FINALLY EXPLAINED! Knife Coatings & Finishes

FINALLY EXPLAINED! Knife Coatings & Finishes | Knife Banter S2 (Ep 33)

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Zac and Jamie sit down and talk about some of the most popular knife coatings and finishes. Get your next knife here: bit.ly/3h0b8JM
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Knives in order of appearance:
0:00 Intro
0:48 Case Trapper: bit.ly/3eWQvwC
3:20 Spyderco SpydieChef: bit.ly/2U8QzRR
5:09 Fox Knives Baby Core: bit.ly/2zUJAFj
7:15 CRKT Minimalist: bit.ly/2UccMOO
9:00 Kershaw Launch 11: bit.ly/30bSdWt
11:00 Boker Mini Kalashnikov: bit.ly/2XXutTe
13:10 TOPS B.O.B.: bit.ly/3f5SgHV
15:15 Ontario RAT-3: bit.ly/3eYhHuR
15:53 Buck Compadre Camp Knife: bit.ly/3gW2RXx
16:30 Benchmade Mediator: bit.ly/2Ueg6ZS
18:28 Benchmade Outlast: bit.ly/30bEMGb
19:14 Cold Steel Recon 1: bit.ly/30bbszv
21:12 Benchmade Bugout: bit.ly/2Uf7pyu
23:02 Pro-Tech Calmigo: bit.ly/2Y8En4A
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@kcrad1521 4 жыл бұрын

The bead blast insert... I am dead OMG🤣🤣🤣

@BladeHQ 4 жыл бұрын

Bead blast barbie! 🎵

@josephdecker0 4 жыл бұрын

I have always wondered, looking at blade hq’s “finish” category what I was gonna get... The knife maker says: black. Is it paint, powder, Ceracote? That would be useful to know.

@koldurthemage7199 4 жыл бұрын

i just got the ranger green bugout and I'm really loving it. it's my first benchmade. i finally understand why you guys love them so much

@cameronbottoms1118 3 жыл бұрын

Was my daily for i think 8 months! Hope it treats you well!! I moved to the Benchmade Anthem!

@morayjames92 4 жыл бұрын

mirror polish on a blade can damage the hardness of the edge of the knife due to the high heat generated when the blade is polished, you may have to sharpen a good number of times to work your way back to the hard steel farther back up the blade, the soft steel will feel gummy and will not take an edge. Once hard steel has been reached at your new edge you are fine and a polished blade is resistant to moisture and rust (the prime reason for the polish in the first place). A polished blade also looks very good.

@kevinrickett 4 жыл бұрын

Great content! I really enjoyed it. Learned many new things I didn’t know. Thanks much.

@meanwhilekai 4 жыл бұрын

I need a knife banter equivalent for every one of my interests

@Mo.89. 4 жыл бұрын

Funny this video came up a few hours after I was convinced I’d scratched my Cold Steel American Lawman blade with DLC coating to bits... yep those “scratches” rubbed right off with a bit of elbow grease haha.

@casey197930 4 жыл бұрын

Same story on my large recon. I actually tried stripping it to polish the blade. Aircraft paint stripper doesn't work lol even used a putty knife. Blade looks brand new.

@jeffflick2573 3 жыл бұрын

Diamond Like Carbide is the best. So what if your knife gets a scratch?

@nahumdeleon8453 4 жыл бұрын

This is like a talk show intervention for knives jaja lol

@DanielTorie 4 жыл бұрын

Nahum De Leon Hello. My name is Dan and I have a knife addiction. They say admitting is the first step right?

@nahumdeleon8453 4 жыл бұрын

@@DanielTorie yes sir i have an addiction with Benchmade knives i want to buy a pocket knive every week

@brianwhitelaw7483 4 жыл бұрын

I really appreciated the information conveyed in this video. I don’t always learn a lot, but I did today

@hartzogLovesScience 4 жыл бұрын

Metallic bonds are described as the nuclei of the metal being surrounded in a sea of electrons, which is why metals are good conductors and are malleable. So you are essentially taking advantage of the electrons’ charge in powder coating method.

@SmilingGator96 4 жыл бұрын

I prefer coated blades due to the added corrosion resistance. I live in a very wet, humid area that causes a lot of sweat. So, coatings are appreciated. Also, I love the way they wear. It adds more soul to the knife imo.

