DC versus Satin for a User

[HeadKicker]

Could someone explain the advantages of DC versus Satin for a user blade please?

 

[JGarrison Knives]

I personally think the satin finishes show to many scratches and the DC is just cooler looking.

 

[NaturalWorld]

Satin: less weight, less friction (when the width of the blade is in contact with the cuttin matterial)
DC: rust resistance. coating will eventually become scratched and worn anyways (in a user)

I believe the Satin blade is the overall users blade, altho you may find yourself laying some RenWax on after use.
Otherwise, if you're in a corrosive environment, or you're following a color theme (i.e. nothing shiny), try DC

 

[HeadKicker]

Satin: less weight, less friction (when the width of the blade is in contact with the cuttin matterial)
DC: rust resistance. coating will eventually become scratched and worn anyways (in a user)

I believe the Satin blade is the overall users blade, altho you may find yourself laying some RenWax on after use.
Otherwise, if you're in a corrosive environment, or you're following a color theme (i.e. nothing shiny), try DC

Is the DC coating similar to the other coatings as far as durability and wearing off?

 

[xaman]

Someone else correct me if I'm wrong (it's happened before ) -- but the Double Cut is not actually a coating... It means that the blade was first satin finished, then bead blasted - thus the "double" treatment.

As to durability -- in the sense of it maintaining it's "look" through hard use, I've yet to work a DC hard. But I've got 2 on the way, so i can let you know soon. But I would think the Satin would fair better to hard use just because the small scratches would be less noticeable or at least "blend" better?

Someone help us out here????

 

[Peter La]

I prefer satin because with a some metal polish and elbow grease you can easily bring it back to almost a mirror finish, which looks really nice imo.