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stonewash vs tiger strip
- Thread starter orcazero
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Its all in YOUR eye.
The knife is the same.
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The knife is the same.
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I like the stonewashed.
Matt D
Matt D
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Mick,
Your comment is something that I've long suspected. Briefly, it's the client's imagination that really is at work here. Consider these examples.
Sporting good store employees say that diverse color/shape fishing lures don't really catch more/bigger fish. They really catch fisherman, however.
There is a story about A.J. Foyt and some of the mental games he used to play on his fellow racers. Goodyear made a racing tire which was delivered with a red-dot painted on the sidewall. A.J. quickly painted over these dots with blue paint. Because of his skill, he ran faster laps. Goodyear then started to receive several angry calls from racing teams complaining that A.J. got preferential treatment with a superior tire compound.
Like anything else, I guess it's the man, not the metal.
Your comment is something that I've long suspected. Briefly, it's the client's imagination that really is at work here. Consider these examples.
Sporting good store employees say that diverse color/shape fishing lures don't really catch more/bigger fish. They really catch fisherman, however.
There is a story about A.J. Foyt and some of the mental games he used to play on his fellow racers. Goodyear made a racing tire which was delivered with a red-dot painted on the sidewall. A.J. quickly painted over these dots with blue paint. Because of his skill, he ran faster laps. Goodyear then started to receive several angry calls from racing teams complaining that A.J. got preferential treatment with a superior tire compound.
Like anything else, I guess it's the man, not the metal.
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"Stonewashed finish camouflages scratches better if that is your thing."
That's one of the reasons why I wanted to get a Model 2 SnG. The other reason is the sheeple factor. I LOVE my tiger stripe Striders, but for those "stealth missions" during daylight hours, in front of my customers, especially female customers, a stonewash SnG is perfect. On the other hand, my AR scares even some of my so-called male customers...
That's one of the reasons why I wanted to get a Model 2 SnG. The other reason is the sheeple factor. I LOVE my tiger stripe Striders, but for those "stealth missions" during daylight hours, in front of my customers, especially female customers, a stonewash SnG is perfect. On the other hand, my AR scares even some of my so-called male customers...
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U guys talking about Levi's? Jk, what is stonewashed?
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If I'm not mistaken, it's a metal surface that is tumbled or air-gunned with ceramic pellets.
Sometimes this is used to gain surface hardness, like the finish desired on automotive connecting rods. (I believe they use metal balls; this process is called shot-peening.)
I do not know how this finish is applied to cutlery steel.
Sometimes this is used to gain surface hardness, like the finish desired on automotive connecting rods. (I believe they use metal balls; this process is called shot-peening.)
I do not know how this finish is applied to cutlery steel.