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After living vicariously through the pix of the Busse Strip Club (You know who you are) for a few years, I thought it was finally time to take the plunge.
I decided to etching the logos, and from what I read in the forums, thought it would be most efficient to etch and strip three knives at once.
#1 Busse DTBM BG. I wanted a satin one sooo bad, I bought two so I could strip one.
#2 Busse Argonne Attack CG - Booya! She really needed to be nekkid!
#3 Busse Original NMFBM CG - Beat on her some and the coating was starting to come off, so into the CitriStrip ya go baby.
I used clampdaddy's process (thank you sir!) to etch the logos.
No dam, applied the etchant with a Q-tip to the blades, waited 20 minutes, soaked up the excess etchant, wash, scrub with a brass brush and repeated 6 times.
I followed up with a baking soda wash and rinse. Was very easy and worked very well.
Got one of those disposable aluminum turkey pans and coated all three knives in CitriStrip, arranged them in the pan, and left 'em overnight.
Used one of those pizza stone plastic scrapers from Pampered Chef, and a plastic putty knife to strip off the coatings.
That little scraper is amazing! The corners let me get into all the nooks and crannies and even get some of the talon hole cleaned out.
I don't know what Jerry put in the new Black coating in O2W, but it was a bear to get off the DTBM!
It was the only one I had to use a metal putty knife on, and I considered hitting her with CitriStrip a second time.
The NMFBM bubbled up and came right off, and the Tanker Grey on the AA from O2W did the same.
After stripping all three down to the decarb, I started sanding with #1, the DTBM.
I've got the grinder gremlins that most folks have, and thats okay with me.
My goal from the get-go has been a Competition style finish.
I don't have the machinery, skill using it, or the time to try and do a satin(ish) finish. Not to mention I DONT want to take the handles off!
I didn't take a before pic of the DTBM Black/Black Canvas, but here is her sister wearing Tanker Grey with Green/Black G-10 for reference:
And here she is now:
I REALLY happy with how she came out! She looks rough, tough and ready for action!
#2 Argonne Attack - Do have before pix of her:
And her she is now:
She looks just wicked! I love the rough and tumble Competition finish!!!
I'm going to try and finish #3 the NMFBM next week, and then post up some pix of her.
Next Im planning on stripping one of my BB-13s, one of the BG AKs, and am considering stripping my Battle Shark and the Hognose War Sword when that arrives.
Madness I tell you, MADNESS!!
I decided to etching the logos, and from what I read in the forums, thought it would be most efficient to etch and strip three knives at once.
#1 Busse DTBM BG. I wanted a satin one sooo bad, I bought two so I could strip one.
#2 Busse Argonne Attack CG - Booya! She really needed to be nekkid!
#3 Busse Original NMFBM CG - Beat on her some and the coating was starting to come off, so into the CitriStrip ya go baby.
I used clampdaddy's process (thank you sir!) to etch the logos.
No dam, applied the etchant with a Q-tip to the blades, waited 20 minutes, soaked up the excess etchant, wash, scrub with a brass brush and repeated 6 times.
I followed up with a baking soda wash and rinse. Was very easy and worked very well.
Got one of those disposable aluminum turkey pans and coated all three knives in CitriStrip, arranged them in the pan, and left 'em overnight.
Used one of those pizza stone plastic scrapers from Pampered Chef, and a plastic putty knife to strip off the coatings.
That little scraper is amazing! The corners let me get into all the nooks and crannies and even get some of the talon hole cleaned out.
I don't know what Jerry put in the new Black coating in O2W, but it was a bear to get off the DTBM!
It was the only one I had to use a metal putty knife on, and I considered hitting her with CitriStrip a second time.
The NMFBM bubbled up and came right off, and the Tanker Grey on the AA from O2W did the same.
After stripping all three down to the decarb, I started sanding with #1, the DTBM.
I've got the grinder gremlins that most folks have, and thats okay with me.
My goal from the get-go has been a Competition style finish.
I don't have the machinery, skill using it, or the time to try and do a satin(ish) finish. Not to mention I DONT want to take the handles off!
I didn't take a before pic of the DTBM Black/Black Canvas, but here is her sister wearing Tanker Grey with Green/Black G-10 for reference:
And here she is now:
I REALLY happy with how she came out! She looks rough, tough and ready for action!
#2 Argonne Attack - Do have before pix of her:
And her she is now:
She looks just wicked! I love the rough and tumble Competition finish!!!
I'm going to try and finish #3 the NMFBM next week, and then post up some pix of her.
Next Im planning on stripping one of my BB-13s, one of the BG AKs, and am considering stripping my Battle Shark and the Hognose War Sword when that arrives.
Madness I tell you, MADNESS!!
