You know what's harder than chopping down a giant frozen birch tree with an NMFBM?

[230grains]

I give it a month.

 

[Ankerson]

Like I said, I gotta get my moneys worth!

BTW, this sage coating is tough. I've used this knife for probably a combined total of 8 hours of non stop splitting/chopping so far and all I have is smoothing and a little bald spot on the spine from whacking it with a baton. I wanna beat it off it before I strip it.

That sage is very tough, all it seems to do is just get smooth a little and that's it.

 

[d762nato]

That sage is very tough, all it seems to do is just get smooth a little and that's it.

Is that such a bad thing,

 

[Ankerson]

Is that such a bad thing,

No, it's a good thing.

I was just saying.

 

[230grains]

Is that such a bad thing,

It is, I hate coating. I do like the look of worn coating though. The best looking knives to me have the coating beaten off, not stripped. It shows history and love of the knife. The only reason I even want to strip this is for a full convex edge/grind like the NMFBM LE.

 

[DowntownDM]

nice work, however masochistic.

funny how everyone's taste differs, btw.

I hate coating. knives are steel, and I want to see and feel the steel. but, as a man with many hobbies and a propensity to tinker sometimes, I don't mind going through the process of stripping and modifying one. feels more personal.

 

[RussMo]

Dang Mike, I'd say that's a hell of a work out Bro!!!