Are these warping on my Tops Pasayten?

[chaos_hydra]

were the marks there when you initially stripped off the coating?
I'm betting they are machining marks left over from the CNC machining. Lots of manufactures PAINT their blades, cause it's cheaper than spending time on grinding/finishing the blade.... They say it's for "rust prevention".

-also.... look up Citra strip.... It's a nontoxic citrus paint stripper. It works and smells Nice.
Won't screw up a diamond stone..... :/

Welcome to the forum!

ahhhh....he thinks its bad heat treat. least said so in his review. it isnt bad heat treat its just level of finishing for a coated blade, like ya said.

One of my favorite blades.... 1311 looked WAY worse than his. I Wish mine looked like his. I'm still grinding/smoothing it out occasionally.... whenever I get a bug Up my rear.

To the OP.... Think of knife modding as part of the Fun.... and a learning experience.
you will learn new skills, maybe making knives of Your own someday.

I think that is just machining marks. I wouldn't worry about it. I don't think you'd have much chance of warranty after taking the coating off.

I'd have to look again, it was prob just some tiny vibrations during the cycle. Maybe their jig isn't supporting the part as best it could....but since they Know that the coating will cover all those marks....it's No Big Deal.

Only you can decide.
* me personally, I really like that overall knife design, and it has been on my radar to someday own. Looks like a Very useful blade.

I'd buy a diamond file, from the Big River, and gently "Buff" the marks out.....

Stripping the blade can void the warranty, especially if you used abrasives instead of a chemical stripper. Coated production blades, like TOPS, Beckers, or KaBars, can have quite a bit of pattern under the coating. They are taken down smooth, but some grind lines are left in if they are going to get covered up anyway.

This is just a guess, but you took the coating off with a diamond stone and I don’t see any coating left. That means that you were running diamond over over the bare steel in some spots, because the coating doesn’t give way cleanly. Some of those marks are going to be yours, which makes a warranty claim unlikely to work. Those marks will come out, sanding it on a flat surface will take it out though. There are some great threads on sanding out scratches in the Maintenance sub forum, and automotive stores sell these convenient sandpaper packets that go from low number grit to high number grit wet sand.

I wouldn't be bothered by a few minor flaws in the surface of a user/camp knife.

Naturally we want our knives to come perfect from the factory, but we live in the real world. And if that knife did have a perfect surface underneath the coating it likely would have been more expensive.

I assume that any blade with a thick coating is going to have a bit of a "rough" surface underneath the coating.

TBH it's me had massive inner princes attack on this and now I had my lunch and beer and think yeah no point call any warranty after what i did to it already. May as well just enjoy what it is and look on the bright side.

With that said, for that price tag or all the quality stuff of make in USA etc, this is just a let down and not worthy any of it. Now on hindsight should just returned it at first sign of trouble: when i felt those dimples with my hands. Never more with tops, too military, too "murderous looking" and this quality issue.


Also to Crag the Brewer , it is a great camp kitchen knife no doubt, but if you already got diamond files, you need want to round off the gimping.

 

[jbmonkey]

TBH it's me had massive inner princes attack on this.

^I dont know what this is supposed to mean?

regardless.....yeah enjoy it as is. work fine as a knife being used as a knife. good luck to ya.....

 

[Onies]

It wouldn’t surprise me at all if what you revealed were grinding marks. Knives that have the coating are sometimes not finished to the same level that others are. It’s nothing to worry about, enjoy your blade!

 

[Bigfattyt]

Not too bad at all. I have seen way worse marks on blades significantly more expensive under coating.

Cutters dulling, too fast a speed rate for the cutter, all kinds of reasons for machine marks.

One of the reasons companies sell costrd blades is it means less finishing.

 

[rpttrsn]

I'd say this Isn't true..... I'm not sure about Tops? But their peers like EESE, Busse, and Becker wouldn't care about their coatings being removed.....

It comes off during Chopping. Which IS normal.
The OP was Just doing it quickly and evenly......

Not a void in the warranty.

You could be right. Best is to get in touch with the company to know for sure. If he is not pleased with the surface and has questions, the mfg. would be the next step. Hope it works out for him.

 

[Crag the Brewer]

If you want an Awesome company for camp/cook knives... I've got a few different L.T. Wright knives that I love. The second knife from the top is called the Traveller. It would fill the same roll as the one you got. No paint too.

 

[chaos_hydra]

If you want an Awesome company for camp/cook knives... I've got a few different L.T. Wright knives that I love. The second knife from the top is called the Traveller. It would fill the same roll as the one you got. No paint too.

Ahh man why you mention this..... I was going to buy LT Wright's nessmuk but all sold out on DLT and my other usual sites so I settled with Brisa.

Just assembled it, feels great, will post some photos later.

 

[Crag the Brewer]

Ahh man why you mention this..... I was going to buy LT Wright's nessmuk but all sold out on DLT and my other usual sites so I settled with Brisa.

Just assembled it, feels great, will post some photos later.

L.T. Nessmuk is Gorgeous!!!
I'm sure you will be happy with the brisa too

If you like that style? Go look at J.K. Hand Made Knives.
He's a BF member Here, who has a sub forum.

Search for his Canadian Belt Knife.
Best one I've seen, friendly guy too, good prices.

He will make you Custom stuff too, I'm working with him on a blade....

 

[craytab]

Not liking what the grind marks look like under the coating on a production knife is not a warranty issue.