Durability of "Dipped" handles

[Critter]

I am researching the durability of coating applied, usually by a process referred to as dipping, to "plastic" (glass reinforced nylon and similar materials) handles. Generally speaking, this is used to apply a camouflage pattern to the otherwise black handle. A few examples are the Desert Tan colored Becker knives, Wenger SAKs with Realtree camo, Remington knives with Mossy Oak camo, and most any knife with plastic handles and a copyrighted camo pattern. If you have a knife with such handles and have used it regularly, I'd be interested in your feedback with regards the durability of the coating.

TIA,

 

[GarageBoy]

i'm interested as well..i'm a big fan of camo

 

[Critter]

Moving back to the top in hopes of some responses...

 

[Planterz]

OT, but I never understood the point of a camo knife (or any natural outdoor color). God forbid you drop it outdoors somewhere.

 

[nelsonmc]

OT, but I never understood the point of a camo knife (or any natural outdoor color). God forbid you drop it outdoors somewhere.

Same here, I prefer a bright orange or yellow handle when hunting. The sheath should be camo and cover the handle, but other than that...

 

[DaveH]

I vote no for camo. Maybe is some other desig..

 

[Critter]

Camo on most knives doesn't make a lot of sense to me either, but there are many who love it, and that's just fine with me. I find it rather silly on things like Photon Micro-Lights, though I think the manufacturers like it because they get to sell the same products over and over again to the same buyers when they lose them. Please note that I am NOT really interested in camo, but rather the process and the durability of this finish in real world use. The vast majority of current applications is for applying camo, thus my query. The process has some potentially interesting applications besides camo...which is all I'm going to say on that subject.