interesting patina on kurouchi finish

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athel
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interesting patina on kurouchi finish

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This is a western deba I bought at kamata in Tokyo. I don't know who manufactured it, but I'm pretty sure it's aogami #2, although considering my non-existant Japanese, it's very possible something got lost in translation. Anyway, it came with this beautiful blue patina across the kurouchi on one side, and more of a rainbow patina on the other side. I'm really fond of it. Out of curiosity, does anyone know if this effect has a name? Thanks!
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Wow. That's beautiful. I'd never noticed patinas across kurouchi before until I forced this one last weekend:

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Nice, that looks really awesome. What'd you use to force the patina?
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athel wrote: Sat Jun 24, 2017 5:05 pm This is a western deba I bought at kamata in Tokyo. I don't know who manufactured it, but I'm pretty sure it's aogami #2, although considering my non-existant Japanese, it's very possible something got lost in translation. Anyway, it came with this beautiful blue patina across the kurouchi on one side, and more of a rainbow patina on the other side. I'm really fond of it. Out of curiosity, does anyone know if this effect has a name? Thanks!

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Might be a remnant of the heat treat.
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Beautiful job.
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Robstreperous wrote: Sat Jun 24, 2017 5:14 pm Wow. That's beautiful. I'd never noticed patinas across kurouchi before until I forced this one last weekend
That looks awesome. What did you use to force the patina?
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Re: interesting patina on kurouchi finish

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^^^. Gulden's mustard. Steel is White 1.
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