ZT Tiger stripes?

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Raylas

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I was thinking of buying a ZT with a tiger stripe finish, but I was curious as to how the stripes were made? Are they bead blasted on? Is it just a different color coating? I want to get one, but I would like to know more about the finish before I buy.
 
Seems I'm not the only one curious. :p

I'm sure we'll have our answer soon enough, 9Blades.
 
It is a trade secret.

I saw them being done, but my tour guide said that it was proprietary process. ;^)

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mqqn
 
mqqn said:
It is a trade secret.

I saw them being done, but my tour guide said that it was proprietary process. ;^)

best

mqqn
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Hahahaha! Yeah, I heard if they told you they would have to kill you.
 
Okay, that bites but I respect the decision to keep it private. I'll trust in ZT to not give me a bead blasted knife when I eventually order it.
 
The ts finish holds up great, my 0350ts has been hard used 6 days a week for 6 months and the finish barely shows any wear.
 
My 035 has been used pretty hard and I have yet to wear the finish off. I cut a tin can open with it and I thought I had scratched the finish all to hell but after cleaning it with some Nevr-Dull it all cleaned right off and looked new again.
 
Hmmm, this thread reminded me of this youtube video. At around 8:22 he mentions that it's a DLC coating that's bead blasted. Also, Correct me if i'm wrong, but I believe this youtube account belongs to someone who works for kershaw/ZT because he mentions Thomas and also shows the 0777 prototype. He also says we when talking about the knives.
 
I know that even if you scratch the tiger stripes , they can be filled in with duracoat or sharpie or something like that and it looks brand new.
 
The ZT web site states that the stripes are a Tungsten DLC coating.

the 0301 features a tough S30V stainless steel blade with ZT’s tiger stripe Tungsten DLC (Diamond-Like Carbon) coating

The Tungsten DLC tiger striping not only provides a non-reflective camouflaged surface, but also enhances blade hardness and reduces friction drag.
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Well I must say I like zt even more now the just emailed me within three hours of my question!

Niner- Thank you for your interest in our knives! To answer your question, yes the blade is DLC with a bead blasted design. We first coat the entire blade black with DLC and then we do in fact bead blast the stripes in the blade. I hope that helps answer all your questions and it’s great to hear that you like the ZT 0200!

Thank you for being such a fan of our knives and please feel free to contact us if you have any further questions.

Best regards,
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In my opinion if the white stripe don't rust then it's not a problem.
 
dang i had no idea they were bead blasted out, Either way I had a 301 I believe it had stripes with the green handle , and it didn't seem like it was bead blasted at all I would of guessed it was a dlc coating with some other coating on top of it , never knew it was just bare steel in those stripes.
 
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