Overhauling My Old Benchmade AutoStryker

So I’ve been carrying a Benchmade Auto Stryker for decades now, and it was pretty beat up when I got it.. So I decided to use the fiber laser and sandpaper, etc… to clean it all up as much as i can then finish it up on the buffing wheels.

I just popped the knife in the fiber galvo laser and fired off what I thought would be a good series of passes to clean coatings and ‘other stuff’ off of the knife as much as possible without disassembly. I did however remove the pocket clip and put it and the screws in a parts baggie. Then tried the handle.

And I did the blade, and removed the OEM branding, but thats okay, I’ll engrave it back in the proper place when I’m done.

Then I buffed on the knife a bit with scotch brite pads, steel wool, and got the Dremel in some difficult spots. Then I wanted to clean it all up, inside and out. So I opted to clean it with an ultrasonic cleaner instead of taking it apart. I’ve had that and similar knives apart before… but if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it…

I put the knife in the cleaner with water and after 180 seconds there was not much difference. So i dumped the water and used 100% LA’s Totally Awesome (an awesome complex surfactant) and the yuck started oozing out as soon as the unit was turned on.

MORE TO FOLLOW…