Hinderer black coating Vs working finish

IMO, the working finish actually scratches pretty easy. The DLC (Battle Black, Stonewashed DLC, flat DLC) doesn't scratch easy at all. The "new" Stonewashed DLC he's been doing is awesome. It' wipes clean easily because it's smooth (like regular Stonewashed), unlike the matte finish of Battle Black, DLC, and Working Finishes that hold debris in the finish.

The SW DLC looks oddly bright in this video (it is shiny), but Whitty did a good job of describing all the finishes:

 

The stonewashed is great. Working finish kinda sucks IMHO.

 

Stonewash DLC is the way to go! Took this picture just for ya! Mines seen some usage but it cleans right up if I wanted it too.

 

Battle bronze or battle blue looks beautiful. Plain stonewash is not bad either. Never tried black DLC so no comment on it.

 

From my experience the stonewashed is the best. Mine has a few scratches and you can barely see them. Black stonewashed is even better, admittedly I don't use that knife as often.

 

I also only have the SW/DLC one. It has been holding up great so far. I bought it used and have used it everyday for a week so far. It hasn't shown any marks or scratches yet when I use it. The only thing it does show is what I assume is oil marks from me handling the blade. And I can take those off with just a cloth.

 

So the battle black is dlc'd then tumbled. It's the equivalent to ZT's blackwash, correct?

 

And a stone washed dlc. 3 different types of dlc options to choose from.

 

That's my understanding. I really really like the Battle Black, but the SW DLC is definitely easier to wipe clean.

Does Whitty have it correct in that video that the SW DLC is stonewashed first, not after the DLC is applied? I thought DLC always resulted in a flat black, which would then need to be stonewashed. For example, isn't the PM2 just a shiny satin blade before it's DLC is applied which results in a flat black?

Regardless, you're going to love it. Maybe it's just the lack of regular DLC by Hinderer Lately, but I'm really hoping for a regular DLC Sheepy Skinny 3.5 (no choil @[email protected], if I get all three wishes ).

 

Yeah, Whitty did a really good vid(all of them are ).

Dlc-like Spyderco is a satin blade that gets dlc put into it.

Battle black-dlc is applied to it, then it is tumbled/stonewashed. So it's black, bit has little tiny shiny spots over it. It a mixture of the dlc and steel showing through.

Stonewashed dlc- it is stonewashed first, then sent to have dlc put on it. So it looks kind of like battle back, except all of those shiny silver spots from the blade are actually black as well. Just a shiny black.

So if you were to polish the blade to a mirror reflective polish(like rockstead knives) and send it to get dlc'd, you would have an all black mirror polished blade.
EDIT: I had that last part backwards. To achieve polished dlc blade, you dlc it first, then polish the blade with the dlc already on it.