The best value folders on the market for actual users - Hogue Deka, Spyderco Manix 2 (the s30v manix 2 can be had for 160), and the Cold Steel American Lawman.
That's definitely just cerakote on the blade. It has that awful "baked on snot" feel. In a not so distant past life, I did QC and R&D in the custom firearms industry and the abuse that coatings applied by the PVD process (DLC, TiCN...) can take would blow a lot of people's minds.
I've really liked the performance of some TiCN coatings. Used to have a PPT with one of those, fantastic coating optically and performance-wise. You're totally right on the cerakote here, I just had a brain fart. Not a huge fan of cerakote on scales or on blades...has always flaked off pretty quickly for me. Grimsmo did a cool video on DLC recently which was pretty educational for me - they spoke highly of its durability as well, both for their outputs and for their machining tools. Very cool that you've got that background. I've only got the faintest understanding of firearms, but the little I know about their manufacturing has been really impressive from a pure engineering/manufacturing perspective. The whole workflow of pushing out tight-tolerance parts at volume is half the reason I find the knife market so interesting.
And i would love one of these
The best value folders on the market for actual users - Hogue Deka, Spyderco Manix 2 (the s30v manix 2 can be had for 160), and the Cold Steel American Lawman.
Even more wild that you can find these deka s for 106 in magnacut
@@JC101Zero Seems like a nice blade for the price.
@@notifysend1015 it was a limited time thing then. theyre about 140-130 now
That's definitely just cerakote on the blade. It has that awful "baked on snot" feel.
In a not so distant past life, I did QC and R&D in the custom firearms industry and the abuse that coatings applied by the PVD process (DLC, TiCN...) can take would blow a lot of people's minds.
I've really liked the performance of some TiCN coatings. Used to have a PPT with one of those, fantastic coating optically and performance-wise. You're totally right on the cerakote here, I just had a brain fart. Not a huge fan of cerakote on scales or on blades...has always flaked off pretty quickly for me.
Grimsmo did a cool video on DLC recently which was pretty educational for me - they spoke highly of its durability as well, both for their outputs and for their machining tools.
Very cool that you've got that background. I've only got the faintest understanding of firearms, but the little I know about their manufacturing has been really impressive from a pure engineering/manufacturing perspective. The whole workflow of pushing out tight-tolerance parts at volume is half the reason I find the knife market so interesting.