Forced patina...

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There's been a couple of posts about forced patina,
that have peaked my interest.

Would love to see examples, and hear about different
methods. Do these patinas offer any protection from rust?

Thanks

oct.
 
They definitely offer protection from rust.

I still keep them oiled though.. :thumbup::thumbup:

I have used everything from white vinegar and apple vinegar, to potatoes.

I used white vinegar on the Izula you see here.

I wet a paper towel with the vinegar, wrapped up the knife

and left it set for about an hour all told.




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Hope this helps you out :thumbup::thumbup:
 
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I use a lime or tomato to create a patina. I just keep the blade wet with the juice and watch as it gets darker and darker. First thing you should do is clean the heck out of the blade with Dawn diswashing liquid to remove any trace of oil or schmutz. Then, cut a lime in half, or tomato, and rub both sides of the blade, let it soak, then rub again, soak, again, soak, again, soak....Each time will even the color and darken a little.

Then end result will look like crap, but, it will be patina and will protect your blade. Not to the extent of a coating, but, it makes it so you don't have to wipe a drop of water off immediately.

Have fun.
 
This pic was posted another forum I frequent. It is an excellent example of a forced patina. He used mustard to make lines, let it sit for a few hours then wiped it clean and and ran mustard on the oppisite angle.
I think this looks AWESOME!!!!
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stjones said:
This pic was posted another forum I frequent. It is an excellent example of a forced patina. He used mustard to make lines, let it sit for a few hours then wiped it clean and and ran mustard on the oppisite angle.


Whoa! That does look cool!
I'm really considering ordering another Izula to do that to...
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Here is another awesome example of a forced patina!
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stjones said:
This pic was posted another forum I frequent. It is an excellent example of a forced patina. He used mustard to make lines, let it sit for a few hours then wiped it clean and and ran mustard on the oppisite angle.
I think this looks AWESOME!!!!
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I haven't seen many that I liked, but that one looks very cool.
 
Make sure you clean the blade really well before AND after the treatment.
The longer you let it sit with the acid (vinegar, mustard, lime whatever you use it's the acid in it reacting with the steel) the darker the patina.
Different acids give different colors and different metals will react differently as well.
It works on stainless steels but not as well.
Other than that I would say that it is pretty straight forward.
Also, your knife WILL NEED sharpening after. The reaction dulls the cutting edge.
 
I just forced a patina on the Izula logos on the handle. I figure where there covered in cord I might not notice if they began to rust. I used vinegar and left it on for close to 4 hours. The patina is very dark, I have no idea whether or not it works.
 
eshu said:
You can also use horseradish to make a nice forced patina:

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In the knives.pl forum is a nice tutorial (in polish) how to do it.
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That looks real nice to me. :thumbup:

I wonder where I can get this "special horseradish" no it cannot be just any

horseradish hahahaha :thumbup::thumbup::D
 
eshu said:
You can also use horseradish to make a nice forced patina:

In the knives.pl forum is a nice tutorial (in polish) how to do it.
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that looks grat, unfortunately Babelfish doesn't know Polish and neither do i.

do you mind giving us an overview, or is it basically, clean the steel, smear horseradish on it, let it sit then clean it off and oil?
 
fixer said:
that looks grat, unfortunately Babelfish doesn't know Polish and neither do i.

do you mind giving us an overview, or is it basically, clean the steel, smear horseradish on it, let it sit then clean it off and oil?
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FYI

By right clicking on the page, you can translate the polish.... :D

Plus the pictures are pretty good.
 
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