I just found out today there is a guy locally who has equipment for putting 3 different Ti- coatings on metal. Only catch is, blade has be to able to withstand 950 degree process involved after HT. What steels can handle this??? has anyone tried this stuff on the EDGE of the blade? I know people coat the blade and sharpen the edge, but what bout sending the whole thing done and coating the very edge, too, then stropping or something? will that work?
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Steel tempering and TiNi coatings
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Hey Tim,
A factory (i think it was buck)puts a TiNi coating(Or something similar) on their blades, what they do is make it so you have a one sided bevel, and you always sharpen that side leaving the coating as the fine edge on the other side.(hope that made sense!) so as you continue to sharpen the edge you keep exposing the Coating on the opposite side.
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A factory (i think it was buck)puts a TiNi coating(Or something similar) on their blades, what they do is make it so you have a one sided bevel, and you always sharpen that side leaving the coating as the fine edge on the other side.(hope that made sense!) so as you continue to sharpen the edge you keep exposing the Coating on the opposite side.
L8R
Eric
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Hi Taz!
The Ti coatings are one thing I've never understood. Why would someone put a coating on a blade that is only two thousandths of an inch? My logic is that once the blade is sharpened, you've basically taken any benifit the coating has given to the edge, and your back to the origonal steel. The coating sounds good in theory, but in reality you paying for something that only lasts until the first sharpening!
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Ed Caffrey "The Montana Bladesmith"
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The Ti coatings are one thing I've never understood. Why would someone put a coating on a blade that is only two thousandths of an inch? My logic is that once the blade is sharpened, you've basically taken any benifit the coating has given to the edge, and your back to the origonal steel. The coating sounds good in theory, but in reality you paying for something that only lasts until the first sharpening!
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Ed Caffrey "The Montana Bladesmith"
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I have had TiN coatings put on blades for one customer. I sharpened, polished and put my name on the blade before coating. The customer intended to sharpen one side of the blade only and leave the hard coating intact on the other to aid in edge holding. At last report he still hadn't had to sharpen the blades yet(translation..he didn't get a moose last fall)
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i have a BM stryker with a blade that i had coated with TiAlN, i did it because i heard people complaining that the bt2 coating was not durable enough.
before it was coated i sharpened it and so it came back with a coated edge, it was not as sharp when it returned but with use some of the sharpnes returned but i can not feel any difference between sharpeningen on side or both.
the coating has a dark grey color and is wery durable, even the point where the blade rubs the liner does not scratch.
but is is not very corrosion resistant, the steel will still rust but not as much as on the edge
i hope some of this can help you.
please email me if you have any questions
i am currently in Africa so use abbagysse@yahoo.com instead of my listed adress.
thank you
Claus Christensen
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Claus Christensen
When you have playboy channel, why get married
before it was coated i sharpened it and so it came back with a coated edge, it was not as sharp when it returned but with use some of the sharpnes returned but i can not feel any difference between sharpeningen on side or both.
the coating has a dark grey color and is wery durable, even the point where the blade rubs the liner does not scratch.
but is is not very corrosion resistant, the steel will still rust but not as much as on the edge
i hope some of this can help you.
please email me if you have any questions
i am currently in Africa so use abbagysse@yahoo.com instead of my listed adress.
thank you
Claus Christensen
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Claus Christensen
When you have playboy channel, why get married