Patia?

[NathanExplosion]

Yesterday, i bought a new Browning Crowell/Barker Competition Knife from my local outdoor supply store. I purchased the last one they had and he had to take it the one from the display case and find the box and i purchased it and went home. When i got home and took it out i noticed that there is slight patina on the spine of the blade and right on the blade its self. I wasn't to taken back from it because it was intended to be a user and because he gave me $80 off of the asking price(i know the guy who owns the store really well). So even though i'm to worried about it i would still like to be able to take it off. Any suggestions as to how to do that?

 

[65535]

Should be able to take it off with a protectant polish like Flitz. Or you could just patina the entire blade with a homebrew solution, if you go that way to a search around for it.

 

[Ankerson]

A little metal polish should take care of it.

 

[Skrapmetal]

Yep, patina wears off really easily with polish. Or even with use if it's on a surface that gets a lot of contact.

 

[A.L.]

You want it to be on the blade or not? If it's user, then it will be there. In my books, patina looks really good and gives the knife character. I never really oil my blades with ultra-tactical oil (tm), just clean them and they give good looking patina to it.