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- Aug 6, 2012
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I've found over the years that I prefer carbon - and that if I don't force a patina I'm going to have rust problems later. My perspiration seems to be somewhat corrosive and my knife maintenance habits a bit lax. I enjoy sharpening my knives but find that just a couple of days letting a fingerprint sit will mark the steel. I let a natural patina develop on a Tidioute toothpick and I just forced a patina (with hot vinegar) on a NF Calf Roper (my new EDC) - they look almost the same to me. The polished NF steel takes a slightly different patina than the "rough" steel of the Tidioute. Either way they're now "pocket safe" for me.