Spyderco DLC blade refinishing

Tombo 65

Tombo 65

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I bought a Spyderco Manix 2xl with the DLC blade a few months ago. I wanted a plain satin blade, but my local gun store had a good deal on a this one brand new so I picked it up.

It's a great knife, but I absolutely hate black blades. I have been thinking of taking the blade out and putting it in my Dillion case polisher with some walnut media and see if it will strip the DLC coating off and polish the blade. Has any one tried this, and if so - how did it come out. I'd love to see pictures. If nobody has tried it, I'm going to give it a shot anyway and post pics of the process.

Anyone have helpful info or experience with this type of thing?

Thanks
Tombo 65
 
DLC is pretty tough will be interesting to see how hard it is to take off with walnut media. Let us know how it goes. I'm sure it will look nice once it's done, maybe give it a stonewash or satin finish.
 
Probably easier to sell your all black version and order a new satin one from a reputable online dealer, seeing as you got a good deal on it you won't be losing any or very much money. IMO, better that than possibly ruining a good blade
 
I agree with redmasta and Johnny1801.
The DLC that Spyderco uses on it's Golden, CO manufactured knives is one of the most durable I have ever encountered. Walnut media will not be anywhere near as hard as the coating itself and polishing won't accomplish much aside from maybe a polish. If it were a Teflon coating like Cold Steel uses, then it might work. Good luck.
 
Worst that could happen is it will turn out like a ZT blackwash blade, right? That is how they make them, coat the blade then lightly stonewash them.

Should turn out fine, just need resharpened again.
 
I agree with the other comments - Spyderco's DLC is the best I've seen (Microtech please follow suit!). May want to consider a harder medium such as bead blast it if the walnut doesn't get through the finish. Please post pics when you're done - good luck and I'm anxious to see how it turns out!
 
One of my concerns was that putting it in the case tumbler would cause problems with tolerances once it was put back together, but I don't think the media will take off enough material to make a difference. I do wonder if the coating will resist the polishing compound on the walnut media. If I leave stones in the rig long enough it will polish them, so I would think that the duration of the tumbling will be the question.

By the way, Johnny1801, do you think this might ruin the knife in the sense of not do a good job on the finish removal, or should I have other concerns. I don't want to ruin the knife, but I am always open to experimenting.
 
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