Photos Patina thread

[Just Tom.]

I call this one the “best-I-can-do-after-daughter-spilled-soda-on-it-and-left-it-neglected-in-her-room-for-months” patina:

 

[joeradza]

 

[Ace Rimmer]

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!!!!! Stunning!

 

[joeradza]

!!!!! Stunning!

It took awhile to use it but once I got over my hesitation it turned out to be as good as it looks.

 

[Signalprick]

A little smoked pork loin to get this lightweight started.

 

[Wurrwulf]

Day 1 saw two apples, some watermelon, an orange, two blueberry waffles with syrup, and a PB & J sammich. Day 2 and 3 should see similar action. Might have to buy some meat this weekend to add some color.

 

[Will Power]

Took some finding this thread, the search function... could be all the multi-quoting that's become so common

GEC 85 EZ-Open in Stag, the fruit&veggie treatment has worked its magic, overtime

 

[Hickory n steel]

The patina on my Texas Jack sure is coming along nicely, and I've got apples and oranges to thank for it.

 

[Markeologist]

 

[untytled]

Won't be much longer

 

[K33ncutter]

1993 model Carbon V Cold Steel Twistmaster

 

[black mamba]

This West Cut K-5 is almost as old as I am, but still going strong.

 

[JTB_5]

 

[JTB_5]

Onion and pepper diced nice:

 

[rockman0]

Took awhile to get here.

 

[JohnDF]

 

[Knives&Lint]

Due to my daily fruit intake I've been able to build up a fairly nice patina on the primary blades of my two GEC's, but on the secondary blades not so much. Well, yesterday evening while enjoying my customary after dinner whiskey I decided to put a forced patina on the latter, and I'm rather pleased with the results. They came out exactly as I had hoped, and I'm really diggin' the contrast of having one blade natural and one with a design. Certainly it's not for everyone, but luckily it only has to make one guy happy , and it succeeded in that .

 

[Tx308]

Due to my daily fruit intake I've been able to build up a fairly nice patina on the primary blades of my two GEC's, but on the secondary blades not so much. Well, yesterday evening while enjoying my customary after dinner whiskey I decided to put a forced patina on the latter, and I'm rather pleased with the results. They came out exactly as I had hoped, and I'm really diggin' the contrast of having one blade natural and one with a design. Certainly it's not for everyone, but luckily it only has to make one guy happy , and it succeeded in that .

That came out very nice!
What method did you use?

 

[Knives&Lint]

That came out very nice!
What method did you use?

Thanks! I used mustard with a little bit of apple cider vinegar and the juice of an orange squeezed in. Then I applied the dots alternating with a toothpick and a q-tip stick with the cotton swap part ripped off. I applied one coat, waited 20 minutes, rinsed it off, then repeated with a second coat and waited another 20 before rinsing again. There's a good YouTube video of the process with a guy applying it to an Opinel.

 

[Travman]