Got my MPK A2 back from Cliff about a week ago. It was in excellent shape.
The wear on the blade is barely noticeable and knife looks like it has not been used except for 3 dings. The blade finish seems to be tough. Two of the dings were barely noticeable. The larger one was closest to the handle is about 1/64". I did manage to roll the edge. It was much as you described. Cliff reports that it was possible he might have hit something embedded in the wood. I have done this often myself, and have seen sparks fly sometimes when I am using a khukuri.
When the coating is scratched there appears to be a gold colored layer beneath the black. The scratches in the coating are barely noticeable. I could not even find the wear that I put on the blade with the Lansky sharpener. The marks I put in exposed the gold color underneath. Perhaps oil and wear caused the black coating to migrate over the gold undercoating where it reattaches.
My ATAK2 edge chipped away when I hammered it into a block of particle board (K2)and twisted it out. I was eager to try this with the MPK and it did not show any damage. Also, the tip was not damaged by stabbing the particle board with the MPK, my ATAK2 tip was bent slightly (about 1 mm of it).
Will
The wear on the blade is barely noticeable and knife looks like it has not been used except for 3 dings. The blade finish seems to be tough. Two of the dings were barely noticeable. The larger one was closest to the handle is about 1/64". I did manage to roll the edge. It was much as you described. Cliff reports that it was possible he might have hit something embedded in the wood. I have done this often myself, and have seen sparks fly sometimes when I am using a khukuri.
When the coating is scratched there appears to be a gold colored layer beneath the black. The scratches in the coating are barely noticeable. I could not even find the wear that I put on the blade with the Lansky sharpener. The marks I put in exposed the gold color underneath. Perhaps oil and wear caused the black coating to migrate over the gold undercoating where it reattaches.
My ATAK2 edge chipped away when I hammered it into a block of particle board (K2)and twisted it out. I was eager to try this with the MPK and it did not show any damage. Also, the tip was not damaged by stabbing the particle board with the MPK, my ATAK2 tip was bent slightly (about 1 mm of it).
Will
