Patina- harder than it looks

[ono724]

My one and only attempt at a forced patina:

 

[colby.]

I have mine sitting in some apple sauce right now. It doesnt seem very effective. haha

 

[strykersng]

Make a few BLT's. Tomatoes wreak havoc on a blade's finish.

 

[Cold Kill]

After refinishing (removing my terrible patina), before attempting a new one. One quick question, which vinegar makes the darkest patina?

 

[goodeyesniper]

whichever one you leave it sitting in the longest..... No really, I don't know, never used vinegar.

I'm not seeing the pitting on that svord. However I do have a question, were you able to adjust that svord to where it opens and closes in any decent manner? I never could quite get mine worked out. It is either a complete bear to open and close, or way too loose. I couldn't get it to that happy medium.

 

[Cold Kill]

With my Svord I actually got lucky, and lost a bolt for it. Got some stainless replacements that match the steel better, and they were smooth as butter. It seems like about half of the pitting was just on the surface, but there are a ton of, well, ruts. Don't know what else to call them. For the action, though, I would say try to polish the shaft of the bolt, and do like I did and glue and file down a dime in the end of the handle, and just adjust the pivot screw. That's what I did, and it worked great.

 

[Cold Kill]

Finished my first decent patina, 15 minutes in a rice vinegar soaked tissue.

I think it turned out pretty well.

 

[thegeek574]

I can agree about the lemon juice. my blade developed a few very interesting ruts from a mustard lemon juice mix. I can't say I don't like it, and it won't weaken the knife enough to matter, but it is kind of weird.