What lies beneath... CAUTION: Naked pics...

Ken44 said:
Does anyone know for sure what the Black undercoat is ?

If anyone at Busse knows please let us know.
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Yeah, that's what I would like to know. The black "undercoating" thing is pretty strange. I thought it might be decarb, but then, it doesn't seem to rust very aggressively at all, so perhaps it is not. :confused:
 
I'd like to know too. Perhaps Jerry could chime in?

I thought it was decarb, but like Elen said, it doesn't seem to rust too aggressively.

One thing is for certain, it's a new process. It wasn't there on older knives.......
 
I'd hope that black layer is the decarb cuz if it's only a primer layer then you'll need to sand that off AND the decarb layer below it. Just more work.
 
shunsui said:
I'd hope that black layer is the decarb cuz if it's only a primer layer then you'll need to sand that off AND the decarb layer below it. Just more work.
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Not more work for me... I think she looks cool just the way she is! :thumbup:
 
I have stripped LOTS of INFI, SR-101 and SR-77. I have always seen that black undercoating. I never left it and always sanded it off.

But, after dealing with and learning about the decarb layer on the Comp blades, I have to wonder if that black coating is decarb????? Or WHAT????? I have always been curious about that black sub-coating. ????????????????????

I wish someone who knows would fill us in.

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Maybe we should just keep asking until someone in the Busse Crew stops by to say either that it's a secret or that it's (enter explanation here, and add Let's Drink!) :D
 
I love that stripper... it makes the handles look brand new afterward. Sucks all the grease and sweat and oil right out. After finding out that a blade can actually rust under the coating... I go no coat as well. I can far better care for steel and a coating can.
 
It's hard to tell from the pics......but could the blade have received a DCBB before it was coated? The micro-peening might still be holding some remnants of the coating, giving it that cool dark finish.

Just a thought.

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