Blade Coatings
I want to know everything about blade coatings. I hear a lot of coating terms and abbreviations on the forums but still don't know which is which and how they look.
Please school me on:
List of all coatings BM currently uses
Explanation of abbreviations
Pros/Cons
Color - how to tell a coating by looks
Durability (resistance to scratching)
Anything else I should now but didn't ask
Satin finish - is it a "coating" or just a polish?
Please school me on:
List of all coatings BM currently uses
Explanation of abbreviations
Pros/Cons
Color - how to tell a coating by looks
Durability (resistance to scratching)
Anything else I should now but didn't ask
Satin finish - is it a "coating" or just a polish?
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Here's a good place to start...seeing what Benchmade has to say about their coatings:
BLADE COATINGS
CERAKOTE™: Designed and manufactured by NIC Industries, Cerakote™ has a unique ceramic structure that out-performs competitive coatings and improves performance in both laboratory and real world settings.
BK1 ® COATING: BK1 coating is a matte black coating that provides excellent corrosion protection, which exceeds the ASTM-117 spec for saltwater while possessing higher scratch resistance.
BT2 ® COATING: A proprietary blade coating that is Xylan ® based to provide excellent corrosion resistance which exceeds the ASTM-117 spec for saltwater and increases overall surface lubricity.
BP1 COATING: Black Pearl (BP) is a PVD (physical vapor deposition) coating made up of Titanium Carbo-Nitride (TiCN for short). It is a darker, near black, scratch resistant coating with nice decorative qualities.0 -
Satin finish is a coating not a polish. 0 -
in my experience with blade coatings that Benchmade uses I find BT to be the worst and BT close to that. I only have one BC1 coated blade and have never used it so I can;'t comment on that. The cerakote seems very durable and I like that a lot. My favorite is DLC which seems to me to hold up the best but it has a weird look to it so it always shows weird colors from the oils from fingerprints and stuff.
Not very scientific or anything...0 -
quote:Originally posted by different:
in my experience with blade coatings that Benchmade uses I find BT to be the worst and BT close to that. My favorite is DLC which seems to me to hold up the best but it has a weird look to it so it always shows weird colors from the oils from fingerprints and stuff.
Not very scientific or anything...
Assuming you meant 'BK', and if so I would heartily agree, I'd offer a +1 on your Ceracote comment, I like the durability shown so far.0 -
I agree, oil almost beads up on Ceracote.
Is Ceracote always grey looking?
What is the M4 Ritter Mini Grip coating? What it stonewashed before or after coating?0 -
Benchmade uses both grey and black Ceracote, I believe it comes in a lot of other colors too, but that's all they currently use.
The M4 mini Ritters are DLC (diamond-like carbon) coated. I'm not sure if the stonewash is done before or after they're coated...0 -
Stonewashed DLC is my favorite.
It has iridescent characteristics.
I believe it's stonewashed before the DLC is applied.0 -
quote:Originally posted by something:
Benchmade uses both grey and black Ceracote, I believe it comes in a lot of other colors too, but that's all they currently use.
The M4 mini Ritters are DLC (diamond-like carbon) coated. I'm not sure if the stonewash is done before or after they're coated...
the stone wash must be done before the DLC.0 -
It scratches. 0 -
Are the "plain" stone washed Ritters (s30v) coated? By plain I mean the the current ones at KW that look satin or light grey in color?
How is stone wash done? Is it where they tumble the blade with smooth stones?0 -
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If you don't want to hand shake to stone wash:
Go to harborfreight dot com and search for rotary rock tumbler. One video I watched the guy used the smaller 3 lb version for 2 hours to get the results he wanted. Not a bad deal for $40.00
They make a larger one that has two drums but I don't know if either one of these would accomodate a larger blade like on an 810.
BTW, you can see from these videos and how this is done that all stone washing would pretty much have to be finished before coating is applied by a manufacturer, or this process would probably destroy or remove the coating.
It would be interesting to put a pack of BB's in with a coated blade for a couple days...leaving the stones out. I wonder if it would be a simple way to remove old coating.
I had to get rust out of a motorcycle gas tank once. I put a pack of BB's in the tank, duct taped the tank in a blanket and put it in my wife's clothes dryer for a couple hours. When done, the inside of the tank was shiny and new.0 -
quote:Originally posted by fastjan:
I had to get rust out of a motorcycle gas tank once. I put a pack of BB's in the tank, duct taped the tank in a blanket and put it in my wife's clothes dryer for a couple hours. When done, the inside of the tank was shiny and new.
How was the dryer after that?
Thanks for the video, that's what I imagined. I can't image doing it by hand.0 -
quote:Geocyclist asked...How was the dryer after that?
Well, with the tank all wrapped up inside a blanket and duct taped in place, it didn't do any harm to the dryer. BTW, I was just using the dryer on the air fluff setting.0 -
quote:Originally posted by fastjan:quote:Geocyclist asked...How was the dryer after that?
Well, with the tank all wrapped up inside a blanket and duct taped in place, it didn't do any harm to the dryer. BTW, I was just using the dryer on the air fluff setting.
Were you using Cling Free dryer sheets also ..........LOL
Iam not being a Jerk here , just trying to be funny ....LOL0 -
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