Tips on Strippin'

M67

M67

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My NMSFNO has been a great beater, and needless to say, the coating's luster isn't quite what it used to be. The blade was tanker grey (not so much now), and the scales black micarta.

So, here I am. I figured I'd reward my knife for being so good to me by giving her a strip.

When it comes to doing a project, I'm somewhat of a perfectionist (or until it pisses me off and I put the project "on hold").

Anyway, I want to do this right, does anyone have any tips on how to polish and strip the tang so that I'm not removing too much of the micarta when I'm sanding?

I'd like to leave the scales on, just because I don't want to reattach them. But let's say I do remove the scales. I've read that I need to clamp the blade down when I'm drilling the tubes or I could slice my gut open (which I don't want to do, I had to get 3 or 4 internal stitches and 10 external on my calf recently because of a machete accident, yeah, you read right, insert joke here).

If I do remove the scales, how do I reattach them with tubes? Can I order them from somewhere or do I need to send the knife back to the shop?

Thanks for any advise.
 
I used this stuff to strip my CGFBM and Meaner. Worked like a charm. I left the scales on, it will remove all of the paint around them. Just use a scraper to push the bubbled paint off the blade, it's real easy.
The best advice I can give you is to do the stripping outside and use eye protection and gloves. I have seen here some people that have the tools to put tubes back on and others have used screws. I am sure someone will chime in with more info on
the handle removal/reattachment. I'd just wait until after Blade and send it to Busse.
Good luck on your project.

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Use a chemical stripper and a plastic scraper with stiff bristles built in. Leave the scales on, use hand and eye protection and make sure you have good ventilation. Good luck!
 
When your done, it will look like this:

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The dark gray coating is a sort of primer, tough stuff. I left mine on because it looks cool. :cool: If you wanna polish the whole thing, you should take the scales off, otherwise there is no real way to get the infi dimples next to the scales sanded down.

To re-attach them, its no biggie... see this thread. I use screw heads. :thumbup:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=656170&page=2
 
kdstrick said:
The dark gray coating is a sort of primer, tough stuff. I left mine on because it looks cool. :cool: If you wanna polish the whole thing, you should take the scales off, otherwise there is no real way to get the infi dimples next to the scales sanded down.
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I left the scales on, and most of that primer was already gone because I batoned A LOT with it, so I went and polished it.

I lucked out too, no INFI dimples on the blade! :thumbup: On the tang, inbetween the sclales, is another story though, some groves, no big deal.
 
M67 said:
I left the scales on, and most of that primer was already gone because I batoned A LOT with it, so I went and polished it.

I lucked out too, no INFI dimples on the blade! :thumbup: On the tang, inbetween the sclales, is another story though, some groves, no big deal.
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It looks good, man. :cool:
 
M67 said:
I picked up that paint stripper you recommended, and I should have wore gloves, that was the first paint stripper I've used that burned my bare hands
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Oh, yeah... wear gloves! :D

That stuff is pretty rough on the epidermis. ;)
 
M67 said:
I picked up that paint stripper you recommended, and I should have wore gloves, that was the first paint stripper I've used that burned my bare hands
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I've stripped 8 knives using that stripper. I've never worn gloves, and i've regretted it every single time. Each time I do so I say "I'm going to buy gloves", and then I forget and don't feel like going back to the store, so I start stripping, then burn my hands, put them under cold water, and repeat.
 
Hello fellow hog-friends.

Did you get the best results with alkaline paint stripper or with solvent based paint stripper?
I cannot see your product recommendation any more.

Thanks in advance, cheers, let's drink.
 
Well, it is a 6 year old thread.

I've stripped other brands of knives using Citri-strip. You can find it at walmart.
 
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