I got it yesterday, my first proper knife and have heard that you should remove the coating from the blade. should i? it looks so good as it is and if so how should i remove it
I got it yesterday, my first proper knife and have heard that you should remove the coating from the blade. should i? it looks so good as it is and if so how should i remove it
What reasons have been given to remove the coating??? I would recommend using the knife as is if the coating isn't in the way, Why remove it.
The only reason I can think of to remove the coating is to make the blade a polished surface for signaling for help.
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KaBar considers the knife a combat knife and has an NSN number assigned to it as such. Hence the coated blade. I see no reason to remove a coating that was built into the price of the knife. If you wanted a polished blade then you should have bought a polished blade. My humble opinion, of course.
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I would not remove the coating. The coating is what helps to protect your blade from rusting. Have you asked those that are telling you to remove the coating why? Honestly, the only reasons I can think to remove the coating are 1) you like the way it looks better, or 2) remove a very small section on the spine to facilitate using a firesteel. If #1 is the case - you bought the wrong knife. If #2 is the case - there are other options.
Do NOT remove the coating. And inform whom ever advised removing it that they are a stupid, dumb'arse. And congratulations on buying a top shelf knife. If you ever hear that they are discontinued, buy two more. If you have children buy two for each child, the BK-2 is a first class knife, yes it is butt ugly, but it get's the job done.
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Lots of people claim that an uncoated blade cuts better as there is less for the material to drag on. My thoughts that if there is any truth to this, then the difference would be negligible. I'd say to leave it on unless you think you will like the looks better. If you do decide to remove it, I hear people use oven cleaner.
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Nope, don't remove it. It was put there to prevent corrosion. Why would any one want to undo that? If you need to strike a firesteel, use a firesteel striker or the side of your hatchet. I think a Bic lighter works better most of the time anyway .
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For the life of me I can't understand why anyone would want to remove the protective coating on anything. If the knife is sharp it will cut, the coating isn't going to bother it. What are you going to use the knife for? If you are going to use the knife for camp chores then get a camp knife. If you bought it because it's cool then put it in the sheath and leave it there so you won't cut yourself.
I removed the epoxy coating from mine because it plugged up my sharpening stones. I did leave it under the scales. Mike
I'll be the lone dissenter. I'm new here, I can take the heat. I look at most purchases and look at what value I can get compared to what I want. I have a BK2 because I recongnize that you cannot beat it at $60 (what I paid, off Amazon). Good steel, good size and shape, nice and thick, American made, yada yada. BUT, I hate the handle and the handle shape and I don't like painted blades (or epoxy, or whatever you want to call that stuff.)
I replaced the PLASTIC handle with English walnut and pinned and epoxied the handles. I won't have to worry about the screws coming loose now. In order to get the epoxy to hold, I had to remove the paint, which took about 10 minutes with paint stripper. You do need to protect the steel against rust. I chose a mustard patina (look it up on youtube). I protected my Mora with gun blue.
It's your knife. Do whatever you want with it. If you don't like a painted blade, strip it.
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Well - since he hasn't been back in the year and a half since he asked the question- we may never know what the final decision was or even why he wanted to strip it.
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I parkerized it.....I know...old...but WTH....the finish they come with is grippy.....and it marrs up with the first few uses.
So this is how liberty dies.....With thunderous applause.
The real deal is that a well used quality knife will develop a patina with use.
Becker puts that "coating" on there because they know there ain't no chance a patina is going to appear.
If you didn't bring jerky what did I just eat?
The coating will wear off with heavy use. It will do no harm to the knife to remove the coating and it can be done with a simple citrus stripper. I actually had splinters stuck in the coating after a weekend trip last summer, so off it came. One of the best things about the BK-2 is its a rough, unfinished knife just begging to be modded to your liking.
If you don't like the "blackticool" look, get rid of it.
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Not sure why the pics uploaded so small. Never had an image uploader do that. I just saw that it's an old thread as well. Better late than never I guess.
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If you didn't bring jerky what did I just eat?
...or taken from some one that did.....LOL
It's better to look marvelous, than to be useful.....I guess...LOL
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