Titanium Nitrate Nails

[VJJJV]

And so another Lurker awakens and begins to type..

So.. I just saw that Grav Labs makes these titanium nitrate coated nails: http://www.grav.com/titanium-nitride/

(Notice in the photo how the coating is missing on 2 spots on the screw? Poor coating? Does it even matter? More will probably come off over time?)

Well, so first of all I was wondering what's beneath the Coat, just titanium?

Then I couldn't find an MSDS or such that tells me about components.

It also looks they don't come domeless. Yet? Or problematic with the coating?

 

[OvaDaBong]

what are they asking for it? i mean it looks like the coating you see on drill bits and such, ive always found it a gimmick, companies slap the word "titanium" on everything, i would think it is a titanium nail just with a nitrite coating. What are they asking for it?

I would like to see a tungsten nail! would be virtually indestructible and would hold heat a lot better than titanium not to mention you could use an oxy torch to heat it with no fear of damaging it

 

[VJJJV]

19mm: retail $35, $27 atm here
14mm and 10mm are same price

and yeah it does seem to be a titanium nail with nitrate coating. Wikipedia says that it is a ceramic material and is used mostly to coat titanium, steel and aluminium. Also says they use it on medical implants, because it's non toxic. (That's just from the introductory paragraph).

 

[SD_haze]

Weird!

 

[FrigginRights]

It makes more sense to use on drill bits, seeing how they are grinding against other hard substances at a high temperature level (extra armor).

Really do not understand how this will improve the life of a titanium nail for dab purposes (this will definitely increase the time taken to heat the nail/increase max temperature level).

 

[OvaDaBong]

maybe it will help prevent damage to the nail from repeated blasting with a blow torch? or maybe its just a cool new look, a gold nail LOL

 

[DieHard]

Maybe a non-stick surface. Maybe just a gimmick...

 

[VJJJV]

Well it does seem somewhat gimmicky. Then again so does the nitrate coat on titanium implants. It be nice if someone could give their experience with one of these.

 

[VJJJV]

anyone with experience?

 

[Duncan MacLeod]

Sorry to bump a dead thread, but this is all the info I can find on this subject. I would also like to know more about this.