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What Does Patina Look Like

Discussion in 'The Kitchen Knife' started by James, Mar 16, 2014.

  1. James

    James smarter then your average duck Founding Member Gold Contributor

    I read a lot about patina building on a blade that will help it prevent rust, but I dont see a lot of pictures of what it looks like, specially in contrast to a clad blade where only the exposed carbon area will patina. I imagine most all you guys have blades with built up patina, mind sharing some pictures of them ?
     
  2. Lucretia

    Lucretia Founding Member

    Well, you've got your naturally occuring patinas:

    Blues2.jpg


    MaumasiBlue.jpg



    Then you have your forced patinas (these were done with mustard):

    ShigMustard2.jpg

    MarkoPatina2.jpg
     
  3. James

    James smarter then your average duck Founding Member Gold Contributor

    Whoa that first and last one aee crazy looking... that effect would look great on a handle as a ring or two,

    No wonder people like to cut the mustard
     
  4. BathonUk

    BathonUk Founding Member

  5. Spaz

    Spaz Founding Member

    All natural......

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  6. cclin

    cclin Founding Member

    natural blue patina
    20140316_155514.jpg

    mustard forced patinas
    20130412_141537.jpg
     
  7. hbeernink

    hbeernink Founding Member

    like this

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  8. James

    James smarter then your average duck Founding Member Gold Contributor

    So on my clad knives, this will only show up on the core steel just above the edge,... if so I think the Yuki will look kind of amazing once it happens. for the mustard trick (Just out of my own curiosity), do you just smear down some good old french's yeller goo and leave it for a bit and wash off ?
     
  9. John Fout

    John Fout Founding Member

    5-30 minutes depending on how dark you want it. Multiple coats can help. You can daub it on, you can use bubble wrap, you can use a paper towel... Lots o variations that a google search can probably show you different patterns.

    Also it depends on what the cladding is. If it is stainless it will react little. If it is iron cladding you will get different results.

    IMO natural patinas look better but that can depend on what you are cutting.

    Be careful. Patina is a dirty word to some ;)
     
  10. Legion

    Legion Founding Member

    Buy a couple of Old Hickory knives off amazon or wherever. First practice your knife edge building with them (I won't say honing, they need more than that), and then play with them to experiment with patina. They are cheap, but they can hone up quite well when you put some effort in.

    I have one I keep in the kitchen of my share house, and it cuts just fine. But my nice knives stay hidden away so no one is tempted to use them to open packets, or cut oysters in half, and then throw them into the dishwasher.
     
  11. neelesh

    neelesh Founding Member

    done by my 15 year old daughter IMG_2441.JPG
     
  12. neelesh

    neelesh Founding Member

    another one on a Sugimoto carbon, well used
     

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  13. neelesh

    neelesh Founding Member

  14. neelesh

    neelesh Founding Member

    and on a kramer Kramer patina.JPG
     
  15. Jim

    Jim Old Curmudgeon Founding Member

  16. marc4pt0

    marc4pt0 Founding Member

    Noticed we don't have an official "show your patina" here yet. Thought about staying one but then thought that maybe This thread could be brought back as such.
    So here we go:

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  17. marc4pt0

    marc4pt0 Founding Member

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