@jameshewettjr.3147 4 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed the video. I've thought about various coatings, and their respective durability, and/or abrasion resistance for a while. I actually wanted to know more about them, and how they compared with each other. This kind of answered some of the basic questions for me. Thanks for the information

@ilovemusicsg 4 жыл бұрын

Great video guys! We missed Jamies video Edits!!!! Good to see you guys are back

@PoetFisherman 4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha that intro was awesome! Need to begin and end every blade banter like that

@chadcrimm8248 4 жыл бұрын

Satin is a favorite of mine but I do like a dlc as well. Holds up better than I expected. Have a dlc coating on my Benchmade contego but I managed to find something that scratched it to the point of removing the finish. Fiber glass ceiling tiles are really hard on a knife. Doesn't matter what its made of

@massimobargagna5641 4 жыл бұрын

All new info brothers keep illuminating thanks for the knowledge ! love that gold amigo !

@JohnC29 4 жыл бұрын

I've been schooled. I thought ceracoat was tougher than PVD but I didn't realize DLC is a PVD. I'm used to cheap pvd coatings on watches.

@griffen898 4 жыл бұрын

PVD is an abbreviation for "physical vapor deposition" which actually describes application method by which the coating is applied, but does not specify the material that the coating is made of. There are many materials of varying physical properties that can be used to achieve a PVD coating. Edit: I didn't realize this was covered in the video. I wrote this comment before I got to the PVD section of the video.

@Naptosis 9 ай бұрын

@@griffen898 Your comment was still incredibly useful, I must have not been paying attention to the video. Thank you!

@cwalker228 Жыл бұрын

Great video and I learned a lot. I no longer buy blacked out blades that just say PVD coating because they, for me at least, show scratches very easily. DLC is a good coating that doesn’t scratch to easily.

@mikeoreilly4020 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. This was something every knife nut should know, and I was very vague on coatings.

@shaggy_e210 4 жыл бұрын

I used to work a warehouse job a couple years ago, I was one of the guys who lifted the heavy steel racks for shopping isles to get powder coated. Most labor intensive job I've had, it was pretty enjoyable until second shift burned the damn place down...

@albertptran 4 жыл бұрын

Love the black coating on my Benchmade Pardue and the gray stonewash on my Kershaw Barge

@RaptorPilot700 4 жыл бұрын

Great / informative video! Thanks!

@robertsimon276 11 ай бұрын

Great video explaining coatings!

@whitefaze13 9 ай бұрын

Fun fact: Cerakote paint is used for space shuttles, as it’s extremely heat resistant allowing for the shuttles to re-enter earths atmosphere safely

@ferrumiumcanis5211 4 жыл бұрын

Here's another thing of bead blasted surface: it will largely reduce the corrosion resistance (unless it's H1 or titanium). It has more surface area (in micro scale) and liquid tend to stick more than on other finishes. I have AUS-8 steel and liners and clips (supposably 420) that rusted within a few days. Vice versa mirror polish will slightly increase the corrosion resistance. I live on a subtropical island so always humid and hot.

@I..cast..fireball 6 ай бұрын

yup. I don't like bead blast at all. Stonewash is best finish for any knife you are going to actually use (assuming its stainless).

@Obliticus 4 жыл бұрын

I've had to deal with cheap coatings in the past, but I'm really impressed with the DLC coating on the black CF-Elite bugouts.

@joshs2138 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video. I knew I liked my tanto recon for some unexplainable reason!

@mmorgado1 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thanks. 😀

@loganweber7488 4 жыл бұрын

I'm a fan of either a high quality stonewash like on the Slysz Spyderco collaborations, or CRK blades, or a good matte DLC like what Spyderco uses. Chris Reeve mentioned in the BHQ shop tour that the stonewash leaves a much smoother and almost sealed surface when compared to a satin or beadblast surface which leaves open pores in the metal and can lead to corrosion quicker.

@voglino3 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video!

@ninkendo7714 4 жыл бұрын

I ran a Gerber Evo ,that uses nitride finish, and I wore out the bushings before the finish. About 3 years of everyday hard work.

@verveblack 3 жыл бұрын

appreciate the subtitles lots. very useful

@andybones00 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the edumacation 🙏🏻

@bobcrump9775 4 жыл бұрын

Well damn! Now I wish i ordered the coated M4 Manix XL yesterday!

