Any Winkler fans?

David Nowlin said:
Anyone speculate on what would be the best replacement steel Winkler could use if 80crv2 was to become unavailable? Just a hypothetical.
Also not trying to complicate maters for Daniel and change “tradition” but is there a steel any of us Winkler fans would love to see in one of his blades.
I would be surprised if this topic hasn’t already been come up but i haven’t seen a thread on it?
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Hammer67 said:
CPM 3V with a good heat treat continues to be one of my favorites for an outdoor blade. It's not the latest and greatest, but does a lot of things very well. And I'd be just fine with Winkler ditching the blade coating and going to a low-reflectivity sandblasted finish. Offer a DLC version for the dudes who need to be extra stealthy.
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FWIW Winkler knives don't have any sort of blade coating. The blades are darkened using a black oxide concentrate from Caswell Plating. Its just an etchant thats a mix of phosphoric acid, selenious acid, nitric acid and copper that turns the blade black by creating a dark oxidation layer.
 
Arathol said:
FWIW Winkler knives don't have any sort of blade coating. The blades are darkened using a black oxide concentrate from Caswell Plating. Its just an etchant thats a mix of phosphoric acid, selenious acid, nitric acid and copper that turns the blade black by creating a dark oxidation layer.
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Ok, well, the "oxidation layer" then. It's something that buffs off with use, and therefore I think of it as a "coating," even if it technically isn't.
 
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