Forcing Patina (Case medium Stockman)

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cutter17

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I just picked up one of these on Saturday. I've had very good luck with Case knives as far as fit/finish, blade grinds and sharpness, and walk n talk on all the blades, and this one is no exception.

This is the smallest slipjoint I have, but is big enough to handle the chores I need a knife for on a daily basis. It is also the first CV Case I've had in a long while. The blades were excellent out of the box, but a couple of minutes on my Sharpmaker just made them even better.

I'm sorta curious to find out if there is a way to force a dark patina on the blades that will cover the blade and the tang of the blade that is inside the handle. Any and all suggestions are appreciated.:)


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You can get pretty close to full coverage down to the tang with standard procedures like mustard, etc. If you want it all the way down to the joint, well, I don't know...soak it? Hopefully you'll get a better answer than this. Sorry. ;)
 
My advice as always, use your knife and take care of it and it will develop a patina that mirrors your uses.

Bosse
 
Get an over-ripe pear, cut it into pieces big enough to cover the blades of the Stockman, preferably so the juice can soak downwards into the joints.Leave for 24 hours and it will be dark. You can enhance this by rubbing the blades with a scouring pad/scotchbrite beforehand and of course,clean off with alcohol. As these CASE knives have a stainless backspring you won't have rust worries on the inside. However, on knives that do have carbon back springs you can get a a nice patina on these too, more tricky mind(looks really good on knives with nickel liners!)
 
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