Force Patina?

[somber]

I used some red wine vinegar with some warm water as well on my carbon steel knife, I maybe soaked it for 13 minutes based on image data.

soaking...

after

Had some rust that I got off and wanted to re-patina it afterwards.

 

[SpartanSaint]

very cool... i'll hit up some vinegar, maybe that will help

 

[FCFER]

I have some longknives that i've been using mustard on for years. Thin coats have worked great and make very interesting designs. I think i may have to try a vineger bath to see if what that may do to it.

I have a butcher knife that has a beautiful even patina across the entire surface of the knife that seemed to darken a bit more after carving the kids pumpkins this year. I'll take some pictures and post later.