Sidewinder,
I really like the Boron Carbide. I haven't had the DLC long enough to judge. I have read a lot about it. It should be a large improvement.
Sox,
The area where the stripes were showed through after coating. It looks like the area where the stripes were is just a little more polished than the other areas on the blade. I like it.
Rob Simonich does the coolest stripe job on his blades in boron carbide or DLC.
Zach