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Last year I got tired of waiting for Pilot to make a matte black Decimo, so I found someone online who cerakoted one for me! Really like how it turned out. I've been using it for the past year and it has held up exceptionally well. I always liked the Decimo more than the Vanishing Point for the smaller size and lighter weight, but was always partial to the matte black version of the VP. Now I have the best of both worlds! Pilot should definitely make a version of this themselves, I think it would be very popular!

 

Link to pictures comparing it to my (well used) matte black VP: https://imgur.com/a/MjAIkxl

 

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Wow they did a nice job, thanks for the success story

 

My VP matte got dinged up, so good to know of renewal options

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I like how that turned out. Could you share who did it for you and how much it was?

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I like how that turned out. Could you share who did it for you and how much it was?

 

 

It was a Reddit user I found who did it in his spare time. He actually said he didn't know that he would do anymore of these as it was kind of difficult to get the opening mechanisms sealed off during coating. I emailed him to check if he was up for doing more of these and he said he is in classes now so he's not doing any work at the moment (but may start back up at the end of summer). PM me if you want his contact info. He only charged me $30 total, which I thought was pretty reasonable. He did recommend checking with gun shops or just looking online for people who do cerakote work if it's something you're interested in having done soon.

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