@henrydewet5072 4 жыл бұрын

The Kershaws are acid washed and tumbled thus they take one hell of beating before scratching. (I have scrathched off polyurethane based silicone from tiles and not a single mark left on my Shuffle 2)

@Sweetknives 4 жыл бұрын

Nice job guys!

@D1ppys 4 жыл бұрын

This is perfect great time I was about to go on a 4 hour trip

@BladeHQ 4 жыл бұрын

First!

@WooSungShim 4 жыл бұрын

@ChristianCilliers 4 жыл бұрын

I'm the first real one!

@crudmuffins2828 4 жыл бұрын

Pshhhh, rookie. I’ve been here for 3 days in anticipation

@BladeHQ 4 жыл бұрын

@@crudmuffins2828 Impressive.

@calebangell77 4 жыл бұрын

Damn it BHQ. You can't hype up the Jade M4 Manix 2 release and then restock the Elementum with no warning on the same day! Guess who's out $210 today....

@just-inedc2381 4 жыл бұрын

I tend to go for tumbled or stonewash but I do like some of the two tone. Like stonewashed grind with satin flats or something. For some reason I don’t really like the color coatings but I don’t mind DLC or PVD bc I really dig Hinderer’s stonewashed DLC!

@Viking445 4 жыл бұрын

That Gold Tron Calmigo makes me tingle. Please get more in stock so I can has the precioussss!!!

@grogdocr 4 жыл бұрын

You forgot Boker's excellent rainbow mermaid finish. It's made by using the pressures at the bottom of the ocean to fuse vibranium carbonite to the steel. It is immune to all physical damage and can only be scratched by emotional trauma.

@anteck7goat 4 жыл бұрын

Bead blast, for those who don’t want to spend time in finishing, and don’t mind a little loss of rust resistance

@ivogriffu6803 4 жыл бұрын

Hey guys, have u ever thinked about selling knives worldwide? Because here in argentina there isnt any store with a large catalog and awesome prices as yours, I love your videos, regards

@elwinjude77 4 жыл бұрын

Same here in India! We understand that there are local and legal procedures to get it done but would definitely love it.

@AbdulRahmanMunauwar 4 жыл бұрын

Same goes to Malaysia

@LordAlced 4 жыл бұрын

Philippines too. We need more dependable Benchmade distributors.

@flooid5506 4 жыл бұрын

Def scratched tf out of multiple high end DLC knife blades, grips, BCGs even handgun magazines

@busaj383 4 жыл бұрын

Dang I didn't realize there were that many finishes because I never thought about it 🤔 Every knife I ever bought was because I think it looks cool and do I have that $$ on me right now to buy it 😁✌ I will carry a knife every day until I find that new cooler one to to buy 🤗 ...and that is also why I never sharpen a knife, i learn to work thru the dullness process 😎

@Naptosis 9 ай бұрын

'the dullness process' lol _"Next... "_

@jeffflick2573 3 жыл бұрын

DLC imo is the best coating to put on a blade. Protechs are my favorite.

@lonewanderer3603 4 жыл бұрын

You can powder coat at home with a plastic tub and a toaster oven. It's pretty easy. Might be a good "How to Knife" episode. They sell pc at Harbor Freight, but companies like Eastwood are higher quality. Now that I think about it, I wonder if you could Hi-Tek a knife....

@suzgabverdugo933 4 жыл бұрын

Just ordered the manix 2 xl with dlc coating in m4 very exited 👏

@cameronbottoms1118 3 жыл бұрын

How’s the XL life? I’m looking into a manix

@napsterninja 4 жыл бұрын

Cool. Now I know about more about coatings. Can there be a episode around the pocket clips types? Some of my knives tend to scratch or rub things when I walk by.

@casey197930 4 жыл бұрын

The coating on some of my cold steels has been ridiculously durable. Particularly the Large Recon.

@siegfriedhorner4436 3 жыл бұрын

A few of the fixed-blade Cold Steel, drop-forged knives ("Survivalist", etc.) have a silver colored coating which wears or scratches off EASILY. But under THAT coating is a black coating. Do you know what the outer coating is, and if the inner, black coating is DLC ?

@grantwitt4962 4 жыл бұрын

I like how all the spyderco manix 2 xl m4s sold out in like a hour or 2

@suzgabverdugo933 4 жыл бұрын

Grant Witt I hit the website right at 10am satin was sold out, went with the coated

@grantwitt4962 4 жыл бұрын

Nice my first probably would be the coated

@danduran536 4 жыл бұрын

Kershaw’s black wash is by far one of my favorites. In my experience it holds up aesthetically the best. DLC coat and then heavy stonewash, at least when the Leek and the Blur came out. My oldest work knives and the blades still look awesome.

