Time for another BOSS Street thread

MORIMOTOM said:
the decarb was mostly on the competition finish blades. ive never seen the decarb on stripped knives, and ive had more than a few.

any chemical paint stripper will work, and there is no need to remove the scales.
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What he said. I have stripped my two coated versions, and no decarb there either. Some infi dimples on the flats of the SS handle. No decarb and no rust either.
 
Oh, snap, my gold membership must have just expired.......I feel so exposed!!!!!
 
I think what people are mistaking for decarburization is actually this.

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That's AFTER the coating was removed (Except near the bottom).

I've found that not all knives really have it to that extent, but the sage and lighter colors tend to have it more than the darker coatings.
 
Never having had a kydex sheath before, on the BOSS is there any risk of it falling out? ie. even while cycling?
 
230grains said:
I think what people are mistaking for decarburization is actually this.

strip2.jpg


That's AFTER the coating was removed (Except near the bottom).

I've found that not all knives really have it to that extent, but the sage and lighter colors tend to have it more than the darker coatings.
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I agree, like a primer coat or something. my BWM had it, but it comes off.
 
MORIMOTOM said:
the decarb was mostly on the competition finish blades. ive never seen the decarb on stripped knives, and ive had more than a few.

any chemical paint stripper will work, and there is no need to remove the scales.
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That's great news, Thanks for letting me know.
-Gabriel
 
Cadman2008 said:
Never having had a kydex sheath before, on the BOSS is there any risk of it falling out? ie. even while cycling?
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Made correctly they are extremely secure and kinda snap in as the last inch or so goes in. Takes a fair tug or using your thumb for leverage to get them out. They are not going anywhere unexpectedly.
 
I've had some kydex sheaths snap very securely, i've had others that you could tip the sheath over and shake a tiny bit and the knife would fall right out.
 
I've had a couple that I easily altered using a blow dryer. I warmed up the area at the end where the knife is inserted and pushed it together a little for a tighter fit, while the knife was inside the sheath. It is relatively easy to do, just keep checking the material until it gets pliable a little. Don't heat it too much or it will start losing its shape.
 
230grains said:
I think what people are mistaking for decarburization is actually this.

strip2.jpg


That's AFTER the coating was removed (Except near the bottom).

I've found that not all knives really have it to that extent, but the sage and lighter colors tend to have it more than the darker coatings.
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Could be why the lighter coatings hold up so well... It's pics like this that make me worry about stripping. If my boss street came out like that I would have to sand it down by hand! I know it's a small knife but it would take me a while. There are a couple of knife makers where I live that might let me use there belt sanders, that would speed things up a lot...
 
In my experience ALL Busse knives have a dull grey finish to the steel after using a stripper. It's not a primer, and probably not the problematic decarb, but we don't know what it really is. Some guys just use a ScotchBrite wheel chucked into an electric drill to clean it up.

If the knife has a full height flat grind, then the INFI dimples are not a problem. The sabre grinds will have the dimples on the flats, and even the convex BWM and NMFBM had some ugliness in a line just below the spine. Hand sanding will take many hours, but that depends on how pretty you want it. I use a Harbor Freight 1x30, I'm lazy, and have low standards, so a ghetto satin works for me. YMMV.
 
Ok, good to know... The knife I'm gonna be stripping down is full flat so I don't think I'll run into any problems. Judging by the pictures of the boss street at the beginning, no problems at all. That thing looked damn fine with no polishing what so ever. I do like the look of some ugly INFO on a high rise flat grind though, IMO the contrast is way hot, especially with the spine polished to a mirror!
Cheers
-Gabe
 
Hard to tell, but is the choil an elf choil or a useful one? If an elf, do you think it could be made useful? Also, anybody know the weight of the Boss?
 
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The choil is a tad small but I can just fit the side of my finger in without worrying about cutting it while working. Not sure how much it weighs I'm guessing 12-14 oz.
 
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