any Bama Clay users out there, how does it wear?

[DowntownDM]

I don't recall seeing any photos of well-used Bama Clay. anyone?

 

[P-Easy]

I think MustardMan has a Bama NMSFNO.

 

[jnphares]

Yes he does, and he posted a couple of pics of it in this Scrap Yard thread: She is asking me to use her...(pics)

 

[MustardMan]

Yeah I have the bama clay NMSFNO - it's only got a couple of days of hard use (batoning, chopping), but the coating seems to be holding up pretty well.

In fact, almost too well - the coating feels a lot "stickier" than some coatings on other knives I own, and it seems to impart a LOT more friction when doing things like batoning. It also seems like it's harder to clean - sap and bits of wood really cling to that blade, and they aren't easy to remove. I will see if it smooths out a bit with use and stops being so grabby, but if it doesn't, I very well may strip the blade.

 

[azwelke]

Hopefully this works....
I do love the Bama Clay
This mistress is .278" and blows through wood... sure wood sticks to the coating, but the convex blade makes for very little friction. This one out chops my FFBM's, FBMLE, CGFBM, And my cgnmfbm.

 

[barrabas74]

That is one of the coolest NMFBM I have seen. LOVE that color with that handle.

 

[MustardMan]

For those too lazy to click through to the scrap yard thread to see the pics, here they are:

 

[DowntownDM]

thanks everyone. that answers my questions.

 

[silverdragon33]

so . . . now that that's been answered, how does the moss wear? similar to bama clay?

 

[338 Stalker]

Yeah that coating has the goods alright!

I BTS(whole dead tree) out of my NMFBM a few days back. After I used my Stihl CS to cut the tree down, then my logsplitter for a few bigger trunk pieces & then my new NMFBM took care of the rest. Plus some rather tough old redwood(pictured) I had.
I used the NMFBM for about 4 hours, so all in all she come up with the goods IMO

Tip work(dead fully dried hardwood)

I will certainly buy more Bama Clay Busse's. End result. INFI & Bama Clay = :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

 

[ZcouT]

how is the feel to bama compared to arctic white?

i know my AW NMSFNO tend to get the same "splinters" stuck in the coating, it also seams like the AW is a little softer then the black crinkel coate.

 

[rangerover_95]

how is the feel to bama compared to arctic white?

i know my AW NMSFNO tend to get the same "splinters" stuck in the coating, it also seams like the AW is a little softer then the black crinkel coate.

I have wondered about the AW coating too. I like the look of it, but wonder about durability. I dont mean to hijack this thread, but if anyone has a well used AW coated blade I'd like to see the pics.

 

[EvanBNW]

Looks like Bama Clay and a Tan Handle is a pretty awesome combo!

 

[TrailWolf]

Love the Bama Clay coloring but also really like the Muddy coat...

Anyone have a picture of both bama clay and muddy next to each other?

Thanks! (sorry for the hijack...)

 

[Dennis in MA]

I haven't seen BC in person, but it appears a bit redder and has that black speckle to it (making it look in pictures like Corian or something. Wow!) where muddy is just a very even color, like green or tanker-gray.

Bama clay is an interesting finish to be sure. I'd like to see close-ups of that FBM up close to the sweet spot to see how the wear was.