Parkarizing questions.

[Daniel Macina]

Is Parkarizing safe on kitchen knives? Just saw someone do it on a kitchen knife and was wondering if it was safe for kitchen use? It seems very durable from everything I’ve looked at but I understand any kind of coating will wear to some extent under use.

Hope no one minds me asking! Looking forward to whatever info I can get!

 

[Sean Jones]

Interesting question. I'm inclined to say no but I'm not sure. Tagging along for an answer also

 

[Daniel Macina]

Interesting question. I'm inclined to say no but I'm not sure. Tagging along for an answer also

That was my gut feeling as well. Not usually my kinda look anyways but I had a cool idea for one!

 

[Sean Jones]

Hopefully Ed will be along. This was discussed a bit in another thread. I can't find that thread right now though.
I do know on guns that are parkerized, it leaves a hard but porous surface. The intent is to then either oil the gun with the park retaining the oil to help prevent rust, or seal it with gun-kote or similar product. So on a kitchen knife I'm thinking you would need to do the same.

With use it's eventually going to come off. It might last longer in a kitchen environment though than say a hunting knife.

 

[EdCaffreyMS]

it leaves a hard but porous surface. The intent is to then either oil the gun with the park retaining the oil to help prevent rust, or seal it with gun-kote or similar product. So on a kitchen knife I'm thinking you would need to do the same.
With use it's eventually going to come off. It might last longer in a kitchen environment though than say a hunting knife.

That's better than I could have explained it!! Unless you intend to do something like the Gun-Kote over the top of the Parkerizing, I wouldn't do it for a kitchen type knife.... and even then, the finish will eventually wear, depending on how hard or easy the use is.

I still have a smallish Chef's knife that I made for a test of clear Gun-Kote.... it's seen daily use in our kitchen for over 5 years now....and it still looks like the day I made it....so take that for what it's worth to you. Doesn't mean it'll never wear....just hasn't yet.

 

[Daniel Macina]

Awesome thanks for the info! Looks like that gun kote is non toxic so it should be fine around food? This one is just staying in my kitchen as a test piece anyways.