"crib safe, non toxic gray protective coating"

I tried, unsuccessfully, to get the answer to that question a number of years ago. I believe it may be a secret.
 
I thought it means you can chew on it and it won't make you ill.
 
Somehow I don't think your biggest worry about knives and cribs is if the blade coating is safe to chew on.

I think A-2 is a great steel. It holds an edge well, is quite easy to sharpen and is one of the toughest steels used to make knives. Just take care of it like you would any low chromium blade. It does have a decent amount of chromium in it, but not near enough to make it stainless.
 
It seems to be a very scratch resistant and fairly slick coating that look very much like bare steel.

I know that when I tried to remove a bit of it from my Greco folder with sandpaper it took a lot of time.

Not sure what's up with the "crib safe" part, though.
 
I may well be wrong but I think that it is nothing more than a non toxic paint. I think one can go to Wally-world and buy paint that can be used on items for children and be concidered child safe. Think of all of the wooden toys for children that are painted. I am guessing it is a similar type product. Child Safe= Crib Safe. I will check for sure the next time I am in Home Depot.
 
I talked to John Greco at the Chesapeake Knife Show last winter. He told me that it was some sort of non-toxic lacquer-based finish and that it prevents rust by physically not letting in any moisture or oxygen.

I don't really like the coating as it didn't really prevent rusting on my Dangler, so I removed it from the flats of the blade with sandpaper. The steel isn't finished very well under the coating, but I guess that's to be expected with a $50 knife. It took a while to remove the coating, as Fishbulb observed, because the coating stuff is in all the little holes and grooves on the steel's surface.

I would prefer a Greco stonewashed blade over one coated with the crib-safe stuff.
 
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