Tough as Hell

[Haze240]

May not have money, but you should atleast have some smarts lol. Ditch the emery paper, find fifty cents under the couch, and pickup some proper aggressive-grit sandpaper. I've hand-polished my BK7 from 140 grit to 2000 grit before, from grind ruts and grooves to mirror, took me about 4 days. That was AFTER I had stripped the blade completely with furniture stripper. You can do it all by hand, and I commend you for it, but you'll need some better stuff than Emery cloth to get that off...you're not removing a grease spot here lol.

 

[whopper]

What does no money mean to you people? I don't have any money what-so-ever, and my parent's won't pay for chemicals for me.

Also, part of my doing this by hand is I like working with my hands, which stems from my being in scouts and liking the outdoors.

No chemicals? Your parents won't buy you chemcials but let you play with knives?

Good luck with the strippping!

 

[justtheedge]

Aircraft Remover....this stuff is no joke..

 

[DerekH]

Well, if you are going to fight us on the easy way, you might oughtta do like someone already said, go get some proper sandpaper. Get wet/dry, it works better, and if you can do it underwater it will last longer. Back it with something like and eraser or a small chunk of wood or whatever.

If you can't go buy paint remover, you could check your friends/relatives garages for some. Anyone that owns a house more than likely has a can sitting somewhere hidden in the garage or out in the shed. Might not be perfect, but it will probably be better than emery tape.

 

[justtheedge]

With the Aircraft Remover, ANY coating bubbles right off (5-20 mins).
Do not let it touch you or breath in fumes..SERIOUSLY.
Around 10-15 bucks at any automotive or hardware store.

 

[CamH_16]

Kleen strip, Krud Kutter, Jasco, any of those as long as they are Methylene Chloride based. Wear gloves & don't get it in your eye, I hear it stings.

When you get paint stripper on your hands (For me) it makes your hands feel cold...and then its starts to burn.

 

[CamH_16]

May not have money, but you should atleast have some smarts lol. Ditch the emery paper, find fifty cents under the couch, and pickup some proper aggressive-grit sandpaper. I've hand-polished my BK7 from 140 grit to 2000 grit before, from grind ruts and grooves to mirror, took me about 4 days. That was AFTER I had stripped the blade completely with furniture stripper. You can do it all by hand, and I commend you for it, but you'll need some better stuff than Emery cloth to get that off...you're not removing a grease spot here lol.

Sandpaper cost 50 cents a sheet? LOL! In Australia ONE piece of wet and dry costs about $1.00-$2.50!

 

[mrn8]

Sandpaper cost 50 cents a sheet? LOL! In Australia ONE piece of wet and dry costs about $1.00-$2.50!

At Harbor Freight, yes. At a reputable hardware store, it's more expensive...and it lasts longer.

If you have the knife, you love the outdoors and hands on work, go baton that thing through some branches, make some traps and fuzzsticks, and you'll have a cleaned off blade in no time.

 

[SpookyDriver]

Does your dad have a bench grinder with a wire wheel in the garage? You'd be done in less than 60 seconds and no chemicals to worry about.

But, if you don't have access to proper sandpaper, I'm guessing you probably don't have a grinder...

 

[oXide]

Well, if you are going to fight us on the easy way, you might oughtta do like someone already said, go get some proper sandpaper. Get wet/dry, it works better, and if you can do it underwater it will last longer. Back it with something like and eraser or a small chunk of wood or whatever.

If you can't go buy paint remover, you could check your friends/relatives garages for some. Anyone that owns a house more than likely has a can sitting somewhere hidden in the garage or out in the shed. Might not be perfect, but it will probably be better than emery tape.

I know I'm back pedaling on this, as far as the method of stripping, and I am using the recommendations about backing it with wood or something, but my situation, which is 17 with no money and no car limits me to what is left around the house from my dads old projects.

Does your dad have a bench grinder with a wire wheel in the garage? You'd be done in less than 60 seconds and no chemicals to worry about.

But, if you don't have access to proper sandpaper, I'm guessing you probably don't have a grinder...

You would be correct.

If you have the knife, you love the outdoors and hands on work, go baton that thing through some branches, make some traps and fuzzsticks, and you'll have a cleaned off blade in no time.

That's how I got it in my head to start stripping it, since it was already coming off. But just batoning and making traps and fuzz sticks won't take it off the spine of the blade, which is where I'm working on now.


I'm sorry if I sound like I asked for recommendations and then ignored them, I didn't ignore a single one, but I can't try most of them either.

Anyhow, I'm at about 98% finished on the cutting edge, now I'm working on the flats of the blade, then I'm gonna do the spine, then after that I'll do the flats under the scales.

At the moment I can't get any camera to work, but if I do it'll probably be my suckish webcam, so no high res or high quality, but you should be able to see the knife ok.