Who does the nicest stonewash?

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AlpacaWrangler

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I just got a 0561 and I'm very impressed with the stonewashed blade. I've always been the DLC or black coated blade guy but I'm loving this. Who else does a great stonewash? Chris Reeve? Hinderer? Any photos would be greatly appreciated.
 
I'm not a fan of CRK in particular but their stone wash finish is spectacular.
 
I've seen stone washes from a few other companies like CRK, but Cold Steel does my favorite stone wash job. Just bought another Voyager and I'm buying another one later on, in part because I love it so much.
 
I think the best stone washed blades are from ZT. I've traded all of mine but I always thought their stone washing was top notch.
 
Hogue and Strider are my favorite stone washed blades so far. They have the coarser looking finish compared when to CRK or ZT which looks great, specially on a user knife
 
Really liked the Hinderer SW. Strider is also really nice.

He CRK is very nice, but more mild and not my fave, but I could see how preference would make someone put that at the top. Although the me SW on the Ti-Lock is great.
 
Kershaw does a great stonewash. But my favorite that I've had was a Benchmade 53. Fantastic stonewash on the D2 blade.
 
CRK does a good one, as others have stated. They should given the price. I saw a Kershaw Turbulence that sported a really nice, and coarse Stonewash, I thought it looked great. As does the ZT350, very attractive.
 
These are my five stonewashed blades.

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XM 24 stonewashed blade, bead blasted frame.

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