Titanium Nitride (TiNi) vs. Black Teflon coating

Warthog

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SOG (and maybe other companies?) uses TiNi to coat certain models of their blades in black, or on their multitools, gold. How does this stack up to Benchmades Black Teflon coating? TiNi supposedly has a Rc hardness of 90. Members here have stated that the BT coating easily scratches, but still protects the blade...if I went with a TiNi knife, I wouldn't want it to end up kinda scratchy looking.

Any opinions?

Warthog
 
I've always heard that a blade coating will wear off with decent to hard use, no matter which one it is. I don't like them at all myself, so I'm afraid I can't tell you which of the two to get. :o

Asha'man
 
Titanium Nitride is a very different beast from teflon. Teflon is relatively soft and easy to scratch. TiNi really is harder than the steel underneath. There are very few things hard enough to scratch it and most of them are precious gems. :)

I have a black TiNi-coated Fisher Bullet Pen that has been bouncing around my pocket with keys and other metal objects for several months. If I brush the lint off it the thing still looks like a mirror.

--Bob Q
 
i have an entirely different point of view on this one, technically the ti coating should be tougher but i've had ti coated knives and they seem to scratch more easily then the bt2 coatings, first the bt2 coating seems thicker? and it's smooth so theres less friction then the matte finish ti ? but overall i think coating sucks, cause to be honest it's pretty uselss unless it's on non stainless steel, having coating on stainless steel is pretty pointless since it's mainly for looks, sure it doesn't reflect light but how often is there a situation where that would actually matter? just my opinion
 
imho any coating is gonna scratch if ya use the knife for utility tasks, as most do. i carry my coated knives as dedicated SD tools, and carry a spydie delica to do the regular cuttin'. no scratches that way, so far......and, lord, i have had lotsa diff coatings from BM/MOD/MT/EKI/GT/etc - only thing all have had in common is they will all scuff w/use.......................sure look cool when new, though!!!!!


greg
 
hmmm Manji, I suppose you are correct...there really isn't a purpose in coating a blade.

hmmm

Warthog
 
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