Patina removal

wtlj

wtlj

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I thought I would start a thread to consolidate everyone's tips & tricks of patina removal. I love a good patina especially if it's my using the knife that caused it. I purchase a lot of used knives and like to clean up bad forced patina jobs, light rusting, and start fresh.
I hope we can all learn from each other on what works!
I've had good luck with the "super eraser". Its a soft block that isn't abrasive enough to scratch your blades. Works great on blades, liners, back springs, bolsters, etc.


I received this BHK O1 fixed blade and GEC 71 Bullnose O1 last week. Both knives had heavy patina and the eraser made quick work bringing them back to life.





 
do you use that with anything applied? like Flitz? or just the rust eraser alone
 
mrknife said:
do you use that with anything applied? like Flitz? or just the rust eraser alone
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I use it dry without any compound. I did try it with mothers mag on a really tough 1095 patina but the results didn't change. I've actually never used flitz but heard enough rave reviews to order some this morning.
 
Very nice tip. The knives look great cleaned up. Where did you buy your Super Eraser?
 
wtlj said:
I use it dry without any compound. I did try it with mothers mag on a really tough 1095 patina but the results didn't change. I've actually never used flitz but heard enough rave reviews to order some this morning.
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ah i see, yes it certainly does work wonders! i once purchased a blade forums jack from someone who slightly misrepresented the knife and it came with some more patina and pitting then he claimed and the flitz helped quite a bit
 
Looks like that eraser works pretty well. (I will say, though, the patina on that #71 looked pretty great. Kind of a shame to see it go. :( ;))
 
Awesome results! I will definitely be picking one of these up. Thanks Terry
 
Travman said:
Very nice tip. The knives look great cleaned up. Where did you buy your Super Eraser?
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I don't believe any forum sponsors sell the product so I can't say in open forum per the rules. They run about $7 on a website named after the largest river in South America. [emoji6]
 
btb01 said:
Looks like that eraser works pretty well. (I will say, though, the patina on that #71 looked pretty great. Kind of a shame to see it go. :( ;))
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Don't worry it's just as easy to put it back on. [emoji57] Gotta have options!
 
I love my flitz, but that eraser is really cool! I might try it.

I've actually used my home made strop with BRKT green compound to clean up areas like the spine if it starts to freakle. Works pretty well.
 
Thanks for the tip! This is just a quick satin finish removal on my peanut so I could restart my patina
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This was done with a scotch-brite pad, thanks to Carl for the tip!


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Thanks for the tip! The Super Eraser product is available in Canada as well. I think I will order it tonight.

,,,Mike in Canada
 
Very interesting info. thanks :thumbup:Nor is this some kind of 'sacrilege' in my book either as I know what you mean about some patina which is unappealing and frankly a rust harbouring eysore :barf::D

The wonderful thing about carbon steel is that provided it's not pitted, you can start afresh with a new canvas as it were and create patina to your satisfaction. Creative. Never quite made my mind up about it though as patina needs to be viewed as a WIP. If you stop using the knife in question it can soon become seedy looking....You can't get this product in Europe which is unfortunate as I'd be keen to try it out. What I've used is a scotcbrite type scourer, but you've got to be careful to keep it away from the edge as it can dull it surprisingly quickly, then I use a metal chrome polish. But this product looks really like a step-up:cool:

Regards, Will
 
I was under the impression that you can use magic eraser to make a blade or bolster satin. That's why I use flitz because I thought it was less abrasive. Is this correct?
 
I have an ancient bottle of Brasso, that was under the sink when I bought my house. I've used it for my CV knives in the past when I didn't care for a patina. Now that I have come to appreciate the beauty of a patina, I've not had to use it much. I occasionally will polish up my Buck 110's brass bolsters, or a couple nickel silver bolster on some other knives, but the blades are being given free range to add character in whatever way they see fit.

For the occasional back-spring and liner clean-up, I will still bring it out, but mainly, I'm using some 1500 - 12000 grit linen-backed 4x6inch "paper" sheets I found here at work. They were originally used to polish high-dollar analytical instrument parts for chemical analysis. I'll also use it on some of my modern knives to renew a nice Satin look on the blades.
 
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