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What's your favorite blade finish/coating?
- Thread starter trane fan
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Robb, I've seen that technique on a knife that was blued by a guy I know who is an amateur knife maker. It was an interesting look. He offered to make a knife for me. Maybe I should call and get him to do up one of his fixed blades for me(that's all he currently makes).
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I don't know what it is, but the black coating on my Al Mar Sere 2K looks nice and it is very tough. It has smoothed and "thinned out" a little to where the bevels show through a little bit but it has been really scratch resistant.
I really like a mirror finished blade, but once it gets scratched - Uhg! I agree that a stonewashed blade is probably the most practical but I don't really like how it looks. It sort of looks like those cheapo sheets of galvanized tin.
I really like a mirror finished blade, but once it gets scratched - Uhg! I agree that a stonewashed blade is probably the most practical but I don't really like how it looks. It sort of looks like those cheapo sheets of galvanized tin.
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stonewashed, exactly for the reasons stated above. A close second would be a handrubbed satin finish.