Citrus is baaaad....

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Sioraiocht

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Recently my younger brother decided he wanted to show off to his girlfriend. The way he decided to do this was to take my my lovely Manjushree and flail about attacking a lemon tree...

Of course the whole time this was going down, I was out of town. So when I get back I decide it's been a while and my beautiful blades could use a good oiling up and... GASP.

Now there's some ugly dark marks all over the blade. It looks like the polished finish just got scraped off. Now my question is...

Is it ruined? Is there no way to fix this? Will my Manjushree go on living with scars all over it? WHY?
 
Post a few pics. Otherwise the answer is to patina the rest of it. Another answer is to ask over in the makers forum to see if somebody near to you can and will refinish it and send dippy the dodo the bill!
After some thinking I wanted to add. Yes you can refinish it yourself! I advise against it because I feel that with the labor involved you will want to take some of it back out of his hide. IMHO its better to spend a few dollars and pay someone to do it than to risk that animosity.
 
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I have done this to a khuk as well. Cut some pineapples and immediately saw the efect of the acid on the blade polish. Finished the job, washed the blade and then power buffed it and come back ok. I kinda liked the efect though, it gives some character to the blade. I may make a "user khuk" with a permanent such efect.
 
Yep, that would be called a patina - essentially oxidization of the metal's surface. The less chromium in the steel, the more drastic the effect (I believe steels have to have a 13% chromium content to be classified as "stainless"). That said, it's actually a protective coating that helps prevent deep rust/pitting... I personally find it to be a nice effect on user blades, as it can produce nice patterns and adds character to the knife. However, I can understand the desire to keep the mirror finish on a blade... for that, you'll probably have to have it rebuffed as even very fine grit sandpaper will ruin the polish.
 
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