommend I get it off? If I could get it off and then stone wash it it would probably look really good. I've seen a couple of guy stuff sand it down to where it's sort of a mix between coated and not coated.
 
Polo1000rr said:
Thanks jkarp_53!

Yea it is M4. Isn't m4 highly corrosive? Also, I've read that this type of coating is super hard to get off. How would you recommend I get it off? If I could get it off and then stone wash it it would probably look really good. I've seen a couple of guy stuff sand it down to where it's sort of a mix between coated and not coated.
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M4 doesn't really rust that easily unless you're in the tropics or expose it to corrosive substances. Also, you can give it a bath in apple cider vinegar mixed with lemon juice for 2-12 hours and force a patina that ranges from light grey to black.

Benchmade BK coating is garbage especially at the price, the 908 used cerakote, which is better but not DLC like it should be. It can be removed but usually takes things like acetone and a dremel.
 
Thanks for the info John. I may look into this more and try it. I would love to have the M4 blade with the coating stripped off.
 
Polo1000rr said:
Thanks for the info John. I may look into this more and try it. I would love to have the M4 blade with the coating stripped off.
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You could also try a DIY stone tumbling...get a plastic jar with screw on lid, put the blade in the jar with some fairly course stones or ceramic polishing nuggets (whatever they're really called), wrap it in a towel and tumble it in your dryer for a few hours. This will help to break up the coating to you can later remove the rest using abrasives. Forget the thing about acetone, apparently Cerakote is designed to resist things like that.
 
Aside from the toxic nature of acetone, which I would not use, the procedure above sounds good. You'll find the coating nearly impossible to remove entirely. Like BK or Cerakote, the material bonds to the surface of the blade and requires, (Or can require...) a lot of work to remove it. Remember M4 is a high-carbon tool steel and typically needs protection from the elements. ...and Yes, BK stinks as a protective coating. You'll probably have to sharpen the edge once the finish is where you want it to be.
 
I wonder if scraping it off and then tumbling it in the dryer would give it a nice finish. I bet that would do the trick. Then Justin put an nice edge back on it. I think I'll try this.
 
Just have the M4 blade reground. That bad boy will be a mad slicer. I think the grind is too thick from the factory anyway. ;)
 
Old news, but a number of years ago I took the BK coating off my 710D2. Between 220 down to 600 grit sanding sponges and no further, the blade came out OK; I was never able to fully remove the BK over the laser marking on both sides. I agree with friend David, a steeper angle, more to 20 degrees inclusive following the removal made for a great slicer. Same would follow for M4.
 
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