Decided I wanted to try my 1311 without the coating to see the difference in how it sticks. Picked up some kleen strip and went at it. I've never done anything like this before, so I kinda felt my way through it. I learned it doesn't hurt to be generous with the stripper (hehehe) and I should have picked up a plastic scraper. Right after I had cleaned and dried it, I coated it with flitz gun and knife wax to help with the oxidation.





Looks really good, darker than I expected, but I don't care. I might blue it or give hand polishing with sand paper a go.

There's some weird squiggly lines that I can't quite figure out what their purpose is? Also, the area where the coating had already worn away must have fused with the metal with heat as it was very resistant to the stripping.





I haven't chopped with it yet, I feel a bit under the weather, but I think I might give it a go tomorrow, I'll keep ya posted. Oh, and the stripper didn't hurt the res-c at all.

Not bad, not bad at all. Thank you, and yes please keep us updated.

BHO is JYD#105?!!? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> Good grief!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />.............................. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

Very nice!

Looks good so far. Like to see it with a nice polishing.

Looks good! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Holy cow, digs about twice as deep sans coating. Just ran in to grab my camera, pics in a few...

Yeah... wow... this might be my favorite chopper at the moment, it sure is light and that res-c is impressive...





Next on my list is to see if I can lessen the drag even further by polishing it up a bit. I'm thinking a convex edge wouldn't hurt either <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Cool!

Did you blue the blade? It looks like you put some kind of finish on it.

I'm looking forward to seeing how this one comes out!

It's already looking pretty good.