Thanks for your input guys! Bladite, I sent an email to Ethan a couple weeks ago, but he has been pretty busy, so, still waiting on that. I have yet to see it in person, so , I may actually like the wear, however, I figured after I shape the spin back up, there are going to be marks I want to get rid of. I would strip it the rest of the way and blue it, but , Bladite infromed me that the phosphate finish would put up one hell of a fight, and I thought it might be easier to send it to a professional and have them do another chemical coating. It seems hard coating is in my top three choices after leaving it and finding someone to re-do the phosphate.
Murph... nice try, you get the patch and that is all! Lol. No soup for you!
Thanks again for your input. Hopefully this thread will catch the eye of Uncle E.