Should I or Shouldn't I

There is a big misnomer about coatings. First is that the typical coating provides excellent rust protection. Truth is that a coating that provides excellent rust protection doesn't provide abrassion resistance and the reverse is true as well. So for example, most of todays knife coatings have a lot of abrassion resistance and do provide resistance to corrossion. However, Corrossion can get underneath these coatings and travel unbeknownst to you. This is worst case of course, but it can and will happen. The reason is that most coatings are not Vapor Barriers. If a coating is a vapor barrier then it will comletely block corrosion development in an area. If it is a vapor barrier it will be listed as in Number of hours of Corrosion Resistance in a Salt Water environment. Like Walter Birdsongs Black T coating (not to be confused with the Black-Ti Knife coating more commonly used) has a corrosion resistance of about 40,000 hours in a sea type environment. Hard Chrome is not a vapor barrier and Rust can and will develop under it. Paint is not a vapor barrier either unless you buy a specific paint that is a vapor barrier and claims to be ( and you will pay out your azz for it), you are not getting corrossion resistance. That is why I prefer uncoated blades. I like to see the rust develope and take it off myself.
 
Has anyone ever tried putting a thin coat of like "Rino-liner" or "line-X" on a knife?
 
thatmguy said:
... Where were you last weekend?? ...
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I had hoped to come to the last 2 Indy shows, and between work and urgent family stuff, I have had my hands full. I would not have been able to get to Indy last weekend until Sunday, and I figured by then the trough would have been empty. :D

Gene
 
Never know what is lurkin behind the table.....:cool:

See ya in June...er, um, see ya AT the June show......;)
 
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