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Aruulis

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So I got one of the knives with a midnight blue crinkle coat and literally used it once and the coatings like come off in that spot (spine near tip) wondering if I should just strip it down and how and if I do strip it will Infi take a patina?
 
No really. Just have to get the decarb layer off and your good to go :) citri strip, scraper and a wire wheel are all ya need . Or some scotch brite and elbow grease. Use the search function im kicking a brutally beaten long left for dead horse here
 
Aruulis said:
So I got one of the knives with a midnight blue crinkle coat and literally used it once and the coatings like come off in that spot (spine near tip) wondering if I should just strip it down and how and if I do strip it will Infi take a patina?
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Yeah.... I never understood Why blades are coated?
Fashion statement..... and a way for businesses to trick people into thinking a "collection of Purdy colored blades is valuable"

Users are scratched up looking or stripped .....
wall-hangers can be Any color You want. :D
That's your choice what you use your blades for.

btw..... idk what infi looks like Bare. Mine are all "scratched up"
 
Crag the Brewer said:
Yeah.... I never understood Why blades are coated?
Fashion statement..... and a way for businesses to trick people into thinking a "collection of Purdy colored blades is valuable"

Users are scratched up looking or stripped .....
wall-hangers can be Any color You want. :D
That's your choice what you use your blades for.

btw..... idk what infi looks like Bare. Mine are all "scratched up"
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Well I’m gonna have to mirror polish it or patina it I live in the literal swamps but I was mainly wondering how anyone gets the handles off….I have the tubes
 
Aruulis said:
Well I’m gonna have to mirror polish it or patina it I live in the literal swamps but I was mainly wondering how anyone gets the handles off….I have the tubes
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unless you have tube forming dies, or a way to reinstall them...?

I'd leave the coating underneath the handle as is.....

I think your infi will be ok bare, on it's own.
polishing it to mirror is only if you want it looking fancy. It might patina slightly, idk? but i doubt any rust will be a problem.
 
Which coating is the most durable? I have a trash 2 in hammered silver and the coating seems pretty tough. It’s gray underneath which I think is really cool.
 
Aruulis said:
So I got one of the knives with a midnight blue crinkle coat and literally used it once and the coatings like come off in that spot (spine near tip) wondering if I should just strip it down and how and if I do strip it will Infi take a patina?
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I only get CF blades, coated look pretty bad once you start using them.
 
I use for a while....then strip.

I've had bare infi take a bit if color from cutting hot BBQ meat, but it never lasts... the next time I cut meat, the slight bluing disappeared.


I've swam, canoed, and generally left Infi wet all day in sheaths, including pool water (once on purpose, once from having to save a kid in a pool...fully clothed...ruined my phone, did not get the knife dried out for hours and hours).

Once, on a canoe trip, I was able to get a tiny bit of rust from the lasered logo...but ss soon as I ran my thumb over it, it went away.
 
I figure I’ll beat the hell out of my coating then strip it although using it more today it seems the only fragile spot was on the back of the tip it just kinda flaked off and it hasn’t grown and not even batoning bothered the rest of the coating so I’ll try my luck
 
In my experience stripper doesn't hurt micarta at all. I've only stripped little ones. Beat it off the big ones in all of the right places.
 
Aruulis said:
I figure I’ll beat the hell out of my coating then strip it although using it more today it seems the only fragile spot was on the back of the tip it just kinda flaked off and it hasn’t grown and not even batoning bothered the rest of the coating so I’ll try my luck
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that happened to my tgulb, the coating on the back of the tip chipped off stabbing it into cardboard 🙄 lol its been stripped since then
 
SwarthyGnome said:
Not sure if this is the correct spot but this so aptly named: so sick
Whats this coating called? And the blades?
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I really don't know lol, but we'll go with it. The long one is a Jackhammer 10 with black G10 scales. The short is a Mega Ratmandu with black Micarta scales. I think the cerakote is called Fractal Camo. Hope this helped.
 
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Snardvark said:
I really don't know lol, but we'll go with it. The long one is a Jackhammer 10 with black G10 scales. The short is a Mega Ratmandu with black Micarta scales. I think the cerakote is called Fractal Camo. Hope this helped.
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Two fantastic blades with beautiful Cerakote coating... Not sure that Citristrip will that that off tho.

As to OP's question to why? Depending on preferences and situations, the coating helps prevent these non-stainless steels (neither SR-101 or INFI or SR-77 are stainless) from corrosive damage with less maintenance. The coating also adhere better on a coarser finish, which saves time and machining cost, hence cheaper.

Think of it as a cheaper alternative to a higher level of finish off you don't care for polish and some loss of surface smoothness and aesthetics (Cerakote finish being the exception).
 
My two cents. If you live in the swamps, and want to strip it, I'd leave the coating under the scales. There are plenty of instances of infi corroding under the scales. But if you use hardware and not pins on the scales, then it wouldn't be a problem checking and cleaning under them.
 
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