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My BK-11 with a tabasco patina

Jonny1280

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So I was throwing some tobasco sauce on a sausage bisquit the other day when I remembered Bladite had said that hot sauce makes an awesome patina.
I think it was Bladite...?
So I grabbed the trusty BK-11 and unsheathed it from Thrillbilly's Kydex.
I had polished my BK-11 some time ago so I was not sure if I'd have trouble putting a patina on her.
I cleaned it up and dried it. Sprinkled some tobasco on one side then the other.
I stood it up with the blade down.
The tobasco started running down in a pretty cool pattern.
I let it sit for 45-55 minutes. Rinsed it with warm soapy water two or three times. Dried it off and here's what I got.

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I really liked the polish, but I really like this patina too.
I guess if I get tired of it I could just sand it off and polish her up again.
I think I'll leave it like this for a while. I really like the drippy pattern.
 
Looks like flames rising from the Becker abyss. Or fumes after a bean burrito..........I like it man looks cool.
 
OP- Nice pattern on that one. I've got a blade I just sanded the patina off of. I just might splash a little tabasco on it tomorrow...

Kabarcamper said:
Looks like flames rising from the Becker abyss. Or fumes after a bean burrito..........I like it man looks cool.
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This made me laugh!
 
Looks good, but I gotta admit the polish is killer. Kind of funny though, I just finished removing the patina from my polished BK7, it was easy as hell with some 2000 grit and WD40, brought it right back up to mirror in less than 5 minutes per side. It just got too dull after a while, though it was just from natural use, not a cool forced pattern like yours. You can always go back if you get bored of it though. The hard work in polishing the blade is done, a touch up will bring the finish right back.
 
Haze240 said:
Looks good, but I gotta admit the polish is killer. Kind of funny though, I just finished removing the patina from my polished BK7, it was easy as hell with some 2000 grit and WD40, brought it right back up to mirror in less than 5 minutes per side. It just got too dull after a while, though it was just from natural use, not a cool forced pattern like yours. You can always go back if you get bored of it though. The hard work in polishing the blade is done, a touch up will bring the finish right back.
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Yeah, I figured I could bring back the polish pretty easily. Alot of Beckers look good with a polish, but I use mine all the time so I was constantly having to touch it up. Still glad to know I can bring it back though! lol
 
Jonny1280 said:
Yeah, I figured I could bring back the polish pretty easily. Alot of Beckers look good with a polish, but I use mine all the time so I was constantly having to touch it up. Still glad to know I can bring it back though! lol
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True enough, I used my BK7 to slice some pork tenderloin the other day, and it's already completely patinated even though I tried to wash it as quickly as I could afterwards lol. She's getting hung up for a bit while I play with my BK4/16 combo so I figured I'd put her away pretty until I'm ready to switch back lol.
 
Looks good Jonny. I did one, one by mixing the hotsause with mustard. Made a heck of a patina. Sadly I didnt take pictures.
 
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