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I recently bought a GEC 71. It's my first carbon steel blade. The first thing I cut with it was an apple and I was floored with how fast it developed patina.
I sat down, cut my apple and checked my email. Maybe 10 mins later I cleaned the blade and (being a newbie to carbon) I was very surprised.
 
laker199 said:
I recently bought a GEC 71. It's my first carbon steel blade. The first thing I cut with it was an apple and I was floored with how fast it developed patina.
I sat down, cut my apple and checked my email. Maybe 10 mins later I cleaned the blade and (being a newbie to carbon) I was very surprised.
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Acidic foods develop patina very fast. You can buy some polish (I use Flitz) when/if you want to remove it. The only thing you can't recover is the blade etch, if you care about those sort of things.
 
Some of you may have seen my "old" trapper, with the "earned" patina:

I had loaned it to a friend to try to spark an interest in traditionals, when he temporarily lost his Spyderco PM2. Well, he found the Spyderco, but was impressed with the sliciness of the trapper.
Anyway, when I got her back, I decided I wanted to try the vinegar soaked paper towel method, since the shiny spine of the spey blade bugged me. Pretty pleased with the result:
 
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