Victorinox Swiss Army Knives Spartan PS

Sooooo… I had been wanting and holding back on getting this knife for years. You may have completely moved on, but I finally caved in and bought one. It’s subtle, but I like it! It isn’t iridescent or opalescent in any way, which would have been fun in a fantasy sort of way, nor is it inky like DLC (Diamond like coating, I had two friends who bought Apple Watches this way). No, it’s a mirror finish silver like most Victorinox steel knives, but it has a smoke gray tint. It is, in fact, an oxide film that is deposited onto the steel using an electro-chemical process. [image] Here it is showing the reflection of my front window and front lawn off of the large blade. It’s so reflective (no pigment like a car paint to make it unable to reflect in full color) that you might be excused for thinking it just looks like normal chrome in pictures, but I promise it’s darker. [image] The tint is more easy to see here, as it reflects my white iPhone case and white ceiling. Victorinox’ care and maintenance instructions do say that the finish would be polished away by resharpening, and wear and scratches would also remove the finish. The knife IS sharp and very functional, and I think a wear pattern from use and brightening along the edges from pocket wear would look cool, but honestly, this is probably more of a Safe-Queen and collector’s model than a typical user. Personally, I am not a whole-hearted knife collector, but I got this because it does give me aesthetic pleasure, and I want to show it to product managers as an example of a cool, unique finish that I think would be outstanding on a headphone (or pen, flashlight, money clip, etc). It’s subtle but unique. Me like-y.

The pins can be drilled out and replaced with torx hardware and standoffs readily available so i would think so.