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Re: Show Your Patina!

Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2018 1:29 am
by vivi
Shame there aren't more carbon steel fixed Spydies. Don't have much interest in carbon steel folders.

Re: Show Your Patina!

Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2018 6:31 am
by PanChango
Strider wrote:
Thu Mar 08, 2018 8:37 am
PanChango wrote:
Fri Nov 10, 2017 9:13 am
Just put an edge on the Caly 3 SB.

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I think that caly looks great nice and worn.
Thanks. I like the caly. It sees lots of pocket time.

Re: Show Your Patina!

Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2018 9:57 pm
by Darth_cholo
kirilpetkov wrote:
Sat Aug 13, 2016 10:02 am
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I know it's an old post. Would like to know method of forcing that patina.

Re: Show Your Patina!

Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2018 5:08 am
by kirilpetkov
Immersed the blade in Coca Cola for 20 minutes.

Re: Show Your Patina!

Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2018 5:46 pm
by mjdragonfly
kirilpetkov wrote:
Wed Apr 04, 2018 5:08 am
Immersed the blade in Coca Cola for 20 minutes.
Wow! What steel is that Knife? Have you done this to other steel(s) and also how does this particular Cola forced patina wear under use? Looks very good by the way. Thanks.

Re: Show Your Patina!

Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2018 12:40 am
by kirilpetkov
mjdragonfly wrote:
Wed Apr 04, 2018 5:46 pm
kirilpetkov wrote:
Wed Apr 04, 2018 5:08 am
Immersed the blade in Coca Cola for 20 minutes.
Wow! What steel is that Knife? Have you done this to other steel(s) and also how does this particular Cola forced patina wear under use? Looks very good by the way. Thanks.
This knife is Pingo steel K390. I have done patina steel M4 coca cola.

Re: Show Your Patina!

Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2018 1:01 am
by mjdragonfly
kirilpetkov wrote:
Sat Apr 07, 2018 12:40 am
mjdragonfly wrote:
Wed Apr 04, 2018 5:46 pm
kirilpetkov wrote:
Wed Apr 04, 2018 5:08 am
Immersed the blade in Coca Cola for 20 minutes.
Wow! What steel is that Knife? Have you done this to other steel(s) and also how does this particular Cola forced patina wear under use? Looks very good by the way. Thanks.
This knife is Pingo steel K390. I have done patina steel M4 coca cola.
Thank you. I am curious to know if patina's forced with different materials have differing wear characteristics? I will for the moment assume that the more aggressive (deeper etch) the material used to force the patina the longer wearing/lasting the resulting patina will be? Is that a fair assumption? Thank you.

Re: Show Your Patina!

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2018 6:32 pm
by Strider
I finally have a "before" picture! Not too shabby for 2018. Looking forward to posting some "afters" in the future.

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Re: Show Your Patina!

Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2018 3:24 am
by Cambertree
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Re: Show Your Patina!

Posted: Thu May 03, 2018 4:04 pm
by selrahc
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Re: Show Your Patina!

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2018 8:23 pm
by Woodpuppy
I dig it!

Re: Show Your Patina!

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2018 7:07 am
by Cameron42
Good Thread that deserves to keep going.

Para 3 M4 Coffee used grounds with a squeeze of fresh apple juice.

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Cameron :spyder:

Re: Show Your Patina!

Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 2:13 pm
by BravoTango
Cameron, That is a thing of beauty for sure.

Re: Show Your Patina!

Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2018 4:18 am
by kirilpetkov
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Re: Show Your Patina!

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 2:21 pm
by terry mc
I am kind of cross pollinating here.
This is my latest Mule team that I did.
The Patina was a lot of experimenting and honestly at one point I was ready to pitch it.
But I kept experimenting until I got something I liked.
I started with Grapefruit cut into tiny squares.
When that was too light, I tried doing it a couple more times with increasing setting time.
Then I went to Mustard and Ketchup.
And finally went to the Vinegar splattered onto the blade in little drops.
This is all on a PMA11 steel which proved a little surprisingly hard to do a forced patina on.
Not nearly as bad as D2 but still harder than I thought.
I can say that calling it a dozen layers of patina would not be an exageration.

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Re: Show Your Patina!

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 2:22 pm
by terry mc
Cameron I love the blue hue to yours.

Re: Show Your Patina!

Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2018 3:58 am
by utor
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Re: Show Your Patina!

Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2018 6:18 am
by Woodpuppy
terry mc wrote:
Tue Jul 31, 2018 2:21 pm
I am kind of cross pollinating here.
This is my latest Mule team that I did.
The Patina was a lot of experimenting and honestly at one point I was ready to pitch it.
But I kept experimenting until I got something I liked.
I started with Grapefruit cut into tiny squares.
When that was too light, I tried doing it a couple more times with increasing setting time.
Then I went to Mustard and Ketchup.
And finally went to the Vinegar splattered onto the blade in little drops.
This is all on a PMA11 steel which proved a little surprisingly hard to do a forced patina on.
Not nearly as bad as D2 but still harder than I thought.
I can say that calling it a dozen layers of patina would not be an exageration.

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Terry, that’s exceptional. Looks like your knife was cut from a meteorite!

Re: Show Your Patina!

Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2018 12:48 pm
by terry mc
Thanks Woodpuppy,
Like I said this one is the guinney pig so having it come out in the end was a pleasant experience.
I have to say I was inspired by other members on here like 91bravo and Newtons amongst many others, there are some extraordinary blades on here.


I will post a couple more pictures of the blade in detail soon as I had not repolished the edge and the pictures were a little soft when I took the close ups.

Re: Show Your Patina!

Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2018 9:14 am
by abbazaba
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