Yep! The First Production Run Etching on LE16 is GONE! Yep! Gone!

[runtothehills]

See, it's gone! I like it!:


Yes, It can be done............etching gone!

 

[whereismyclock]

I left mine. Didn't particularly mind it. Though that is some nice looking etching sir.

 

[thrillbilly]

If the nice silver/grey two-tone on mine wears off...Im gonna get rid of the FPR banner but I'm keeping Mr. Ethan's sig

Looks great, like the looks of it with all-over etch...if I get a FFg16 I may copy that look

 

[UCPOPO]

Looks MUCH better in my opinion without the FPR and signature. How difficult was it to remove?

 

[runtothehills]

Looks MUCH better in my opinion without the FPR and signature. How difficult was it to remove?

Hand sand for a couple hours, not to bad if you space it out with a few beers!

 

[runtothehills]

If the nice silver/grey two-tone on mine wears off...Im gonna get rid of the FPR banner but I'm keeping Mr. Ethan's sig

Looks great, like the looks of it with all-over etch...if I get a FFg16 I may copy that look

Took about 20 minutes of hand sanding to get rid of the darker two-tone. That's alot of regular use, you should be good for awhile.

 

[Renegade90]

That is a really great job on the etching! How did you apply the blue to get that effect?

 

[thrillbilly]

Took about 20 minutes of hand sanding to get rid of the darker two-tone. That's alot of regular use, you should be good for awhile.

thats helpful to know! thanks for sharing that, I did think it seemed pretty durable.

 

[runtothehills]

That is a really great job on the etching! How did you apply the blue to get that effect?

I clitch'd it! Learned it from this forum. Thanks guys! It's easy as 123. Strip it, I used Klean-strip from Walmat, cost $8. Bought Perma Blue from Walmart in the gun department for $4. Use a cotton ball, and dab it over the whole knife. I waited one minute. Then I put the knife in a small foil pan with bleach for 45 min., when it comes out its all rusty looking. I dryed and sanded it off, then applied another light coat of Pemra Blue, let it dry and hit it with a fine sanding block, then oiled it. This was my first try, didn't come out to bad. Going to do my 9 next weekend.

 

[Renegade90]

I clitch'd it! Learned it from this forum. Thanks guys! It's easy as 123. Strip it, I used Klean-strip from Walmat, cost $8. Bought Perma Blue from Walmart in the gun department for $4. Use a cotton ball, and dab it over the whole knife. I waited one minute. Then I put the knife in a small foil pan with bleach for 45 min., when it comes out its all rusty looking. I dryed and sanded it off, then applied another light coat of Pemra Blue, let it dry and hit it with a fine sanding block, then oiled it. This was my first try, didn't come out to bad. Going to do my 9 next weekend.

Thanks for the great info. I used a small cotton swab on my necker and like the pattern it left but based on your pictures and those of others, using a cotton ball seems to leave a very cool pattern indeed.

 

[fatheadhill]

Nice job! Hopefully, one of these days I'm gonna get ballsy enough to try something like this on my BK-2, or BK-9

 

[Cobra281]

The title of this thread got me wondering how many were actually left.

As of 5 mins ago:


BK15 ... 183
BK16 ... 107
BK17 ... 105