Practice for my new BK14!

[RogueBowie]

So tonight I ordered my BK14! Thanks for everyone on the advice on the 14 and 13. I'm still planning on getting the 13, but I'm trying to only buy one knife at a time right now, and I might hold the spare funds for the 16 and push back the 13 a little bit longer (Birthday in June...).

Well, my 14 won't get here until Wednesday or Thursday but I know I want to strip and patina it, but I've heard for first mods it's wise to practice on a knife you don't care as much about, so I decided to practice tonight on an old Mora that has been sitting in my tool drawer for a year or so. I've read lots of different things people have used to patina their knives on these forums so I thought I'd try a random mixture; mango, yellow mustard, black pepper, and rice vinegar. We'll see how it turns out.

P.S. Noob question; Will the patina on the Mora vary a lot from what I'd get on the Eskabar as the Mora is Carbon Steel VS. 1095 on the Eskabar? Not sure if this has a big impact on the result of the patina.






Sorry for pic quality don't have a good camera or lighting available. I will update with a couple after pictures for ya'll. Should only need another hour or so.

 

[MrKnifekid]

Nice mora buddy!!

And thanks for giving me the honor of being in your sig line!

 

[RogueBowie]

Well, she's all done, for now. I think I'll probably throw it back into another vinegar patina soon but for now this'll do. I think I needed to sand the blade a little before exposing it to the mixture, but I still kind of like how it looks. It looks like it was right next to a bomb that went off or something. Unfortunately I think I left a little water near the base of the blade after I washed it off last night (by the time it was finished I'd had a few beers...) so there is a little bit of rust but oh well that's why this was a practice run.

 

[RogueBowie]

Nice mora buddy!!

And thanks for giving me the honor of being in your sig line!

Hopefully you'll still think it looks nice after you see the ugly patina I put on it.

And no problem, I told you I liked that line enough to make my sig I just had to finally upgrade my membership!

 

[Psyop]

Hopefully you'll still think it looks nice after you see the ugly patina I put on it.

And no problem, I told you I liked that line enough to make my sig I just had to finally upgrade my membership!

Eh dont worry too much about the patina if you use it it will change and age anyway.

 

[clich]

Yeh. Congrats on the 14. Try worchestershire sauce and a paper towel wrap next go around. makes a sweet pattern.

 

[RogueBowie]

I have both worchestershire sauce and paper towels maybe I'll try that next...

 

[Bladite]

the real deal is worth waiting for

 

[RogueBowie]

Back into the fray she goes! Trying Clich's suggestion of Worcestershire sauce soaked into a paper towel wrap. Just put it on so I won't be unveiling it for awhile. Any suggestions on how long to leave it? I was going to try like two hours.

 

[RogueBowie]

the real deal is worth waiting for

After this experience I agree with you. Although I'm yet to life the veil on this Worcestershire attempt I'm starting to think it might be nicer to have a patina put on naturally over time but this knife is one I hardly ever pull out anyways so I figured I'd experiment with it.

 

[Mountain Wildman]

A pattern will make a big difference on the finished appearance, I did one on a Bark River Aurora A2 steel using onion slices, It turned out pretty nice but I found that I preferred the original finish and sent it to Bark River to restore it.

 

[RogueBowie]

Much better! Thanks Clich.







Edit: These pictures don't really do it justice, it looks pretty neat in person. Sorry I don't have a nicer camera.

 

[clich]

No prob. Looks real good