Black Teflon or No Black Teflon?

Nathanial4

Nathanial4

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I am looking at the Benchmade 940S but I need opinions on the blade coatings. I like the look of the green handle with the Satin Blade but I also like to protection/lubrication offered by the Black Teflon Coating.....

What are your thoughts? Anyone owed both and have a favorite?

Any help will be greatly appreciated!
 
The steel (154CM) does not really need a coating, unless you are in some seriously corrosive environment.

The teflon coating is not terribly tenacious - the coating will wear early and often. It scratches pretty easily.

Unless you really need the extra corrosion protection, I would say go with the satin blade. The 940 blade is already a great cutter/slicer and the added lubrucity will be short lived at best.
 
Another vote for satin, Those teflon coatings can scratch pretty easy and become ugly after a while.
 
Satin, satin, satin! The 940/941 series are beautiful knives, and the satin finish looks great. The BT coating might look OK at first, but it would really bug me once it started to get scratched up, which it will. Some people have even complained about the black clips on these knives, and I agree that satin clips would look better on this knife.
 
Coatings suck. Period. They look good for about a day, but the minute you cut something and get any scuff marks whatsoever your knife looks terrible.

I stripped the black crap off of my Nimaravus about a week after I bought it and never looked back. For the money I spent on it I would have preferred a real factory satin finish but my knife looks 10x better now that I've exposed the natural finish of the steel.

Black coatings must be destroyed!
 
Much thanks.

I will go Satin (I like the look much better).

This leads me to my second question. Serrated or Plain?
 
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