Why strip

billygoat162 said:
Just FYI, I asked Ka-Bar a little while back about the coating coming off during food prep. They assured me that the coating is non-toxic (once cured of course--I'm sure it has nasty solvents in it when applied), but even so, they do not advise eating it. It's never flaked off on me during food prep, and after stripping my BK2 I decided to leave the coatings on the rest of my collection. No cancer for me as of yet.
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Thanks. I prefer the lower maintenance also. But to each their own. :)
 
granitestateofmind said:
It's actually called a ricasso, 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, 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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No, its actually called a "sharpening notch"
 
granitestateofmind said:
I was, obviously, typing out of my rectal orifice. Next time, I'll do a little more research before I put my foot in my actual mouth. At least we both knew what I was talking about.
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Balboa256 said:
No, its actually called a "sharpening notch"
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You must have missed my mea culpa ;). I put this question to the Beckerhead Knifemaker's Guild, after unmasking myself for the dilettante I am, and the general consensus is that it is a choil, just not a finger sized one. It is also a sharpening notch, as you have correctly pointed out, as well as a "spanish notch". Really there was no "general" consensus, but we all knew what we were talking about, anyway. I can only say that for me, opening it up a little for firesteel use has worked great, and my 9 still batons like the King.
 
A "Spanish notch"??? I've never seen a Spanish notch that looked like that. LOL. But if that's what you want to call it have at it. And yes, the 9 IS King!!!

Take Care
 
Balboa256 said:
A "Spanish notch"??? I've never seen a Spanish notch that looked like that. LOL. But if that's what you want to call it have at it. And yes, the 9 IS King!!!Take Care
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As I have put my foot in my mouth before, here's the wikipedia entry:
Some Bowie knives had a notch on the bottom of the blade near the hilt known as a "Spanish Notch". The Spanish Notch is often cited as a mechanism for catching an opponent's blade; however, some Bowie researchers hold that the Spanish Notch is ill-suited to this function and frequently fails to achieve the desired results. These researchers, instead, hold that the Spanish Notch has the much more mundane function as a tool for stripping sinew and repairing rope and nets, as a guide to assist in sharpening the blade (assuring that the sharpening process starts at a specific point and not further up the edge), or as a point to relieve stress on the blade during use.
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We still all know the thingy we're talkin' about. And if that's wrong, at least it didn't come out of my a~~.
 
I know what a Spanish notch is brother. Im just saying that the one on a Becker knife does not resemble one that I've seen at all. But yes, I know that "little thingy" your talking about. It does appear that they are actually two different things. A Spanish notch is for catching an opponents blade. When looked up in "images" it looks like it would do so. When looking up a sharpening notch it looks different like its only purpose is for sharpening. As with the Becker knife, there is no way that notch stops an opponents blade but it does in fact aid in sharpening. I have many knives with what I would consider a sharpening notch because there is no way they are designed to be fighters. I will end my nitpicking now:p. Just look them up under images. In the end who knows???
 
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Here comes the king!!!


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Has anyone put a knife straight into a sandblaster?

Is it quicker, or easier to just use the chemical stripper, then clean it up with the sandblaster?

Would be using glass bead as media....

Thanks
 
I stripped a 16 for use with food in the kitchen only...stripped the whole thing. I didn't intend on using it with the kydex sheath I had for it. I bought another 16 for use in the field with that.

For fun I inserted the knife into the kydex sheath and it had a pretty lousy fit as expected. I think most of the fit problem came from the fact that I stripped the handle area.

Part of that could be overcome by adding liners but they sure would have to be pretty thin. Just a thumbs up to anyone doing this if they plan to continue using a kydex sheath with it.
 
Like I know what I'm doing......flyin by the seat of my pants!!
Anyone have problems with the firesteel pitting?
I've got small chunks missing from the steel...not smooth at all....thinking about drilling a hole in the other end and putting the lanyard in there, to even it out.
 
jonc123 said:
I stripped a 16 for use with food in the kitchen only...stripped the whole thing. I didn't intend on using it with the kydex sheath I had for it. I bought another 16 for use in the field with that.

For fun I inserted the knife into the kydex sheath and it had a pretty lousy fit as expected. I think most of the fit problem came from the fact that I stripped the handle area.


Part of that could be overcome by adding liners but they sure would have to be pretty thin. Just a thumbs up to anyone doing this if they plan to continue using a kydex sheath with it.
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I thought about that after I stripped my 2, but the difference was so small, I thought I was imagining it..
 
Tripp1 said:
Has anyone put a knife straight into a sandblaster?

Is it quicker, or easier to just use the chemical stripper, then clean it up with the sandblaster?

Would be using glass bead as media....

Thanks
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I remember seeing a few that had been bead blasted after stripping.
It left a really nice looking finish.
 
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