Here is a pic of the knife...



It was double cut using a glass bead blast process which did'nt go entirely to plan.My friend who did the job borrowed the use of a machine and the guy who owned it had not cleaned out the draw where the dust collects...the extractor must have been over heating and eventually caused a blow out of the electrics.

On this side of the blade there are some cosmetic marks...not sure what caused them...here is a closer pic...



Anyone a machinist who knows what causes these marks...please chime in...my friend said that the steel was so hard he thought perhaps this caused the markings from "beads" shattering...I have no idea...

On the other side of the blade the job did'nt get the chance to be fully finished...here is a pic...



On this side of the blade when I had stripped off the paint there was a much darker coating than on the "logo" side and this was much harder to remove. It left the blade pitted as if it had been "sandblast" applied...here are some comparison pics of the knife when stripped and after a good bit of sanding.

This is the pitted side...



and this is the logo side which had a lighter and less troublesome coating



Here are the same sides now after being treated





The blade sides are now certainly D/C sufficient to take the glare effect off the steel and serve their purpose in that respect but the knife could do with going back to be properly finished. However...for now I want to keep it as is and give it some fair old use testing it and see how the finish holds up.

A lot of battoning might be interesting as it could help smooth out the pitted areas. Overall though the main reason for keeping it and using it for now is that I had a good edge on the knife and lost it due to the blast process....it now has a marvelous edge on it and I want to get the benefit of this labour before sending it back to get finished off! If it goes back dull and blunt then no worries as it would end up like that anyway.

The fun is in how it performs...at least for me...but those contemplating stripping jobs might find this of interest. These new processes certainly make it harder to get a balanced effect on the strip job...especially with two different treatments each side...sort of makes you wonder if this was deliberately done?