AFCK-M2HSSR COATING PROBLEM?

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GaryM

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The portion of the blade tang that the liner locks onto is not coated. Is this standard or a QC slip?
 
IME the liner needs to "bite" a bit into the blade tang in a way which feels like it is sticking when the thumb pushes it before the closing starts. Besides the black coat would wear off rather quickly consequently altering the fit/ lockup tolerance to a degree. So no, not a CQ problem. BM should be so lucky.

L8r,
Nakano
 
Nakano 2 , thanks for the logical explanatioin. What did you mean when you said BM should be so lucky?
 
I think what Nakano means is that, given BM's spotty reputation for QC, they would be lucky if something was specifically a instance of good QC.

--JB
 
Mine is not coated there either. Let me also add that the BT2 finish really sucks! Has to be one of the worst wearing finishes out there. I know Benchmade says that it protects even when scratched, but it looks like $hit. When is Benchmade going to use tougher finishes like titanium carbonitride?

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Dennis Bible
 
Originally posted by shootist16:
Mine is not coated there either. Let me also add that the BT2 finish really sucks! Has to be one of the worst wearing finishes out there. I know Benchmade says that it protects even when scratched, but it looks like $hit. When is Benchmade going to use tougher finishes like titanium carbonitride?
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Mine is not coated there also.
The BT2 finish is not for life IMHO. Steel like the M2HS might stain or rust with out your loving matianance. I guess you should have got the stainless and not HS if you are worried about how your blade looks. I like mine and all the scrathes.
 
Hello,

We are now testing 710HS ans as far as we are concern we like the way BT2 get old !

We like the scratches !

I never saw M2 blade staining or rusting yet...

cheers,

JM
 
Well, it's either a user or a keeper.
You can't have it all.
Mine is a user, I just like it as it is.

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D.T. UTZINGER
 
I think that the BT2 coating wearing away is a small price to pay to be able to have the M-2 steel in this knife & have it relatively rust proof. This M-2 steel is the best steel I have personally used in a factory folder.

Doug.
 
I've gotta agree with Nemo on M2 not rusting. My Nimravus Cub HS is going on about 6 or 7 months without it's coating now, and no rust. It hasn't even stained, in spite of cutting limes (for Coronas,
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), and a few Kiwi fruit. I thought it had started to get a little patina after the Kiwi fruit. But, after cutting through some tree branches, then washing it with soap and water, the "stain/patina" was gone.
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iktomi
 
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