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fdd19

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Has anyone tried coating their blades with Tenifer or a generic version of it???
 
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 .
 
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 .
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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
 
what if you had a subfinish, depending on the metal something like parkerizing?
 
hmm i wonder if GLOCK knives are coated with *researches*
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Tennifer is not a coating ,the C and N are diffused into the steel.Titanium aluminum nitride is only a coating .
 
mete said:
Tennifer is not a coating ,the C and N are diffused into the steel.Titanium aluminum nitride is only a coating .
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Ahhhhh...ok...I thought Tennifer was a coating. Thanks for the instruction Mete!

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