Evening Dogs!
Would stripping my HDD Dagger void the warranty?
Also, has anyone had an issue with Sandvic 12c27 rusting?
Any help is greatly appreciated!

No problem with the striptease. As far as sandvic 12c27 I haven't had a problem with it, but I always wipe my blades off.

By the Way, WELCOME TO THE YARD! I hope you grow to like it here as much as we do. The blades are great, but the people are Greater!

Great! Thanks for the help, I'll post pics after I finish.

r/2000, Howdy and Welcome to the Scrap Yard!

Welcome to the Yard!

Welcome to the yard

Welcome to the yard!

It will rust if you do not remove the decarb from the surface, had this happen to a stripped HDDD personally when carried and sweating. Once you remove this layer of steel then you should be just fine.

Thanks guys! What's the best way to get rid of the decarb? Sanding I would assume, but that CB has some books and crannies that might be tricky..

Steel wool or scotch brits pads should do the trick, just might take some elbow grease or a dremel or some other powered setup

never got the dagger

but anyway: welcome to the yard!

Strip it and put a patina on it, it would look really neat.

Welcome to the yard.

I have the HDD but it's not stripped. I do have experience with Folding knives in 12c27 being exposed to sweat and showing oxidization but not pitting.

It is a good stainless steel but still needs some attention.

Not sure this steel would take a patina very well being technically considered a 'stainless' steel. Of course any steel can oxidize regardless, but it just may take some stronger kinds of chemicals to achieve with this.

It can be etched. I have used fluoric acid and muriatic acid. Once I did it accidentally.

Welcome to the yard and thankfully stripping doesn't effect the warranty, or a lot of us would be in trouble!

Thanks for all the warm welcomes and advice! I've been crazy at work, but started my vacation yesterday so finally time to do this project,, I also brought home a bunch of waterstones from work, (posted a bunch of pics of my AMS after reprofiling on the Busse site) so I also plan on touching up the edge on the dagger,, although I'm going to leave the tip and 1/2 inch of edge from the tip alone,, as its geometry is perfect for piercing and the like...
I was also thinking (as I was hiking and fishing in the mountains of Virginia) that the dagger design would be perfect for lashing to a long branch as a spear if needed,, mostly because I couldn't get this finicky native trout to take my fly,,,almost wanted to spear the little sucker!

Hmmm. Methinks you could "Notch" a hiking staff so that you could just insert the Dagger into the notch and then lash the blade down. That way you would always have the means to have a "Spear" with you on your outings.

Coming along great! I'll post more photos later,, but a question on the decarb,,, do I need to take off more?
Before

After

Its getting there are you going to tumble or bead blast it?

I don't have the stuff at my house or in the shop to do that,, although I'd like the look of it. I've seen videos of people doing it by placing the knife in a can of stones,, then wrapping it in a towel and running it in the dryer,,, not sure if that's what I want to do,,, we'll see!

I would like to see the results of that I bet its an interesting finish.

So this is how it went
Coating came off super easy

Marked the edge with a sharpie, and how much of the original edge profile I wanted to leave

Started knocking the shoulder down

Im going to pick up some scotch brite pads tomorrow and see how it goes, anyone know what grade works best for removing the rest of the decarb?

I love following your progress on this.

So I got most of the sanding done,,, but man those CB's were PAIN to get into!

So I remembered someone mentioning a dremel tool,,,I picked through my attachments and found a felt pad,,, then loaded it with green stropping compound,,,,,

And,,,,,

WOW!

That really looks beautiful.

Really looking good rcb2000!!!

Looking good

Ok, here she is in all her glory,, stripped and SHARP. I originally went with a strider wrap,, but this vixen needed something more slimming and form fitting..



I may actually try to put some tan paper micarta scales on next.. But for now I'll just enjoy this.

Congrats. Looks very good.

Looks VERY good!!!

very nice you did a great job, kinda makes me wish I hadnt sent mine packing.

Me Likey!!!!
Congrats!!!!!

Just gorgeous.