@justincarter4596 3 жыл бұрын

Recently purchased a 2 Becker BK2's for my son and I and I want to mod my knife wit the G10 scales that are available and I also would like to coat the blade to a more green color to help make the knife and scales "pop". You guys didn't seem to fond of the paint coatings but you did the powder coating. My question is can you powder coat yourself or do you leave it to the pro's ( I'm assuming it comes in any color) ? Also if I decide to paint the blade is their a specific type of paint that's better to use and where do you get it at?

@ricardojustiniano4942 4 жыл бұрын

I can't feel bad for Benchmade for not taking advantage of the SpaceX launch, cuz the mini bugout in white would be like the ultimate knife that one would take to space (even though they won't allow it) for its lightweight and smaller design

@D1ppys 4 жыл бұрын

Truuueeee

@matthewshannon6946 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting! In my current SMKW catalog they offer a commemorative edition of a machete- esque knife that they say was issued to and taken to space by the Apollo astronauts!!

@Tom-uj4uf 2 жыл бұрын

Satin is probably my favorite

@zdp-189 2 жыл бұрын

Rockstead! They use me for steel!

@chrislock1950 4 жыл бұрын

Satin finish is the best it is also classic, tried and true. For stainless anyway

@brianleabo6295 4 жыл бұрын

So how do you take care of him painted finish? To keep it like new and is there a way to touch it up after it's been Warren off?

@bronsondille254 4 жыл бұрын

Hey when will you guys have the ultratech dagger in a sw finish back in stock?

@ethanjeong2040 4 жыл бұрын

Did NOT expect to see red on Kurt's Buck.

@kyleduddleston4123 4 жыл бұрын

The cool thing about nitriding is that the treatment actually penetrates the surface, so that when it does wear, you don't actually lose the "coating". But, I'm not sure how far it actually penetrates.

@1964krazyeric 4 жыл бұрын

I love using my knives in the kitchen here and there, but worry about cleaning the inside ie. bearings and things. If I rinse a D2 blade off, will it dry enough inside and rust? Is there a finish that works best for this with D2?

@tobyhall1167 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video, I like this style of video. Maybe a topic for future video is blade shapes and what types of tasks are better for different shapes. Also what is the use of the Tanto, in one of your videos with Lynn you mention the usefulness of the two edges but don't explain it.

@jydymyyyr9630 Жыл бұрын

Very informative video... thanks! I recently bought a Bugout 535BK-4 with what is listed as a Cerakote blade coating; is this a brand name for a PVD or DLC coating?

@thirtyfiveframes5815 4 жыл бұрын

PVD stonewash is the best!

@johnqgeezer1857 5 ай бұрын

For DLC to look polished the blade or subject has to be polished before the coating is applied. Super fan of DLC, high end one off vape gear from around the globe and of course my new collecting of knives. How I got turned on to DLC blades was a video of a bucket of sand, ground glass and rocks. The blade was repeatedly jabbed in to this mixture and when wiped off the edge was toast but the finish looked clean. BTW great informative video.

@zsombordonko6459 4 жыл бұрын

Dat sip tho

@metaller_alex 7 ай бұрын

Basic stonewash is the best. DLC is cool, but I think it's more appropriate for heavy use items like bolt carrier group in AR-15 rifle then the knife.

@mijnmening 4 жыл бұрын

Loved this vid, didnt know about some of these coatings. Makes me want a black bugout even more!

@robertm8401 4 жыл бұрын

You won't regret it. The finish is tough, most of the time what you think are scratches are really removable with cleaning. I have two BugOut, the Chromium Nitrided Ranger Green variant and the CF Elite black. Both have very tough finishes.

@patrickplymanii9679 4 жыл бұрын

My daily super freek has definitely got some DLC scratches, but a over a year of edc and hard use will do that to anything

@JohnLee-xe6qm 3 жыл бұрын

Wish you would have mentioned more about the cold steel recon1 other paint coating everyone strips and scrapes off to show the stone wash finish oh also on voyager

@Captaraknospider 2 жыл бұрын

Can you ferric cloride etch then use blueing?

