Favorite Blade Finish?

[RolandDeschain]

I need help choosing between satin finish or the DLC for my next pm2, or if I want to get a manix. Odds are if I get the satin I'll be stonewashing it. So I guess between stonewash and DLC lol.

 

[Wowbagger]

I know it is a big no no but I really like the grit blasted Cold Steel blade finish like on the Ti Lites.
I don't have a big rust problem where I live so I have never seen a hint of rust on the CTS-XHP blades.

I also really, really, really like patina on the basic carbon steel blades. Specifically what fresh tomatoes do to the steel. Knid of gun metal blue with an iridescent / rainbow thing going on.

One of my very favorite cutters has stone washed . . . I'm not a big stone washed fan but it is practical I suppose.

From a purely cutting performance stand point (lowest friction) mirror polished seems to have less drag and the DLC coated and the blades with coarse grind marks have the most friction.

I quite like blades with acid etched designs on the blades.

 

[TravisH]

Satin

I don't like the way DLC eventually gets all scratched up.

 

[wilsonj1018]

Yep go satin, dlc sucks if you actually use your knife.

 

[JR88FAN]

Satin if those are the two options, but that's just me.

Go with what looks best for you, there is no value in having a coated SS blade unless you need to be "stealth" for some reason.

 

[RolandDeschain]

I wound up getting the satin and acid/stonewashing it. It came out great!

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