put on one of my pintas

pimpnugget

pimpnugget

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sience i had a couple request to do a tutorial well here it is i hope this helps so enjoy
things you will need some type of carbon steel or tool steel blade
you will also need mustard,and white vinegar i like to use these

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now what you need to do is lay your knife on a towel like so
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then you take the mustard and put your own art on the blade
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then you take the vinegar and pore it one the blade like so
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then you let it sit for arounf 45 min to a hour
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then you do the same thing to the same side i will show the pinta forcing results later in one of my youtube videos i also hope this helps guys ;)
 
Nice tutorial! There's nothing like sitting down with some mustard and vinegar and going to work on carbon steel.

Masteroffajitas, the patina can help to protect against rust. It is a thin oxidized layer that sits between the bare steel and the elements, helping to inhibit further uninvited oxidization (rust / pitting).

I'm partial to a more uniform patina myself, which is one of the reasons I force it rather than allowing it to appear naturally.

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All the best,

- Mike
 
my patina recipe usually involves lemon juice, mustard and hot sauce. it turns out pretty well but it smells horrible.
 
Vance - got any info on that knife? I like that.

I'm partial to Brownell's cold blue myself. Not traditional for knives, I suppose, but it does work pretty well.
 
Pimpnugget, very interesting, thanks :thumbup: Can we see a final picture after the blade has been cleaned?
 
got any more rescipies? If you do shoot me a message.btw if you got any thing for stainless steel that would be perfect.


Thanks,
Mike
 
you cant put a pinta on stain less and the only other one i got is to soak a rag in white
vinger wrap the blade with the rag and let it sit for a hour or so
 
Carolina River Rat said:
Mark is tireless in his efforts to educate the youth of our nation. I fear it often falls on deaf ears, though.
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I, myself, appreciate it when my errors are corrected as this gives me the opportunity to cease making them. I would hope that others feel this way as well.

My intent was not to be mean-spirited as so many of the comments under the youtube video may have been, but simply to help prevent a younger member of our community from looking/sounding ignorant.
 
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Anyone noticed that egg yolk gives a hell of a patina? I was cutting up some boiled eggs for lunch and left my knife on the chopping board while I had my lunch. When I did the washing later (30mins-1hour) the spots that had the egg yolk on had gone dark almost blue.

Just wandering if anyone else had tried/come across this?
 
its a PATINA, dude, PATINA ... oh boy how can someone let you play with knives and not teach you a proper spelling of the word PATINA.
 
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