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Tripp1

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Thanks to Fordsnstuff, for a seamless trade for a couple of Beckers.

Why strip, really????
To me anyway this is a working knife, not a museum piece.
Don't get me wrong, there are some sweet finish mods I've seen out there, but other than looks, it seems like a lot of extra work, right off the bat.
Maybe as it wears, change it up then, but this is an industrial powder coat/ epoxy???
If it ain't broke, why fix??



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I find the coating creates more friction when cutting and battoning. In fact I didn't really like my coated 17 when comparing it to my stripped 16...Spray of paint stripper on the 17 later and I actually prefer the 17 now over the 16...Maybe its all in my head who knows? Still, I do it.

Around food most people prefer to ditch the coating too.
 
Modifying your Becker is part of the cult. It sold me on them. It can be a personalized knife. Their knives are so well priced there just begging to be modified. It almost makes me feel like I made the knife. About once a week I look to see if there are any new posts of Becker mods.
 
CamH_16 said:
I find the coating creates more friction when cutting and battoning. In fact I didn't really like my coated 17 when comparing it to my stripped 16...Spray of paint stripper on the 17 later and I actually prefer the 17 now over the 16...Maybe its all in my head who knows? Still, I do it.

Around food most people prefer to ditch the coating too.
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j4ckwr4th said:
This. I eat off my 2 all the time. I don't believe industrial powder coat epoxy is part of the food pyramid.
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But bare steel puts a little iron in your diet...and most of us could use that.
 
When somebody screws up removing the coating, they claim it as "wear marks"

But I think its to make it more personal to the owner, its just like dying g10 or acid washing the blade.
 
Tripp1 said:
Would Gun Blue be an Ok finish to eat with??
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ABSOLUTELY NOT! To answer your other question, patinas are done with almost every kind of food acid, and if you just strip your blade and use it, it'll develop a patina of it's own, but a lot of people just accelerate the process by "forcing" a patina - BF and YouTube are your best bet for info & ideas. The blade steel won't hurt you and does add minuscule amounts of iron, which is good for you. Also, if you take care of your blade w/ mineral oil, that's non-toxic as well (it's used as a laxative in larger amounts) and doesn't get gummy or go rancid like cooking oils (which you can also use but not recommended IMO).
Mineral oil is also a decent lubricant for oil based sharpening stones and it's a great food-safe treatment for wooden bowls and spoons.
 
You guys were right....almost a gravely finish on the Blade, hanging up on stuff

Now to pick a patina.... Or just leave it....we'll see
 
Tripp1 said:
You guys were right....almost a gravely finish on the Blade, hanging up on stuff

Now to pick a patina.... Or just leave it....we'll see
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Throw it in some warm vinegar or brush on some mustard. Several soaks of white vinegar gives an almost bead blasted very flat grey patina.
 
You can also stick the uncoated knife in a grapefruit or orange which will leave a cool pattern on the blade from the different veins and pockets within the fruit. Oh and I'm not sure if anybody else has already mentioned it above or not but a lot of people keep some mineral oil on there uncoated blade if they are worried about it rusting but you have to apply it quite often. I've also read very good thing about Frog Lube being a good rust inhibitor but also food grade.
 
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Haha, that went quick!
Now you have a good reason to play with your knife every day, gotta wipe it and oil it, even if you didn't actually use it :)
 
Tripp1 said:
You guys were right....almost a gravely finish on the Blade, hanging up on stuff

Now to pick a patina.... Or just leave it....we'll see
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whatever the patina, make sure when you are done you neutralize the acid with some baking soda...otherwise it keeps on eating steel....
 
Post strip and stainless hardware
Looks as good as it feels!!
Still hung up on patinas, I'll just wait for the right one to jump in my head!!
Thanks for looking


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Anyone open the fire steel curve to 3/8??
That and REALLY like the jobbing on the 17,
Gotta whip something up for the 2 as well
 
Tripp1 said:
Anyone open the fire steel curve to 3/8??
That and REALLY like the jobbing on the 17,
Gotta whip something up for the 2 as well
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It's actually called a ricasso (insert foot in mouth. It is not, but I will take full responsibility for my idiocy and leave this glaring mistake as it is, as a reminder to myself), and I opened up my 9's with a 3/8's dremel stone. Works well with a firesteel. The grooves on the 17 I think you are referring to are called jimping (got this one right, anyway), and you can put 'em on your 2 with a dremel or round diamond files. Man, you are going to town!
 
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