Help me decide: Two-tone contego?

res1cue

res1cue

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Looks like I am going to cave and buy the 810 Contego in plain edge, but black coating, since it is imminently going to be released. I will still probably buy a few more in plain edge when they do, but I have been eyeing this one since it has been announced.

I still don't like the black coating, and I am going to strip the black coating to some degree.. Then, I thought I might try to do some kind of twotone effect, so I need you guys' input on this one

Here are the two options I am considering, which one do you guys like better?
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Or if there are any other suggestions to how to this, let me know
 
Yeah, that is what I am thinking too. The only reason I am considering option #2 is b/c of nostalgia from the two-toned Halo V I had to sell
 
Depending on the equipment you have it might be easiest to strip the flats of the blade. Just put the blade on a piece of sandpaper and knock the ceracote off the flats. I have a feeling that stuff is pretty durable though. A bead blaster will probably make things much easier. I think this coating is going to hold up better than most of BM coatings though my BK2 (I think) still doesn't look that terrible. If you cut stuff that should be cut it holds up pretty well. Aluminum cans is about as hard of material as I cut on a regular basis and that doesn't hurt the coating much.

Anyways, I think I might like just a plain black the most and I don't really like coated blades and only have 2 knives with coatings.
 
FlaMtnBkr said:
Depending on the equipment you have it might be easiest to strip the flats of the blade. Just put the blade on a piece of sandpaper and knock the ceracote off the flats. I have a feeling that stuff is pretty durable though. A bead blaster will probably make things much easier. I think this coating is going to hold up better than most of BM coatings though my BK2 (I think) still doesn't look that terrible. If you cut stuff that should be cut it holds up pretty well. Aluminum cans is about as hard of material as I cut on a regular basis and that doesn't hurt the coating much.

Anyways, I think I might like just a plain black the most and I don't really like coated blades and only have 2 knives with coatings.
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I was thinking to use electrical tape to cover the part I want to keep black, and sand the rest of it down


I was able to strip my nimravus so I was just thinking it would take time and elbow grease

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I like the first more, but as already mentioned, the second will be considerably easier to achieve.
You could put a glass-smooth mirror polish on the flats for less than $10. Granted, you could on the grind as well, but it will require a lot more tedious effort.
 
Okay, I have decided on option #1... here is my trial run:

my beater recon 1 that I use mostly for whittling, had pretty worn coating anyhow, so I went ahead and stripped it off of the grind. On 120 grit normal sandpaper, it took about 10 min to do this. I will polish it up later, no time tonight. The teflon was a piece of cake to take off, I know the Cerakote will be harder

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Edit: another few minutes on 600 grit

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