Cerakote blades - wear resistance, user reports or pics requested.

Leftytwogunz

Leftytwogunz

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Hey guys, I did a search and didn't come up with anything recent on the topic.

I am considering getting a blade with a cerakote finish and am wondering how it will hold up. This will be an EDC knife and probably not
receive "hard use" so no chopping through bricks or anything. Just wondering how the finish will hold up for opening up packages, cutting
cardboard etc and stuff like that. How does it handle scratches? Does it smooth out like the busse finishes do, or does it scratch down to
bare metal, or something else? I prefer stonewashed blades for users as they don't tend to show wear for what I use knives for, but this
is advertised to be abrasion resistant. Just looking for some other opinions or info on the subject.

Any of you that have any experience with a cerakote blade please post your experiences, recommendations, pictures or any other helpful
info as you see fit. Thanks in advance for your time and responses.
 
I'll get a few up of my SNG in cobalt blue Cerakote. Wearing like iron
 
Months of wear from myself and previous owner.

These marks are from when it fell on the ground and I lost my balance, stepped on it and drug it a few feet across the cement.





The blade is really holding up well.



 
Cool man, thanks for the pics.

So it looks like it will chip off completely if rubbed against something very hard, but from regular cutting it
seems to wear pretty well.

I was really just wondering if say, one accidental huge scratch would totally throw off the whole look of the
knife, but the few marks I can see in your blade really seem to blend in well.
 
Leftytwogunz said:
Cool man, thanks for the pics.

So it looks like it will chip off completely if rubbed against something very hard, but from regular cutting it
seems to wear pretty well.

I was really just wondering if say, one accidental huge scratch would totally throw off the whole look of the
knife, but the few marks I can see in your blade really seem to blend in well.
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Lefty,
It's holding up really well. Even where it scratched off. But let me say this, it took my full weight of my big A$$ 6'4" 240lbs on it to leave those marks. Under normal cutting, it acquires no marks. The two that you can see in the blade are almost discolorations in the finish.

There are a lot of scratches on the blade that never made their way through the coating. This is the toughest cerakoting I have ever come in contact with.

I have an HDS clicky with Cerakote Orange and it has come off very easy.

So whoever strider uses for it, they do a great job.
 
Here is the Big Chris Bolo that i had the tanker gray coating done by Thai Cerakotes.
I would say the preps for the cerakotes are vital and have to be done professionally.
TC nailed it .

Some wear on the coating (after i sharpened it ) after many sheathing and unsheathing on the kydex.

Before:


After:






It's my current EDC for weekend trail blazing.
Glad that i did it.Very few blades survived the humidity and zombie plants!:D

 
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Gizler00 said:
Lefty,
It's holding up really well. Even where it scratched off. But let me say this, it took my full weight of my big A$$ 6'4" 240lbs on it to leave those marks. Under normal cutting, it acquires no marks. The two that you can see in the blade are almost discolorations in the finish.

There are a lot of scratches on the blade that never made their way through the coating. This is the toughest cerakoting I have ever come in contact with.

I have an HDS clicky with Cerakote Orange and it has come off very easy.

So whoever strider uses for it, they do a great job.
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Gizler,
The cerakote definitely needs to be prepped, applied and cured properly for it to perform well. They have a pretty detailed
manual online.

I like the looks of that cerakote on the HDS light, but if it doesn't hold up well I'd probably wish I had chosen another finish.
My lens lights anno'd aluminum have held up well to every day carry as have the ones in titanium.

Overall I have been pretty satisfied with the performance of Strider's blade finishes. I think the stonewash holds up the best
but as far as looks the black oxide and the added color variations of the cerakote beat it out. If their cerakote holds up well
on top of looking nice it would be hard to beat as a finish choice.

Jay, thanks for posting pics.
I guess any coating can chip depending on what it comes into contact with like asphalt or being used while chopping. What
were you using to sharpen that large blade?
 
For breaking the coating i used cheap oil stone since the ceramic bits tend to stick onto it.
A few runs on the Sharpmaker once i get the bevel right and finish it with a fine grit sandpaper or cardboard if i need to touch up.
 
A friend of mine struck up an interesting discussion after checking this post.
He suggested that i should have used a fine or extra fine diamond stone to "break" the coating by minimizing the cracking of the coats.
Polish the height difference (100 micron maybe?)with sandpaper to make sure the coating seal gradually along the edge.
 
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