Toughest Coating in Your Opinion?

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The subject line speaks for itself. Which one holds up the best in your estimation?
 
in the short time I had a knife with the coating, Boron Carbide was impressive at scratch resistance. I dont know if it would hold up to hard use, however. I like the Busse/SR coatings alot.
 
So far the Boron Nitride coating on the Kershaws:
( Boron Nitride, BN)

Boron nitride is a white solid material in the as produced hot pressed form. It is a low porosity solid. It is easily machined into complex shapes using standard carbide tooling. The material is anisotropic in its electrical and mechanical properties due to the platy hexagonal crystals and their orientation during the hot press consolidation.

.Key Properties
High thermal conductivity
Low thermal expansion
Good thermal shock resistance
High electrical resistance
Low dielectric constant and loss tangent
Microwave transparency
Non toxic
Easily machined — non abrasive and lubricious
Chemically inert
Not wet by most molten metals

This is some tough stuff, I carried a Chive with the Black BN coating loose in my pocket with keys and change for a year with no apparent wear to the finish, it looked as good as the day I got it.
 
Rat Finkenstein said:
in the short time I had a knife with the coating, Boron Carbide was impressive at scratch resistance. I dont know if it would hold up to hard use, however. I like the Busse/SR coatings alot.
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Hey Rat, do you think there's much difference between the various Busse coatings?
 
IMO, the tan Busse coating is the toughest coating I’ve had on a knife.

Unlike many coatings that seem to flake, the tan coating wears very evenly.

Also, the combination of raw INFI and tan looks okay.
 
Out of the Busse line, I'm gonna go with the tan coating as well. It seems to just wear away very slowly without any of the chipping you see with very hard use.
 
I only have a tan busse, although I have several black Rats. The Tan coating shows scuffs more, but it is very durable. I have yet to remove a whole lot from either color of coating, but I would have to lean towards the tan for toughness.
 
Busse's desert tan coating is the toughest coating on any knife I have experience with.

–Mike
 
I have only owned the black, tan, and green coatings, but in my safe all three have held up really well.
 
The black coating seems to have a crinkly/wrinkly texture, whereas the tan coating is more like a uniform roughness (sort of like used sandpaper).

I don’t know what is different about the formulation of the tan, but I’m hoping that the grey coating is like the tan.
 
DC ROCKS!

If you can considered it a coating, I think it'll surpass the tan. Will rub but doesn't come off. Besides that, it looks the coolest! IMHO
 
Guyon said:
I found a similar thread which echoes a lot of the statements about the durability of Desert Tan: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=318493

Is this particular finish distinctly different in terms of composition and/or application? Anybody know what makes it so tough?
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To quote John Locke from 'Lost', "Don't know."

To me, the toughest coating from Busse is the Tan.

I love the DC, but that is a finish, not a coating.

Smooth works ok for me also since that is what's on my EDC's. Get's 'character' marks real fast.

Rob
 
wetdog1911 said:
To quote John Locke from 'Lost', "Don't know."

To me, the toughest coating from Busse is the Tan.

I love the DC, but that is a finish, not a coating.

Smooth works ok for me also since that is what's on my EDC's. Get's 'character' marks real fast.

Rob
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Finish not a coating... right, got it. Thanks for clearing that up Rob. I'd have to say if I was going to go tan, it would have to be Black and Tan. That is a combo that is starting to look better and better the more I see em.
 
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