A dealer near me writes the price of his Benchmades on the blade with a Sharpie. I know...that's dumb. For satin blades it's no big deal, but for their coated blades do you think Flitz would harm the BK coating? What could you use to remove the Sharpie without harming the bk coating?

Thanks.

Maybe I'm just picky, but I wouldn't buy a knife (satin or not) that had writing on the blade. That dealer is being very irresponsible doing that. Why not just write it on a piece of masking tape and stick it to the blade?

I don't have much experience with Flitz, but I'm pretty sure it would take off the coating if you rub long and hard enough.

Try Benchmade Blue Lube cleaner.

I agree it's dumb and foolish. However it's the only dealer near me with less than full MSRP. I get near Internet prices and I can inspect the knife. Satin blades pose no problem. It comes right off.

AFAIK Flitz can affect satin blades as well, depending on how hard you scrub. Try rubbing alcohol ... it's gentle and in my experience gets Sharpie out.

Note that masking tape is for temporary jobs, not for sticking onto metal and possibly sitting on a store shelf for months. After that, you're certainly going to have gummy residue. The adhesive of gaffer's tape is much less likely to leave a residue, but ultimately neither sticking stuff on nor writing on the blade would be the best.

WD40 takes sharpie off of most things.

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Originally posted by fastlt1nos:
WD40 takes sharpie off of most things.

Another good idea here.

Agreed. So does lighter fluid.

I just remembered some stuff called Goo Gone. It's amazing stuff.

Goo Gone is good, but besides orange peel (supposedly it's main ingredient) there're a lot of chemicals/acids in it as well. It's fine for glass, or porcelain, but if you miss a spot wiping the blade down after taking off the writing it may damage the steel.