1095 Patina Discussion

[btb01]

I have on occasion took mine from my pockets in the summer after a long hot day of work to find a nice bright orange spots of patina

That's that extra-good patina.

I've found that a lot of the colorful/blue/iridescent-looking patina that you get right after cutting something (meat, fruit, etc.) goes away when you oil and wipe down the blade, leaving behind the subtler gray patina.

 

[ed_is_dead]

That's that extra-good patina.

I've found that a lot of the colorful/blue/iridescent-looking patina that you get right after cutting something (meat, fruit, etc.) goes away when you oil and wipe down the blade, leaving behind the subtler gray patina.

That subtle aged gray is my favourite. There's almost no reproducing it.

Here's my daily driver which is pretty dark from fruit and the odd but of meat prep.
I will qualify the above that I do not know if its 1095??

 

[Viper84]

Lot's of blue from cutting up sausage a couple days ago.

 

[ed_is_dead]

This W W & R takes a serious patina!

 

[Bluemantra]

A lot of apple slicing and a little slicing up of chicken.

 

[untytled]

Good photos in here too.

https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/patina-thread.1591899/page-31