110 Alaskan Guide

[JOE NOWICKI]

This may have been brought up but I missed it, Does the 110 Alaskan Guide still have the Tungsten Diamond Like Carbon blade or has the material changed?

 

[jbmonkey]

cerakote nowadays.

 

[JOE NOWICKI]

Is there a way to tell the difference? I have 2 and the blades are blue like a rifle. Thank you for your response.

 

[plb]

Recent thread. https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/buck-alaskan-guide-with-ceracote-blades.1766855/#post-20240000

 

[jbmonkey]

Is there a way to tell the difference? I have 2 and the blades are blue like a rifle. Thank you for your response.

the shiny ones like you are describing are the older coatings.....the cerakote isn't reflective at all. more of a just a black.

 

[Lesknife]

On mine they are a bluish/gray/ black. Kinda like gun bluing. When I turn them from one angle to another it changes color and a low shine in the light. It’s not reflective but it shimmers a bit like satin.

 

[David Martin]

Does it have the silk screen emblem of a ram on the blade? DM

 

[Lesknife]

Does it have the silk screen emblem of a ram on the blade? DM

Yes, Both my 110 and 192 have the cabelas ram emblem.

 

[tiguy7]

View attachment 1503162 Here is a TDLC Cabelas blade that I dropped in a 560 handle. The true color shows up better in the close up shot.View attachment 1503163

 

[David Martin]

Are the steels s30v and 154cpm? ^ DM

 

[jb4570]

These are older AG 110s with the original coating. You can see one is jet black and the other is a gun metal gray (just so folks can see the color variance in the coating).

 

[David Martin]

The steel designation I could not read.^ Mine look like yours but only the Cabelas model had the silk screen. The one with 154 steel could have been a Bass Pro offering. DM

 

[tiguy7]

Are the steels s30v and 154cpm? ^ DM

The Cabelas blade is S-30-V. The other blade is not Cabelas, is probably BG-42, is no longer in that handle, and was shot with a non image stabilized iPad.

 

[David Martin]

Mine are close to the color of jb4570 models. Except one has s30v steel and the other has 154 steel. DM

 

[JOE NOWICKI]

Both of my 110's have the Ram and s30v. I also have an Alaska Guide 119 and an AG 692 with the old coating and s30v.

 

[RAZORBLADES]

The new alaskan guide 110 being offered with ceracote is not durable,the coating wears so fast im not sure why buck would even use it.They started out making a very high quality alaskan guide knife with Durable DLC coatings and now switched to ceracote coatings that wear off fast.I won't buy any of the ceracote models after buying one and realizing it wasn't near the quality once offered by buck.

It must be a lot cheaper to use so hey why not ruin a good thing by going cheaper.

 

[Makael]

Is blueing an option? like a gun blueing.

 

[Lesknife]

I’ve tried to use cold bluing on stainless but it doesn’t take the bluing. It only discolored it a bit. I haven’t tried hot bluing as it requires a heated tank for the chemicals and it may not work as it does on non stainless steel. Gun Bluing is acid and/or salts that chemically oxidize the steel but bluing doesn’t provide as much protection against rust or corrosion, it’s more of a thicker kind of patina that offers some surface protection with oils.

 

[tiguy7]

Weatherby does black Chrome electroplate on their stainless steel gun barrels.