I decided to take my Swamp Rat Ratmandu strip it and convex it. I am not a fan of coatings except for the fact that the knife is cheaper that way. I forgot to take pics of it before and the stripping process. But what I did was take a can of Klean Strip Premium Stripper and spray it on the knife. It literally took about 5 mins and the coating was ready to be wiped off. It was very easy. I then hit the scotchbrite belt on my Kalamazoo 1X42". It took off the dull gray real quick. I then thinned and convexed the edge and finished it off with the leather belt. Total process took about an hour. This was my first time doing anything like this. Hows she look?

Heres a pic of what it looked like before. Red arrow. ( Not my pic)


Heres what it looked like right after I stripped it.



And all done



You can see the rodent bite marks in the blade.

Beautiful blade! I really dig those "bite" marks.

That knife looks good no matter what <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> !! It is on my " want list" big time <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" />Great job <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />- Thanks for pics <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Totally beautiful. I'm motivated to do the same with my RMD.

Looks good to me! I bet that ratmandu is a real slicer now. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

[censored] that looks nice.

I really have got to get me a belt sander and a bunch of cheapo practice knives.

Please explain the rodent bites.

Looks sweet!!! It looks super sharp too!!!

very nice job!

i think i want a ratmandu with g10 handles...

Hardness testing.

that's looking real good man! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />



really? link?