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What´s your favorite blade finish?

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What´s your favorite blade fifnish?

mirror polished
stonewashed
satin
coated
other
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nl Offline Ron Who

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What´s your favorite blade finish?
on: December 25, 2017, 10:21:45 AM
A friend of mine once told me that some manufacturers do not offer mirror polished blades because it´s too expensive. On the other hand, mirror polished blades would be less prone to rust. What do you think, and what do you prefer?
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Re: What´s your favorite blade finish?
Reply #1 on: December 25, 2017, 10:44:50 AM
I like the shiny mirror finish, but I am open to others too
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Re: What´s your favorite blade finish?
Reply #2 on: December 26, 2017, 03:42:50 AM
Satin would be my first choice. On the right knife as ground or stone washed looks good.
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Re: What´s your favorite blade finish?
Reply #3 on: December 26, 2017, 03:48:05 AM
I typically like the look of stone washed, aesthetically pleasing. though it can fall into the tacticool type of stuff which I'm not trying for. Just like the semi distressed look
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Re: What´s your favorite blade finish?
Reply #4 on: December 26, 2017, 05:00:55 AM
Mirror polish.

Everything else is asking for rust.

And it's not like I'm on a battlefield, afraid that the glint of metal off my razor-sharp kbar is going to give off my location to the sniper in the belltower or some stupid fantasy BS.
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Re: What´s your favorite blade finish?
Reply #5 on: December 26, 2017, 05:58:58 AM
Mirror polish > Satin > Black > bead blasted.
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Re: What´s your favorite blade finish?
Reply #6 on: December 26, 2017, 12:42:38 PM
Quote from: Kampfer on December 26, 2017, 05:58:58 AM
Mirror polish > Satin > Black > bead blasted.

I'll widen that a bit, based on my preference

MIrror polish > Satin > Blackwash (if done well) > Stonewash (if done well) > Black coated (DLC) > Black coated (TiNi) > Black coated (paint, teflon, others) > Bead Blasted

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Re: What´s your favorite blade finish?
Reply #7 on: December 26, 2017, 04:49:15 PM
Satin. Stonewash. Other. Coated. Mirror.

Depends on the knife design. Designed properly and aesthetically I'll go for whatever the knife designer had in mind if it fits my styling likes.
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Re: What´s your favorite blade finish?
Reply #8 on: December 27, 2017, 02:18:05 AM
here you have, all from one brand, who does a marvelous work at some (Satin, Polished, Stonewash, DLC coating)  :salute:



and has done greatly for 30 years   :tu:



and a terrible job at times (Bead Blast, Tuff-Ex coating, simple cheap black paint... :facepalm:)




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Re: What´s your favorite blade finish?
Reply #9 on: December 31, 2017, 01:59:07 AM
Satin followed by anything that is uncoated
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Re: What´s your favorite blade finish?
Reply #10 on: January 05, 2018, 09:51:56 AM
On my knives I mostly sand to 400 grit and then polish.......it's not a true mirror polish and it's not hard to do.

The main reason I do it is to look for imperfections.....grind marks etc.

I don't have a problem with anything except truck bed liner  :facepalm:

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Re: What´s your favorite blade finish?
Reply #11 on: January 05, 2018, 01:23:07 PM
Satin or stone washed for me. However, I am partial to a bo finish - especially when it starts to get that beat-up look -I think that looks fantastic. I don't like a mirrored finish at all... except, that is, on SAKs... for some reason I don't mind that.

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