What to do when black coating gets scratched up?

I'm not sure but I think that you'd have to remove the entire coating and then get it professionally re-coated. That's probably more expensive than getting a new Mini-Grip.
 
Contact Benchmade and ask them. If it worries you that the blade is getting marked up you should get a Boron Carbide coated knife, it is very scratch resistant. You could strip the coating off and apply a coating or blue it yourself, also.
 
Interesting idea. The marker thing, that is. I've noticed very slight streaking on the black coating in my minigrip. It'd be impossible to notice except under very close scruitiny, but having only owned it a couple months, I can imagine what it might look like three years from now.

But I can replace a D2 minigrip. I'm thinking about getting a paramilitary (in black) and I can't afford to replace that. I want to use it like a para is supposed to, and I think I prefer the black blade (very rare for me, normally I don't like them). Does the para use any super tough black coating? I guess I can just save the four bucks and get it without one.

I was hoping to do a three way comparison with my other two black blade edcs (m16, minigrip) and make it interesting. I should probably get it without the coating and just not worry about it.
 
Nothing.

It's like blue jeans after they get a little faded and tattered. They're more YOURS.

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Are the scratches very deep? Maybe you could blend the rest of the blade texture with very fine grit sandpaper?

Then again, why not just clean it up and leave it? At least you'll know your not carrying a safe queen.
 
If it's a user, the black stuff is gonna wear off eventually, so if you just want a cosmetic touch up, try a Sharpie marker.
 
I really don't care too much for the "BT" coating used by Benchmade, just because it does get scratched easily. Then again, my 730CFHS has that awesome M2 steel, and that Teflon coating does a great job of keeping the rust at bay. I prefer the TiNi coating that Microtech used to use, as it protected, and was very scratch resistant. Lot's of companies still use it still, but it adds cost.

My BT coated Benchmade is a user, so pretty isn't my top priority, but with those cool Carbon fiber handles, the black-on-black look still makes me smile. :)

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Hmmmm. I had been thinking about getting a D2 Grip but was concerned about the black coating getting scratched up. I'm picky about the appearnce of my cutlery.

Is D2 so rust prone that it has to be coated?
 
cabron50 said:
Is D2 so rust prone that it has to be coated?
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Not really. D2 (at least BM's D2) has I think 12% chromium. Not quite "stainless", but much moreso than M2 or other high carbon tool steels. If you live in a humid or salty environment (like a coastal area), you might have to worry about it more than, for example, myself in Arizona, but nothing more than a semi-daily coating of mineral oil or a Tuf-Cloth is needed.

Newer BMs are coated with their new BK1 coating, which is much tougher than the old BT2. But it's not as tough as TiN (as far as I can tell), and nothing is tougher than DLC. It will show signs of wear, especially if you use it on cardboard.
 
So if I buy a DLC para, I will not have to "think" about how i'm using my knife to prevent scratches (I don't use my minigrip for cutting all the way through stuff anymore because of the streaking it leaves. I use it now for precision work.)
 
I'd say take it all off!

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any of the coatings up to & including the DLC will scuff and scratch, some sooner than others but all of them will wear if ya use the knife, i have 2 DLC coated blades, and yes they will scuff up.

if scuffs bother ya get satin or BB finish, dont get coatings.
 
I think the wear on the DLC/Boron/TiN coatings actually looks quite nice, gives it a good rugged "tool" look. The epoxy/teflon/etc coatings on the other hand tend to look like crap after they're used a few times, and it's not till almost all the coating is burnished away by cutting that they start to look more like a well used tool than a piece of garbage. There are exceptions of course, but benchmade's BT2 is really bad about that.
 
fulloflead said:
Nothing.

It's like blue jeans after they get a little faded and tattered. They're more YOURS.

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I agree totally. Display it proudly. It shows you have used it.
 
Steven Roos said:
I'd say take it all off!

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I agree completly, and would buy more knives if they did not have the coating option altogether.

Btw, nice unit you have there, love the high polish on it.

Kind of like how i prefer to wax my own vehicle several times a year as compared to say Ming's diamond cote.

Imho, one style is for people that will not look after it, and the other is the one people, that buy it for life, maintaining it as needed.

My oldest knives, of course without coatings of any type, still look new mostly, i wonder how a coated version will look like after 20 years.

(Like the company wants it too, bad, so you will replace it before this happens as every time you pull it out, peeps say, hey that looks pretty worn out, and the impression of improper care floods their minds.)

WR
 
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