Does the SF KL3 come in HA-BK?

I picked up a SF KL3-BK-WH and it looks like typeIII annodizing. Is this normal? I thought they are only HA-Nat and typeII black.

To my knowledge, all black KL-3s are type 2 anodized.

Pic?

Perhaps size15's can add his knowledge. I will take a pic later. But it matches my Emerson C2, which is HA-BK

Here are pics.

As far as i can tell, this KL3 is HA-BK.














On a side note, I didnt know that the KL3 was shorter than the KL5. I always assumed that the KL3 was the KL5 but with a Fresnel lens and a weaker LED emmiter

It does look pretty matt-black like Type III Black doesn't it... :thinking:

No promises but I'll see if I can dig up anything.

It looks very much like Type III to me, too :thinking: It matches the body very well. You could always try scratching it, with a coin or something similar, but then you might end up with a scratched KL3 if it turns out that it wasn't up to the task...

Regards,
Tempest

Yeah I rather not. It will be another shelf queen. I dont plan on taking my Emerson C2 out that much.

To answer you question from the collection post, I picked it up at a local sporting goods store.

Interestingly enough when i briefly looked up the KL3 on google, I get interesting results. All the stock photos from Surefire look like TypeIII ano. also there seems to be a difference from the Nat-HA and HA-BK. the BK versions have the fresnel looking TIR lens while the HA-NAT have a smooth TIR lens like that of Kroma.

Al, any thoughts as to why they are different? I dont have a HA-Nat KL3 to compare but the pics I have seen online seem to point to that conclusion.

Mine certainly appears to be Type III BK. It is not shiny like the 6P, 9P and the A19 that I also have.

My KL3 has the fresnel type lens.