New arrival (more good news)

Your welcome Fausto. IMO its the most important step for a uniform patina. When I did it on my beater 73 it looked like a blued gun. Also, I'm not sure why, but putting the acetone on a rag first works better then pouring or spraying it on the blade. Not sure why. Acetone can be some aggressive stuff, so watch it around natural materials if you go that route :)

I don't do forced patinas since I played with my 73. But, I have to check on mine a few times a day until they get a natural patina going. It can be quite a headache until the patina really gets going.

One thing that Rick posted in his thread on this was using a silver polish. I got a bottle in Florida and tried it. It really works well for smoothing out a patina without tearing it right off.

Kevin
 
sweet thanks for the advice

i did try the whole cleaning my blade first, but only with a little dawn dishsoap and an old toothbrush
that might explain the spotting of patina in places

yes i do the whole stropping with compound too, its the majority of my sharpening (getting it stropped before it gets dull enough to need a stone lol)
 
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