Comp. Finish—Old and New

Apocryphiliac

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I took some pics of the old and new CF and thought it was interesting to compare them. No doubt the new CF is more polished.
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Sweet pics !! Thanks for posting them :-) I prefer the old comp vs new but that’s my taste. That said I’m not passing on any new comp blades either lol :-)
 
I like them both in their own way. The new CF looks much more refined. I sure hope the V8 CF comes as nice as the DS8's have.
 
Bottom Line said:
I like them both in their own way. The new CF looks much more refined. I sure hope the V8 CF comes as nice as the DS8's have.
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Yeah, the Comp Finish on that Soldier looks like something between Satin & Competition.

It would make for a near perfect user, IMHO.

Just unrefined enough to use rough, yet slick enough to shed grime and keep clean. NICE! :thumbsup::D:thumbsup:
 
Does look better. The old comp finish was no charge over coated. the new comp finish....well.....$4o more. And no complaining. Just saying. What the market will bear.
 
On the other hand, the CF on the SKs seems to have rougher cross-hatched surface grinding lines than anything we’ve seen before, including the BIG finish. Not sure I understand the reason for the differences or what to expect when you order CF anymore.
 
Full disclosure, I haven’t received my SK yet, but from the photos the grind lines look much more pronounced than other knives, certainly more than the DS8s. Like they used a coarser final grit. Just strange given that the SK is a matter more expensive knife.
 
Brummie said:
Full disclosure, I haven’t received my SK yet, but from the photos the grind lines look much more pronounced than other knives, certainly more than the DS8s. Like they used a coarser final grit. Just strange given that the SK is a matter more expensive knife.
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Yeah, the comp finish on the SK looks great for a user which sucks because I ordered the the SK as a pretty knife that would be saved while others are used.
 
Comp finish was never meant to be pretty. Sometimes it's luck of the draw. If you want a safe queen order satin. If you want an uncoated knife without having to strip it get comp and take your chances.
 
Sethrotull said:
Comp finish was never meant to be pretty. Sometimes it's luck of the draw. If you want a safe queen order satin. If you want an uncoated knife without having to strip it get comp and take your chances.
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Except that CF and Satin aren’t both always an option. Don’t get me wrong, even if it’s just an official strip job, I’d still choose CF over satin probably 9 times out of 10. Just wish I could always choose it.
 
Sethrotull said:
Comp finish was never meant to be pretty. Sometimes it's luck of the draw. If you want a safe queen order satin. If you want an uncoated knife without having to strip it get comp and take your chances.
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Every finish is mean to be pretty in its own way and comp finish is not an uncoated knife... comp finish is a refined none coat blade that take extra step of finishing that why they charge more $$ ...

Im not a kind of sweet lemon guy and I think SK which I have bought one too , has worse looking comp finish compare to some recentcheaper model like DS8, judging from the picture tho.
 
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