Duracoated by USARA

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Note: The thread title was entered wrongly. Instead of "Duracoated by USARA", it is actually intended to be "Duracoated my USARA"


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Also note that I broke the tip before (I threw it on something )

If you have good eyes, you can see a bit of silver in all that black because I sharpened it and I didn't wash the knife cuz I am afraid i ruin the duracoat as it hasn't fully healed yet.

 

[biggerjon]

looks nice. how do you apply duracoating?

i saw the shavings you speak of.

 

[Hammer27]

Is the knife any good? It looked too good for the price

 

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Is the knife any good? It looked too good for the price

Amazingly, for the price, i find its very well made. It has a carson flipper that allows you to flip it open quickly. Pocket clip is very tight so you wouldn't need to worry about your knife when you clip it to your pants. Made of 440 stainless steel (proberbly 440A). When opened, if you try to shake the blade, there is very minimal movement so it feels a little like a fixed blade. Weight is nice and lovely. The size for me is perfect.

The only thing you should note is that using the thumbstud is unconfortable as the carson flipper tends to pinch your fingers in between the carson flipper and the handle. All four of your fingers have to be further back the handle to flip the blade open.

I used this folder as a throwin knife sometimes and the tip didn't break. The tip broke because one day, there is a throwing mistake and the tip hit the concrete. The tip bent and I tried bending it back with a plier, that is when it broke.

I am still surprised that the machining is quite well done for that price. Although the website states $29.49, you can get it slightly below 20 bucks in ebay.


Specs: http://www.unitedcutlery.com/shop/site/productpopup.cfm?id=40878CE2-FCD6-491F-9A9B6171ACE87E54 (also comes in full silver)

 

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looks nice. how do you apply duracoating?

i saw the shavings you speak of.

You can only apply duracoat with an airbrush system.

If you are intrested, get a cheap hobby air brush and get a cheap compressor. Using compressed air canister is not prefered because the longer you spray, the air canister gets cooler, and thus loses alot of air pressure.

 

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You see, I accidentally applied it to parts of a wall while air brushing it on my knife. It had been slightly less than 2 weeks since then when i tried to scratch it off(from the wall coating) with my key. When I attempted to scratch it off, the duracoat still stays on but was cosmatically affected by the scratch(didn't scratch through to expose the wall paint). When i applied roughly the same amount of force on the other parts of the wall(Not duracoatted area with god knows what paint was on it), the paint came off easily and you can see the concrete beneath it. The wall was not prep for duracoat at all so i suspect maybe it might come off at the edges of the duracoated area because its not preped. (not sanded down and not degreased)

Cosmatically wise, it will be affected by the scratching but if you are looking to protect your equipment, it will do so!

Also I noted that compairing the scratching on the wall and on the duracoated area, the duracoated zone seems to be very smooth and slippery which might support other user's claim that it might have some form of teflon component/feel to it. (think of it as oil based crayons except harder?)