Any experince with Caswell Black Oxide finish and KG Gun Kote Finish ?

[Lerch]

I am wanting to do a run of heavy tactical knives in carbon steel and i am interested in doing a form of rust and abrasion resistant coating on them. I have access to a friend who does very good baked on CeraKote but i was hoping maybe one of these two finishes would be a little tougher. I know Winkler knives uses both the Caswell oxide finish and they list a KG finish

I checked out KG's website and they list Gun Kote finish in different colors and a K Phosphate finish, i wasnt for sure if those two could be used in conjunction.

I would love to be able to coat in a desert tan or FDE but mainly i just need a finish that is tough as hell !


thanks
steve

 

[Rudy Joly]

All these coatings have one downfall.
Hard edges such as a spine or choil will chip with hard use and just the act of sharpening gives chips or peeling a place to start at the edge. I've been waiting for a Dykem type product that's permanent, something that actually colors the steel like bluing does.

Rudy

 

[Gahagan]

I have used the gun coat and the cerakote and would have to say the cerakote has held up better. I am still new to the coatings but used both on identical knives I sent to units and the cerakote knives have not come off the gun cote has either chipped and corners or has scratched all the way through.

 

[Lerch]

Thanks guys, the cerakote is actually the easiest route for me to go and since they bake it at such a low temp i guess it wont mess with the temper. besides the cutting edge there wont be any other hard edges on the knife, i round it all off.