Show your Patinas

razorsharp · #1

well, I seem to have gotten fond of patina's after making an M2 kiridashi and getting an Opinel, and I am soon to have a puurdy SB Caly. soooooooooo, hows about a thread on your patinas. I know I am not the only one who loves them :D .

razorsharp · #2

My opinel after a few days....

My opinel currently (slightly more patina'd now)

also has a 16 incl edge in that pic :D :p

kens73 · #3

I'll play :D

DCDesigns · #4

Natural patina from food prep on my work in progress Super Blue Mule. :

My SINISTER Gayle Bradley, with forced dark patina and rough stone wash:

What it looked like before I decided to go with the darker blade: Forced mustard patina, not too crazy about it:

I LOVE A GOOD PATINA Its one of the reasons why Im starting to really like non stainless steels!

razorsharp · #5

DCDesigns wrote: I LOVE A GOOD PATINA Its one of the reasons why Im starting to really like non stainless steels!

Haha , same. Btw, LOVE the stonewash patina :eek: :D

DCDesigns · #6

razorsharp wrote:Haha , same. Btw, LOVE the stonewash patina :eek: :D

THANKS! I dont think I could have done any better, turned out just how I wanted! :)

Jazz · #7

Oh, crap... I read the title wrong... :o

- best wishes, Jazz.

DCDesigns · #8

Jazz wrote:

Oh, crap... I read the title wrong... :o

- best wishes, Jazz.

hahahah

syphen · #9

razorsharp · #10

Jazz wrote:

Oh, crap... I read the title wrong... :o

- best wishes, Jazz.

hehehehehe'

razorsharp · #11

syphen wrote:

:o nice, Hope my caly gets as nice as that. :rolleyes:

rg02 · #12

forgive my me for being a noob, how did you GB owners get that finish on the m4 steel? arent you suppose to oil the blade and keep it clean to prevent that??? sorry in advance!

xceptnl · #13

rg02 wrote:forgive my me for being a noob, how did you GB owners get that finish on the m4 steel? arent you suppose to oil the blade and keep it clean to prevent that??? sorry in advance!

His post says "forced patina". He probably used a ferric bath and then stonewashed. I only know because I am working on a few similar blade projects.

rg02 · #14

xceptnl wrote:His post says "forced patina". He probably used a ferric bath and then stonewashed. I only know because I am working on a few similar blade projects.

ahhh. gotcha. my mistake :D

Drkknight614 · #15

razorsharp wrote:My opinel after a few days....

My opinel currently (slightly more patina'd now)

also has a 16 incl edge in that pic :D :p

Blah, as a convex knife fan and it being one of the things I think are great about Opinels...Im saddened by the second picture

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But god **** I wish I had a blade that looked like that GB. Can anyone make a stonewashing how to write up and or video???????

D1omedes · #16

Well, I think it's time I show mine. :p

I've had slight pitting on the Spyderco logo side of the blade. I tried to get it off with some Super metal polish but no luck. I haven't seen any orange oxidation so I'm not panicking - yet. I've been making sure to coat the blade with Tuf Glide every other week.

I love that patina on the Sal logo side. I've cut a bunch of different foods with it but I think apples provide that really nice blue swirl patina.

MachSchnell · #17

Non-Spydie, don't have a non stainless Spydies yet

Izula

chuck_roxas45 · #18

rg02 · #19

w3tnz · #20

I forced the initial patina on my sb caly, but its probably one of the most used knives in our kitchen