patina pics from different methods

[johnwaynesandw]

After reading a thread Friday I wanted to apply a patina to one of my carbon bladed knives. At first I tried the mustard method. This produced spotty areas. After doing a search I saw some members had good success with lemon juice. So I soaked it for a few hrs. and checked it, and I liked what I had seen. I was going for a real dark color, so I let it sit over night. I checked it the next morning and it had gotten darker. I cleaned it good and decided to get it darker, so I put it back in the juice to let it sit one more night. Sunday I pulled it out and cleaned it really good. I pulled it out today to take some pics and I have attached some pics of the knife before and after the mustard and lemon juice.















Thanks for looking,
John

 

[roknjs]

did you put the whole knife in the juice?

 

[johnwaynesandw]

No just the blade. I filled up a jelly jar with the juice and opened the knife and sat it in the juice with the handle resting on a knife block in the kitchen.




John