Patina photos
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Masakage Koishi 210mm gyuto with patina from either cutting pork belly or cutting up a whole pineapple. I suspect it was more the pineapple
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Vinegar will form patina. Use Bar Keeper's Friend, Flitz or something like Mothers Mag Polish to remove patina.
Even a polishing cloth or rust eraser will work. Some use just baking soda and a cork to scrub the knife. Bar Keeper's is
acidic and can cause or leave behind a light patina/staining from using it and using baking soda after can avoid it.
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These are great comments. Years ago I submitted a forum question about orange versus rust and I have to admit that the feedback was eager but not particularly conclusive. These comments are really, really useful. Thanks, guys. Also, great thread!limpet wrote: ↑Fri Mar 24, 2017 2:48 pmAgree with this. I used to be a bit hesitant about some types of patina, but last summer I had a rust attack on several knives staying in a kitchen drawer and... now I know what real rust looks like.jmcnelly85 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 24, 2017 12:22 am A general rule of thumb is to wipe a dry blade on a clean paper towel. If the towel is still white, there is no rust, if it transmits any color, its rust and should be removed.
My experience with patina is that it will shift in color depending on how the light falls upon it. From one angle it can look like faint & milky and from another angle you see the colors (blue, orange, brown, sometimes almost black). Rust however will look like an ugly piece of dry dirt from any angle. If you draw your fingers over it, you will feel it, since it has started to corrode the metal and is eating its way into the blade surface.
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Digging that Kono Tom!
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Thanks, by far the best patina of any of my knives, pics don't do it justice. as for the son itself, meh it's a great knife but doesn't really do it for me, oh well.
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210 fujiwara used with medium rare meat and veg. Tried forcing one with vinegar and rust in about 10 seconds. Now I just let the rare meat and fruit do it. Tomatoes for me don't work well I don't know about y'all. To acidic.
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I don't notice a lot of patina with tomatoes. I will have to strip my patina and check it out when I can this year because if it is not canning season I only cut 2-3 tomatoes at a time.Bullman wrote: ↑Wed Jun 21, 2017 6:16 pm 20170618_131513_HDR-1.jpg20170618_131427_HDR-1.jpg
210 fujiwara used with medium rare meat and veg. Tried forcing one with vinegar and rust in about 10 seconds. Now I just let the rare meat and fruit do it. Tomatoes for me don't work well I don't know about y'all. To acidic.
That aside, I never try forcing a patina. As it never worked for me in the past with outdoor fixed blades. It always seemed to turn the blade grey, so I guess it worked but it was so boring. I want color!
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I agree give me meat and fruit anytime. Tried forcing a Sabatier and I'll never do that again. Bad mistake. Rust in 3 mins. Since than I like the rainbow color. Used to have the same style cleaver in a beautiful rainbow color but got let behind during divorce. Last I heard it had rusted to the point the handle came off.
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Two days into "getting to know my Kato" has produced some beautiful colors. I'm definitely falling for this knife!
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I'm impressed that the colors seem relatively unaffected by the transition from one steel to the next! That is kinda unusual. Or perhaps there is just very, very little core showing? But these are ground thin at the edge...Although I guess if I look harder I can still see it at the heel and the tip...
Nice colors, though! And a very nice image of the kanji.
Nice colors, though! And a very nice image of the kanji.
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@pd7077 Wow that Kato looks great. Between that and the Carter you posted earlier, you get some of the best blue patinas I have ever seen.
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