Photos Patina thread
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joeradza
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It took awhile to use it but once I got over my hesitation it turned out to be as good as it looks.!!!!!Stunning!
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A little smoked pork loin to get this lightweight started.
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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
could be all the multi-quoting that's become so commonGEC 85 EZ-Open in Stag, the fruit&veggie treatment has worked its magic, overtime
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The patina on my Texas Jack sure is coming along nicely, and I've got apples and oranges to thank for it.
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This West Cut K-5 is almost as old as I am, but still going strong.
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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 .
, and it succeeded in that .
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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
That came out very nice!
What method did you use?
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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.
