I have been very pleased with the Roguard satin finish from Robar.

 

Ope135 - What brand of case is that please? Custom? Beautiful.

 

+1 for Rogard. Stands up to use very well and looks good too.

 

Now that is a swell-looking gat, my man.

 

I am waiting to see how Ionbond is going to look over a royal polish from Colt. Last I heard, my pistol was actually at Ionbond. From what others have posted, it will be both glossy and extremely durable.

 

I still like a blued 1911 the best. A little holster wear makes it better in my opinion!

 

I've never seen a shiny Cerakote finish.

Ionbond over polished steel, one of the only polished black finishes available, very hard/durable/scratch resistant-

Polished and blued, classic look, will wear with a lot of holstering, the metal is basically bare and a highly polished surface will show fine scratches more readily. Rebluing is easy enough and realtively inexpensive. I protect mine with Flitz wax and it helps, holsters with smooth leather interiors cause less finish wear, also.

 

I was gonna post a pic from wc145 but I see he has it covered. Those are just incredible.

 

Ionbond is very nice over a finely sanded pistol. Over on LTW they have posted a number of them with this finish.

It would be my pick of available finishes if I had the cash for custom.

 

if there is room here to show my lack of knowledge, what is ltw?

 

Louder Than Words

http://forum.ltwguns.com/

Need some deep pockets to play with the tools these guys make. Best of the best.

 

ceracoat is more durable than bluing and thats about it. its not a durable coating at all. melonite/black nitride and ionbond are about the best in a black coating.

 

Thanks for the info. That's good to know.

Last night, I saw some info about PVD coatings, specifically polished black nickel. Does anyone know whether that would be a durable coating on a pistol?

 

wc145, Beautiful grips on that 1911! Ebony and Zebra wood I'm assuming. Where did they come from?

Thanks, George

 

I would not equate shiny paint with a polished surface.
Ionbond is, AFAIK, the only durable black finish that can be applied over a polished surface.
All of the kote/koat/cote/melonite/tenifer/nitride finishes are applied over a non-polished surface.

 

All of the kote/koat/cote/melonite/tenifer/nitride finishes are applied over a non-polished surface.

What's the best looking "kote/koat/cote"?

 

Dave Severns hard hat is about as tough as you can get dont know about the high polish part though.

 

Apparently, a lot of them are based on the original gunkote, but proprietary recipes with the components in different proportions.
Some are harder, some have more lubricity, etc.
I wouldn't pay for a cote/koat/kote finish. I applied Brownells spray 'n' bake Teflon/moly finish to a gun, and it looks as good as a $150 Duracoat job. They all look about the same, to me.

 

Thanks, Rick.

 

Best gloss black finish.....Black Chrome.

 

Who did the finish on that gun? It looks great. When I was looking to have my gun finished, I had looked for black chrome and black nickel but the only place I could find doing black chrome is APWCogan but they won't do it over a polished finish. Also, they said it's not as hard as regular hard chrome, so I ended up going with Ionbond DLC, I couldn't find anything else that was black, durable, and would let the polish show.

 

Capt. Mako - the case is from Pacific Canvas & Leather Co.

 

Thank you Sir.

 

Well, it's only a little glossy, but I think CCR house black is gorgeous.

 

My only custom gun, from Cylinder and Slide, has satin Cerakote over a stainless Caspian gun. I shoot it a lot in IDPA, mostly from a plastic or Kydex holster, and it has wear lines on the edges of the slide and nose of the gun, from thousands of draws. I think it add's "character." I don't know what a gloss finish in Cerakote would look like, i suspect it would depend on how polished the bare metal is. There may be "harder" finishes, but Cerakote is inexpensive and functional. Works for me.

All the best..

 

If it's shiny now, then they would have had to have polished it before plating.

 

That is one nice 1911, I'm looking into a finish like that for mine...NICE>

 

Krylon.

Porter.....

Sears Best.......

 

Nutmeg did this one for me.

 

Very good work,beautiful guns.

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You cannot beat a polished blue finish.