Custom Coatings for Buck 184 Buckmaster

[mikeythebull]

Hello all. I've recently perfected applying KG Gun Kote to Buck 184 Buckmasters. This is the the same stuff Chris Reeve uses on the one-piece line of knives. This stuff is super durable, extremely wear resistant, and impervious to salt water as well as most chemicals and corrosives. This not only dresses up your knife, but also adds an extra measure protection. As I'm sure some of you have seen, Buckmasters are prone to a little bit of rust in the wrong enviroment and lack of care, no steel is truly stainless. I've currently got black, military spec gray, OD green, desert tan, and brown. I thought I would offer this service to anyone interested in getting this done to their own knife. The process of blasting and coating the knife will make it look like new again as far as scratches are concerned, I have yet to come up with a way to fix broken tips or chipped teeth though, but I'm working on it I'm also not sure how what the keeper spring in the Buck sheath will do to the finish, I would guess nothing at all or perhaps shine it up a bit where it hits. None of my 184s are in stock sheaths anymore, I can tell you it's unaffected by kydex though. This coating goes on so thin that the edges of the blade and saw teeth are virtually unaffected, I'll leave it up to the owner to freshen up the edge if they think it needs it after they get it back. I think $50 should be a fair price, and that would include insured UPS shipping back to you within the lower 48. Sorry, but I'd rather not handle international orders, I've had more than one kinfe get lost or held up in customs selling knives on Ebay. Examples of coated knives can be seen over in the gallery. Contact me if you are interested, and feel free to post any questions here. Thanks.

[dutch_74]

Hello, Iv'e seen your ebay stuff, nice. I have a KaBar extreme fighter that I shittly removed the finish from. Would you be able to bead blast it and apply the gun cote? PS its got some machining marks on the blade from my dremel. It;s made of D2 steel as well.

Thanks.

[mikeythebull]

Hello and thanks for the compliments on the Ebay knives. I'm sure your blade could have the coating applied, the only concern would be the handles. I'm not sure what kind of handle you have on your KaBar, but it would either need to be removable or able to take the heat it takes to bake the Gun Kote on. As far as the Dremel tool marks, I'd kinda have to see it to know whether or not the the blasting would take those out, usage scratches on knives tend to be much lighter than grinding marks. Feel free to e-mail me a pic of your knife if possible, or to discuss the handle. I'll see if I can do a little research on the handle myself. Thanks for the interest.

Mike

[dutch_74]

I'll send you some pics of the knife. Regarding the handle, it's a rubber material. I dont think it can be disassembled though. There seems to be a one sided pin at the butt of the knife that goes throught the end of the tang. How hot does the knife have to bake at to cure the coating?

Thanks

[warrorone]

Can you do the black oxide look on my Buckmaster 184?

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[mikeythebull]

New pics have been added over in the gallery of flat black and OD green Buckmasters I finished up this week.

[mikeythebull]

Due to improved efficiencies, I've updated the first post with a lower price of $50, this still includes insured UPS ground shipping within the US back to you. You can post here, private message, or e-mail me at msorna73@aol.com if interested. Thanks.