As I showed in the first pic, it is not necessary to strip the knife to do the convex edge on this one. In fact, the primary grind on the Sarsquatch is convex. If you can live with some of the paint worn thin above the final grind, it is easy to blend that convex primary grind right down to zero. In any event, the Squatch is one of my absolute favorite knives. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />