silent knight Competition finish question

Midwest Firecraft

Midwest Firecraft

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I own Busse satin and BIG finish knives. I have BIG double cut on the way. My question is the CF on the silent knight different than previous CF? Jerry states there will be,"no gremlins or deep chatter marks." Does this mean the decarb layer will have been sanded or ground off, or is it the same finish as before?
 
It'll look something like this: Notice how it's not super smooth like satin and it's not rough or dimpled like you'll see on some CG blades once the coating is stripped. There are machine marks, but I personal love the CF finish above all else because of it. BIG finish is my #2 choice (original BIG not the BIG DC). The last picture I marked a couple spots of imperfections that you might see but I'm sure someone else can show the chatter marks on some stripped blades that Jerry mentioned would not be on the SKs. Those referenced are very noticeable and not attractive on any blade IMO.

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Midwest Firecraft said:
I own Busse satin and BIG finish knives. I have BIG double cut on the way. My question is the CF on the silent knight different than previous CF? Jerry states there will be,"no gremlins or deep chatter marks." Does this mean the decarb layer will have been sanded or ground off, or is it the same finish as before?
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UNRL...did a great job of explaining & illustrating! :thumbsup:

Competition Finish <IIRC> was Busse getting a blade finished "just enough" to test on various media for R & D.

When you satin out INFI that's considerable more man hours and worn out belts <they ain't cheap> and would largely be wasteful when they were just gonna beat the hogsnot out of it for testing purposes anyways.

Here's my TGLB showing the vertical striations on the primary grind that I fell in love with! :)

Some nice crosshatching is visible on the flats in a pic or two.

Last pic shows a mild grinder gremlin that's not deep at all and gives a blade that has a ton a characher already...just a bit more...ENJOY :cool: and be sure to HOG UP ALL THE COMPETITION FINISH YOU CAN GET YOUR GRUBBY LITTLE HOOVES ON!!! :D
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Man some of those imperfectons are a little ewww.

I appreciate a machine finish but when do we allow straight up screw ups to be OK ? Or where these "hiding" under a finish?

I know im going to catch flak for it but cold steel used to sell factory seconds.

Cause some of the marks you show look like something i wouldnt want to sell of course just my opinion. ....flame on :)
 
I have to say i like that finish the best, satin is just too pretty, this way they look like they still look great but you dont feel like youre wasting a satin finish that took someone forever to achieve.

to me satin is hard to use not just because of its value but because of the hard work the craftsmen put into it.
 
There were actually two "competition" finishes. With the original Competition Grade finish, as described by Jerry here, they'd "take a blade straight from the furnace and do a light pass on a wheel and then it's all about the edge." These were offered in the 2008 Special Editions. These blades still had a layer of decarb and quickly acquired a coating of surface rust. Or at least mine did.

This was supplanted by a new competition finish that wasn't prone to rusting, but was still pretty rough and covered with INFI dimples. For a while you could call up the shop get a Team Gemini Light Brigade with the competition finish, which was a pretty good approximation of Daryl Dixon's knife. I got one of those, and it hasn't rusted.

I would expect the latter type (decarb removed) on the SK.
 
JohnTheTexican said:
There were actually two "competition" finishes. With the original Competition Grade finish, as described by Jerry here, they'd "take a blade straight from the furnace and do a light pass on a wheel and then it's all about the edge." These were offered in the 2008 Special Editions. These blades still had a layer of decarb and quickly acquired a coating of surface rust. Or at least mine did.

This was supplanted by a new competition finish that wasn't prone to rusting, but was still pretty rough and covered with INFI dimples. For a while you could call up the shop get a Team Gemini Light Brigade with the competition finish, which was a pretty good approximation of Daryl Dixon's knife. I got one of those, and it hasn't rusted.

I would expect the latter type (decarb removed) on the SK.
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Thank you sir. That is what I was hoping to hear. I really don't mind the rough look, just don't want to deal with rust, particularly under the grips where I can't see.
 
Wow! Yeah, I don't want those on my SK. Thanks for posting, didn't know what people meant by gremlin marks.
 
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PeteyTwoPointOne said:
UNRL...did a great job of explaining & illustrating! :thumbsup:

Competition Finish <IIRC> was Busse getting a blade finished "just enough" to test on various media for R & D.

When you satin out INFI that's considerable more man hours and worn out belts <they ain't cheap> and would largely be wasteful when they were just gonna beat the hogsnot out of it for testing purposes anyways.

Here's my TGLB showing the vertical striations on the primary grind that I fell in love with! :)

Some nice crosshatching is visible on the flats in a pic or two.

Last pic shows a mild grinder gremlin that's not deep at all and gives a blade that has a ton a characher already...just a bit more...ENJOY :cool: and be sure to HOG UP ALL THE COMPETITION FINISH YOU CAN GET YOUR GRUBBY LITTLE HOOVES ON!!! :D
SBd4sqS.jpg

ul35d9B.jpg

EEuPt69.jpg

TJlR6RD.jpg

xnCsH2n.jpg

joDzmxI.jpg

IX2lY3w.jpg
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That is absolutely a thing of beauty, congrats on such a fine blade P2P1. Now if I could just find one.
 
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