Removing area of powder coating from 1095 blade

[Stonegateguns]

I have a KaBar Becker 10 w/ black powder coating on the whole blade except the edge. I've seen videos to remove ALL of the coating, but I only want to remove a spot/length at the spine to use on a ferrocium rod. Any tips on the best way to remove this coating in 1 spot (sandpaper, Dremel, etc.)? I wanted all the tips I could get so I don't ruin the blade.

 

[tradertator]

I've used the little sandpaper drums on my Drexel for this, and it worked quite well. You'll also want to sharpen the edge where the back of the blade meets the side, which is no big deal.

 

[Stonegateguns]

Thanks - I'll give it a try! I just wanted to hear from someone who had done it.

 

[Gamez235]

Small file would be my choice.

 

[winchester]

box cutter with new sharp blade , sharp chisel?

 

[combat45acp]

Eastwood sells powder coat remover. Does not damage metal at all. Works great.

 

[Stonegateguns]

Thanks everyone for your feedback. I "got it",... I used a small pocket knife to get the coating off - it allowed me to control/contain the area I was scraping. I scraped off about the entire spine, and about 1/4" down the striking side of the blade. After getting it to that point, a little filing to sharpen the spine a bit - and now it works well on a 6" Firesteel ferro rod.

 

[rhino]

It might not even be necessary to remove the coating . . . if the edge had been 90 deg already. As long as it's a sharp edge, it will throw sparks from a ferro rod. Dave Canterbury has a video where he uses a piece of broken glass to spark a ferro rod, which was pretty cool.