Tenifer

fdd19 · Oct 23, 2006

Has anyone tried coating their blades with Tenifer or a generic version of it???

mete · Oct 23, 2006

Tennifer is a gas carbonitriding process .It adds carbon and nitrogen to the steel for a depth of a few thousandths. The problem is that on the thin edge the carbon and nitrogen diffuse from both sides so it's very hard to control the levels .

deker · Oct 23, 2006

mete said:
Tennifer is a gas carbonitriding process .It adds carbon and nitrogen to the steel for a depth of a few thousandths. The problem is that on the thin edge the carbon and nitrogen diffuse from both sides so it's very hard to control the levels .

If just the edge was ground back after the tennifer application would you be alright? If it's only a few thou from each side you wouldn't need to grind back that far.

This also begs the question of whether or not Titanium Aluminum Nitride or Titanium CarboNitride have the same effect on steel. I've looked at both of those for firearms coatings and they sure seem super-sweet.

-d

fdd19 · Oct 23, 2006

what if you had a subfinish, depending on the metal something like parkerizing?

fdd19 · Oct 23, 2006

hmm i wonder if GLOCK knives are coated with *researches*
update nothing relavent

mete · Oct 24, 2006

Tennifer is not a coating ,the C and N are diffused into the steel.Titanium aluminum nitride is only a coating .

deker · Oct 24, 2006

mete said:
Tennifer is not a coating ,the C and N are diffused into the steel.Titanium aluminum nitride is only a coating .

Ahhhhh...ok...I thought Tennifer was a coating. Thanks for the instruction Mete!

-d

fdd19 · Oct 25, 2006

ah damn, too bad... im looking for an alternative to the baked on epoxy which you cant repair once its scratched....

fdd19 · Oct 25, 2006

wait melonite is a coating though
look http://www.burlingtoneng.com/wear_resistance.html

mete · Oct 25, 2006

No , again . " Melonite ...diffuses carbon and nitrogen into the steel " The use of the term "coating " is incorrect and is just advertising hype. IIRC Tennifer [trade name ] cannot be used here because of pollution problems. Melonite [also a trade name ] is a similar process which for some reason is ok as far as pollution problems.