05-04-2010, 11:17
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The coating is zirconium nitride bonded at the atomic level to the S30V blade. The zirconium makes it very wear / abrasion resistant. If you do scratch it, we can recoat it and re laser. Once it is in you hand you want to use it.
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Wow thats some awesome customer service. Ive torn up some knives in my lifetime and never had that offer. I did get a replacement from Benchmade one time for a broken part. Now you've got me checking my bank account....
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05-04-2010, 11:19
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Beautiful.........does it come with a bead on the Lanyard??? 
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05-04-2010, 12:33
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Beautiful.........does it come with a bead on the Lanyard??? |
No..but if you ask nice I can put one on.
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05-04-2010, 23:49
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Very nice job, well thought out handle shape...
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05-05-2010, 17:17
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Very, very nice. Great looking knife.
Scott
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05-05-2010, 22:26
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mcarey,
Thanks for everything including organizing the photos by Chuck Pittman.
(D*mn Chuck, now we have to try and make the stinkin' knives look as good as you do. )
Thanks for the kind words from all you here too.
If you could measure the hardness of the zirconium nitride coating alone it would be a Rockwell "C" scale hardness of 92.
On the same Rockwell "C" scale the blade steel is 59-60.
footnote:
The Rockwell scales are used to test a given materials ability to resist surface indentation. Hardness does not automatically mean more edge holding because of the types of carbides contained within the matrix of a given alloy of tool steel, as well as the composition of the matrix that supports the carbides.
There are tool steels that have better edge holding at a lower Rockwell hardness than others that are harder.
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05-06-2010, 07:10
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The Rockwell scales are used to test a given materials ability to resist surface indentation. Hardness does not automatically mean more edge holding because of the types of carbides contained within the matrix of a given alloy of tool steel, as well as the composition of the matrix that supports the carbides.
There are tool steels that have better edge holding at a lower Rockwell hardness than others that are harder.
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This forum has really opened my eyes to the complexities of making a knife. I used to think it was a matter of forming a piece of metal into the shape, sharpening it, and slapping a handle of some sort on there....boy was I wrong.
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05-06-2010, 11:25
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Congrats to Bill and Spartan Knives...
That's a sweet knife!
Looking forward to seeing those at Bladeshow.
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05-08-2010, 15:27
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these knives are ugly ,don't fit your hand, poorly balanced, and made from tinfoil... buy them and send them to me for recycling. 
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05-08-2010, 18:30
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these knives are ugly ,don't fit your hand, poorly balanced, and made from tinfoil... buy them and send them to me for recycling. |
Nice to see your back at work.
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05-08-2010, 18:51
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these knives are ugly ,don't fit your hand, poorly balanced, and made from tinfoil... buy them and send them to me for recycling. |
I think somebody needs to check your meds again!  You're obviously halucinating. (Glad to see you're rejoining the world with at least some of your humor intact - though I'm betting you've lost a lot of "dignity" over the last few days.  )
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