Knocking off the Shine 30 Day Challenge

Sharp & Fiery said:
Well, I can definitely, for sure, say the shine is knocked off my City Stock. Dropping it down some steel knurled stairs (12) and onto the concrete floor will do that. Haha.

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Ouch! I feel this, I once got a pristine NIB Case 31....that immediately jumped out of my pocket and divebombed the concrete driveway. 🤬 Very first day, it didn't even get to cut anything.
 
Late to the party but this inspired me to give this thing a test drive. I got it in not so long ago but it was just too nice looking. Begged to be used though. Went through some fruit and packages today, I swear I had a before picture but 🤷1000016845.jpg1000016846.jpg
 
mac0731 said:
Late to the party but this inspired me to give this thing a test drive. I got it in not so long ago but it was just too nice looking. Begged to be used though. Went through some fruit and packages today, I swear I had a before picture but 🤷View attachment 2832119View attachment 2832120
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Welcome. That’s a beauty to get involved with.
Good luck, i myself found it pretty hard to just stick to the one knife over 30 days.
I’d certainly knocked the shine off but only carrying that single knife for so many days?….. psssh good luck 🤣

Edit: I also have a 32 (hemlock) that I’d love to knock the shine off properly too.. I think I’d find that easier than the specific 39 I’d attempted with.
 
Honest_Thomas said:
Welcome. That’s a beauty to get involved with.
Good luck, i myself found it pretty hard to just stick to the one knife over 30 days.
I’d certainly knocked the shine off but only carrying that single knife for so many days?….. psssh good luck 🤣

Edit: I also have a 32 (hemlock) that I’d love to knock the shine off properly too.. I think I’d find that easier than the specific 39 I’d attempted with.
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I will try my best lol. Usually when I get the itch to change I can add one in the pocket and toy with it, but use this "main" for cutting tasks and that will be enough. I don't know that I've gone a whole 30 days though so a good test of willpower 😅
 
So all the people with the patina on the carbon steel blades... If someone wanted to clean that off, is that why Case Paste exists? I doubt most anyone here wants to clean off the patina, this is just for curiosity since I'm not sure what Case Paste would be used for otherwise.

Edit to add, also asking because I've seen the Case Eraser set that is supposed to be for cleaning blades.
 
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Maximumbob54 said:
So all the people with the patina on the carbon steel blades... If someone wanted to clean that off, is that why Case Paste exists? I doubt most anyone here wants to clean off the patina, this is just for curiosity since I'm not sure what Case Paste would be used for otherwise.
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Sure, that would do it. I use the Flitz brand and I assume it's about the same. I bought a small tube years ago and it's still pretty full. It also works well removing the small superficial bolster scratches.
 
Maximumbob54 said:
So all the people with the patina on the carbon steel blades... If someone wanted to clean that off, is that why Case Paste exists? I doubt most anyone here wants to clean off the patina, this is just for curiosity since I'm not sure what Case Paste would be used for otherwise.

Edit to add, also asking because I've seen the Case Eraser set that is supposed to be for cleaning blades.
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I'm not sure about the case eraser specifically - I bought a set of rust erasers on Amazon and caution their use on nice knives. They definitely do the job but can and will mess up your finish in a hurry.
 
Maximumbob54 said:
So all the people with the patina on the carbon steel blades... If someone wanted to clean that off, is that why Case Paste exists? I doubt most anyone here wants to clean off the patina, this is just for curiosity since I'm not sure what Case Paste would be used for otherwise.

Edit to add, also asking because I've seen the Case Eraser set that is supposed to be for cleaning blades.
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I have some case paste that I use occasionally to clean up a knife, it works just fine. Also good for polishing bolsters and other metal.
 
Patina needs work, I often find I dislike the 'acne' look so I use metal polish and start again, seems to take to it better after a couple of cleanings. As for bolster work, my tip is a loaded leather strop it can take off even unpleasant dings in its stride. Also, if you stop regular use of a carbon knife you may find you want to clean it up before use.

This is not after 30 days mind....

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Maximumbob54 said:
So all the people with the patina on the carbon steel blades... If someone wanted to clean that off, is that why Case Paste exists? I doubt most anyone here wants to clean off the patina, this is just for curiosity since I'm not sure what Case Paste would be used for otherwise.

Edit to add, also asking because I've seen the Case Eraser set that is supposed to be for cleaning blades.
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Case paste does work to remove the patina and polish up a blade. I have a cv large stockman that I thought the patina looked weird on and I took case paste and polished it and it went back like brand new. That is the only time I have done it but it did work, if that's what you wanted to do
 
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