Is Emerson "satin" still chrome coat or is it bare?

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I've loved the Emerson chrome coat because it's so hard and durable, but in shopping for Emersons lately I see black coated and "satin" finish.

So is "satin" the chrome coated or is it bare metal?
 
The black and satin finishes are both coatings.

Iv never seen a chromed EKI, unless you mean a knife that has been stripped of the coating and polished.

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ernie's customs are not finished and have a satin/polished blade.

i thought the production satin was a bead blast.
 
IIRC the satin finish is a coating, IIRC anyway. and its not really chrome either, IIRC.

the only true satin finish Emersons are customs and a few semi customs like the emerson collectors association knives.
 
I recently got a satin CQC-12 and it looks like a coated blade. It has a kind of micro-crinkled finish, and at the secondary bevel on the back, shows layering.
 
The black and satin finishes are defo. both coatings, Iv got piles of both black and satin EKIs.

As SIFU1A said, the customs and semi customs are bare metal with a satin finish to the blade. The ground area of the blade has a "belt finish" from grinding.

Id post pics but there seems to still be a bit of a hick up with the up loading of pics so maybe later.

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Esav---How do you like the "12"? ;)
I stripped my HD-7 down to bare 154-CM. Metal needs to breathe.
 
The newer knives at least for the past couple of years are ceramic coated, imho it sucks. It will chip off under heavy use and it gets dirty easily to where it is hard to clean, you know dirty looking. The BT coated blades are still the same as they have always been. Oh yea the 7 rules. keepem sharp

PS the Kershaw Lahar is just as good too!
 
I'm really impressed with the 12. I can't understand why all the Emerson liner locks aren't converted to the much simpler framelock.
 
Well, I don't know what to think and I'm getting conflicting answers.

I'm talking about productions and I do know that the old "satin" like the Ravens were a chrome coating that was textured to look like beadblast. I love that coating. It's slippery and tough and stays on.

I just wanted to see if the current "satin" knives came with the same stuff attached.

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Esav---That's THE question of the year!
No Blade coatings for this mang! No make-up!
 
Personally, I don't understand coating. Coating is an additional expense and a coated blade generally will drag more when slicing.

Maybe on a wet environment knife, but why not go with one of the high carbon stainless steels available in that case? I have carbon steel in the kitchen with no problem: I rinse, wash, dry routinely, and oil occasionally.
 
One explanation I heard was, with the blade coating, the blade does not have to have that final finish. The coating covers the rough finish on the blade(s).
 
fulloflead said:
Well, I don't know what to think and I'm getting conflicting answers.

I'm talking about productions and I do know that the old "satin" like the Ravens were a chrome coating that was textured to look like beadblast. I love that coating. It's slippery and tough and stays on.

I just wanted to see if the current "satin" knives came with the same stuff attached.

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If its a satin production knife its got a coating :thumbup:
 
Lycosa said:
One explanation I heard was, with the blade coating, the blade does not have to have that final finish. The coating covers the rough finish on the blade(s).
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I don't know, it seems as if the coating would be at least as expensive and difficult to apply as it would be to finish the blade.
 
Who knows what Ernie has going on up in his head :confused::p

He is a real stick in the mud about everything so he probably just wont change the production method from his original plans.
It would appear the blades were made and designed for military use in the begining
so the coating was there to help keep the blades in ship shape contition no matter what or where you were.

I think the coatings are a bit of a waste of time personaly and think a true satin finish is far superior to a coating in apperance and function.
Im also not a huge fan of black blades as iv not been a ninja since i was 12 or 13 :rolleyes::)

Iv got a few bead blasted EKI blades (done after perchase) and they defo. look the best but they do pick up rust pretty quickly if you dont look after them.
Even marine tuffcloth dosnt last too long on those knives.
 
Bead blast is not particularly corrosion resistant. Actually, a mirror finish is better for that -- less micropitting to attract moisture.
 
The unfinished blade prior to the coating probably helps the coating stick.

As for uncoated blades, I prefer beadblast over satin because the beadblast holds rust protectant really well. Mirror is kind of a wash - it doesn't rust as easily and it doesn't hold protectant very well either.

I notice the chrome coating doesn't scratch very easily either.
 
This is a bead blasted mini-7
it does look much better than the black or satin coatings on the production blades IMO.

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