Photos Patina thread

I used the old cracked marble #73 to slice some pepperoni pizza the other night, adding some grays and blues to the blade. Kinda matches the handle, eh?

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black mamba said:
Bob, that's unique . . . patina bubbles???
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Probably droplets of whatever caused the patina in the first place. Part of patina-izing ;-) is reacting with air so if there is no air available, that spot won't patinia-ize. Often we see rings that are much darker than the rest of the patina, too. Not sure how that works, though.
 
Hey, question. I have this awesome GEC Cattle and the main blade is just gray with many faint layers of multicolor that I can only see when I angle it with the light just right. The multicolor looks like that rainbow effect on motor oil though the blade is gray, not oil-black.

Which leads to my question. It seems to have stopped gathering up any colored patina, now. I have tortured it with mustard, coffee, coffee grinds, vinegar, meat, cucumber, lemon, and it stays the same, now.

Not a problem, I am just wondering what happened that caused it to stop reacting? Nothing I do now will alter it. So weird.
 
ErikMB said:
Is that an awl? How useful is that for you? Just wondering.
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If you like to do stuff at home, fixing things or be creative it is pretty useful I guess.

Compared to the similar Angus Jack
I like this one from M&G better as the punch/awl sits significantly lower in the handle than the Angus Jacks pen blade making it a more pleasurable experience to use the M&G knife.

Let's also be honest and admit to the fact that it's a cool factor as well - that punch looks really, really good.
 
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