Favorite Finish for Metal Flashlights?

What is your favorite finish for a metal flashlight? Shiny, bead blasted, anodized, hard anodized.....

HA III

I'm a sucker for bead blasted stuff, but i settle for HA.

i like type III HA, but would rather have it black than grey/green/brown.

HA III, the one and only.

My favorite fantasy finish would be a finely bead-blasted natural titanium construction.
Maybe even heat-color certain parts for contrast!

For now it has to HA-III, as in SureFire M3...

Anything but Black. I am sick to death of Black tools (guns, knives, watches and flashlights).
I do want a durable finish.

I like HA-III.

hrmm....kinda makes me wonder if i should have gotten my C2 in HA instead of black

I'm not into "stealth" or "tactical" and I like natural finishes. If I had my druther's though, I wish manufacturers would make bright flourescent colors available. When I need a flashlight or drop one, I want to SEE it!

Originally posted by Gene:
....When I need a flashlight or drop one, I want to SEE it!

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something durable (ha3).

i personally like black, but i also like the body of my e2e, it is a realy nice grey color.

HA3-BL

As hard and rugged as possible, and not royal blue.

That leaves a pretty wide range.

Currently black, dark pewter, natural, and other dark colors with a very rugged surface treatment (I.E. HA III) is my preferred.

Doesn't have to be especially pretty, just durable.

Thanks for the great answers guys! I kind of figured there was a preference for HA finishes but I'm also glad to hear that other finishes are considered desirable.

I myself love the HA finishes and also bead blasted objects. Natural is OK on some things but I always end up preferring the finish on the object after it has been anodized or blasted. I really do NOT tend to like bright anodized colors or black because it inevitably wears off and looks crappy.....but maybe that's just me. And I should clarify that I'm speaking of aluminum here, ti anodizing is much nicer.

JackBlades, your fantasy is going to come true very shortly!

I will always love black for my firearms, but for a flashlight HA-III works for me.

Paul

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Anything but Black. I am sick to death of Black tools (guns, knives, watches and flashlights).
I do want a durable finish.

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Another vote for HA III

I don't know...I've got some vintage metal flashlights with a nice leather covering. Feels kinda, you know, nice in the hand. Hey, but that's me!
Kirk

HA III

HA III is great but the EN on my McLux is pretty nice.