Ceramic finish: purpose and production?

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Thomas Laible

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I'm just getting more and more nosy about the new ceramic satin finish?

Does anybody know, why EKI changed the production from the hard chrome finish to the ceramic finish?
And does hanybody know hos the ceramic finish is made?

Thomas
 
I hate the ceramic finish. I think EKI switched to the ceramic finish so save on production cost. Ceramic finish scratches easy and does not look as good as hard chrome.
 
I'm sure EKI switched to both save money and provide a a superior corrosion resistance.

To my knowledge hard chrome was not ever used long term on satin finished blades. There were short runs of Chromium Nitride (CN) blades but I think most of the satin blades were simply bead blasted.

In my experience, the current black ceramic coating is superior to the black teflon it replaced.

I will admit that I would prefer no coating to the satin ceramic. However, coatings allow all manufacturers to get better corrosinon performance out of less costly steels and also cover up machining so the blades do not have to be as finely finished to look good.

My advise? If you are a collector don't use your Emerson's. If you are a user like me, use the piss out of them. They look better with charcter marks, scratches, and scuffs.:D
 
roshi said:
If you are a user like me, use the piss out of them. They look better with charcter marks, scratches, and scuffs.:D
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That depends on the way, like the surface scratches. On a good satin finish light scratches give charakter. On a stone washed blade you won't even see a lot of light scratches. A bead blast is also forgiving.
But on some coatings - especially black ones - even light scratches look very ugly. And because I use my knives a lot, there will be scratches.

The conclusion: I hope to see a stone washed CQC-11:D

Thomas
 
Covering up machining so the blades do not have to be as finely finished to look good is expected from economy knives. I expect better from the prices EKI charges.
 
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