@ridetheapex 4 жыл бұрын

I hope you bring up Rockstead at some point. They have the best looking blades imo

@Kilt_Camera_and_Carry 4 жыл бұрын

While I love my coated M4 Super Freek, my CRK Umnumzaan has to be my favorite ... the finish on the tanto blade and texture on the Ti scales are epic.

@tristandauod 4 жыл бұрын

Umnumzaan is king! (Or boss, I guess🤷‍♂️) CRK's stonewash is gorgeous🔥 the slabs were a bit too gritty brand new with the sandblast IMO, but it softened out over time, so now I like it a lot more👌🏼

@tristandauod 4 жыл бұрын

You go with the harpoon dp or tanto?

@Zeratsu 3 жыл бұрын

i always love the bronze color's on steels. So to me the titanium nitride coating is the best. But the Pro-Tech is very pricy though.

@jesf570 2 жыл бұрын

Sad we lost Ben, but so thankful we still have zach, he's the man, and looking sharp AF these days.

@MrWhatsHappenin 2 жыл бұрын

Zach left and so did Jamie I'm pretty sure.

@bakkencutter189 4 жыл бұрын

I would like to see that mediator side by side with the 940

@ReeferNoob23 4 жыл бұрын

I think one of the more common ones is the standard grinders satin even more than the stonewash finish u think this grinder satin version common like spyderco and ZT uses it a lot

@The_Combat_Cowboy 4 жыл бұрын

Hey blade hq team!, I'm looking for wood handle scales for the schrade uncle Henry ph1n, I keep looking but I can't find any, do you guys know where I can find some? Thank you

@Lonewolfmike 4 жыл бұрын

Rockstead knives have full mirror finishes on their blades.

@xylliiiking 3 жыл бұрын

Exxon video I didn't really know very much about finishes on blade Steel

@calebmills7161 4 жыл бұрын

Does anybody else feel like there should be a video on Zac's life story?

@I..cast..fireball 6 ай бұрын

The only coating I like is black oxide. That is what develops naturally as a "patina" anyways on carbon steel knives. So using it as a factory coating gives you a finish that is effectively self healing.

@fernandoruiz7713 4 жыл бұрын

I had a nice Bronze finish on my Microtech that I messed up sharpening, so now I have to make a decision to either keep it like that, or blow like $100 to get it re anodized

@BladeHQ 4 жыл бұрын

That's a bummer. Microtech has a distressed finish so maybe you could just call it that? 😂

@fernandoruiz7713 4 жыл бұрын

Blade HQ Or, hear me out, I just beat the hell out of the knife so I can have the perfect distress Finish

@The4cp 4 жыл бұрын

I don't know how many times I thought I scratched the dlc on my recon but it was just whatever I cut.

@ryanbarkhurst3043 4 жыл бұрын

DLC coatings are used on pistons camshafts and ducati motorcycles

@shaneintegra 4 жыл бұрын

What's a Benchmade Super Freek use?

@dahomiecril7962 4 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know what coating the 560bk-1 super freek has?

@mikeaze423 2 жыл бұрын

What about titanium coatings like kershaw Cryo’s or camillus titanium coated knives are the good or they chip and scratch up ?

@grantwitt4962 4 жыл бұрын

Do you know when you are going to get in anymore benchmade outlast

@wpgrunner5 4 жыл бұрын

Toy story clip really pulled it together.

@ryangardner8873 3 жыл бұрын

i always thought a deep blued finish was super sharp on a knife, or a nice high carbon blade allowed to develop a careful patina.

@thick9996 3 жыл бұрын

What is an Ionbond Finish/Coating (White River Knives M1 Backpacker Pro)

@DW94576 4 жыл бұрын

Please do a best of flippers episode when the new Malibu launches, also I think the kizer sheepdog and boker kwaiken would be great contenders!

@Taivalgozgi 4 жыл бұрын

When do we see your knife collection banners again? I bet a lot of change since the last ones.

@jamesstraub4981 4 жыл бұрын

Great discussion. I knew the basics about most of the coatings and such, but not about how they rank in durability. Thanks guys. Hey do you recall what coating the BHQ Blackout Bugout had? Is it the same DLC that the CF-Elite?

@BladeHQ 4 жыл бұрын

I believe the BHQ blackout was Cerakote.

@cameronbottoms1118 3 жыл бұрын

It’s DLC!! Checked benchmades website! I know this is a little late