Black EDC Knife Blades

[MrGlockJock25]

I love the look of black used blades. Maybe I should have gotten one on my horseman

 

[bdmicarta]

I have 2:

A Benchmad 760:

a Bradley Alias I:

 

[jkwithawave]

 

[Nic S.]

My Kershaw Zing Tanto. It got a workout during some spring cleaning.

 

[The_Iron_Joe]

A little later than I said it would be, but...

 

[goson]

I cable tie my bike's front wheel to a metal tube rig on my truck as a precaution, I use this Benchmade to cut the cable tie

 

[Bob6794]

The smith and wesson is the oldest and had the most use, you probably can't see it but all that happened is it's coating has faded. The Ka-Bar is the next oldest and looks new, didn't get as much hard use as the others it was my first nice knife I babied it, that and I hate the serrations on it as it won't cut but just grab things instead from my experience. Next up is the Gerber Evo Jr the titanium nitrate coating has held up well to being used a lot, the damage on the handle is from my dad when he asked for my knife than proceeded to use it as a grip to tighten up some solid wire. Wish he told me I would've let him use my friends knockoff leatherman who was right next to me which was stainless steel and not soft aluminum. Than the newest knife I have the Ka-bar Dozier, I was disappointed when I cut my first cardboard box the coating chipped, on the first cut!

 

[Franciscomv]

The only knives with black blades I've got are those that I just couldn't find with satin finished blades, down here in Argentina we don't have too much to choose from. So far, the worst coating in terms of wear resistence has been Cold Steel's teflon coating. The good thing is that it's easily removed. Whatever ZT uses seems to work fine, my 0300 and 0350 have been through hell and look just fine (the colour of the coating has dulled a bit and there are tiny scratches that you need to pay very close attention to see).

Sorry for the crappy pics, cameras and I don't get along well.

The wear on the Ka-Bar and the RAT-3 is from batoning, shouldn't be a problem with a folder.

This Microtech gets regular use. The blade coating is fine, but the anodizing on the handle is wearing off in some small areas (I don't really care).

I'm sorry I don't have a more detailed photo. The American Lawman and the old Recon 1 in this picture had Cold Steel's crappy teflon coating. It wore off quickly, just from rubbing with stuff in my pockets. I took it off of the AL, the good thing about it is that it's very easy to remove.

These two ZTs have been in my EDC rotation for a couple of years, the 0350 gets the most use. The coating is holding up quite well.

 

[MNofUSN]

this was very well used
before

After

stripped it because it was starting to look dirty

 

[aquaman67]

All of these have been used, except the Ritter.

 

[chambelona59]