Sal, why no black bladed knives

Hi PJenkins00. Interesting question, and welcome to our forum. Spyderco was the first production house to make black knives ('80's) The first Tigold black pieces were Spydercos. We made them for a number of years.

Essentially, black coatings will eventually come off and cannot easily be re-coated. Everyone likes to buy them, everyone likes to sell them, but no one likes the beefs when the coating gets scratched or worn.

We do on occassion make them. The current Lum Tanto is black. We don't mind making them, but it is close to impossible to make the ELU realize that it IS a coating and will eventually come off.

sal
 
I have a Delica with the Blk Ti coating . I carried it for awhile but retired it when I found out that Spyderco was going to discontinue it. So now it sits in the collectable box.
 
I have a fully serrated Delica with a black coating on the blade and I have carried this knife for the past 5 years. I use it almost daily in opening boxes, cutting cardboard and similar tasks. The coating is still in very good condition.

I would not hesitate to recommend any blade from Spyderco with this coating, it looks great and seems to hold up well. Just dont try to go thru an airport with it, between the black blade and the serrations your going to make some people very upset.
 
Thanks for the reply, Sal. I hadn't taken a look at the new lum tanto yet. it's very nice.

Pete
 
Black coating adds to the cost of a knife, and knives cost enough as it is. Cost aside, I generally prefer an uncoated blade anyway.
 
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