Seasoning carbon steel

Gun blue bleach uses cold blue liquid and if you neutralize it with baking soda it will not rust..if you don't neutralize it, it will continue to rust.
 
Do yo have any problems with nasty flavors on a kitchen knife using that method? That selenium gun blue goop would cause me to worry about that.
Brock47 said:
Thanks Kentucky. That is kind of what I am looking for, a blue or brown patina. I'll do some googling.
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Never used on a kitchen knife. Mostly on hawks and period knives. I'm not sure if it would because I always hit the patina with 0000 steel wool for topography it's really a hard etch I guess. I know I've cut camp food and didn't notice anything odd.
 
Yesterday I seasoned a couple of knives... :D

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Pablo
 
Not exactly what I am after Pablo, but interesting never the less. That little knife of yours coupled with a couple of requests I've had inspired one of my latest kitchen knives. :)
 
How cool is that! Please show them when finished!


Pablo
 
My friend recently made a couple of knives (including a large machete) that he blackened using coca-cola, and I was amazed at the stark color it gave. Jet black, looked great when oiled after. I believe he let it sit overnight to get the full finish. I really want to try it myself after seeing it, and if it's like other patinas, should hopefully keep a certain degree of rust off
 
I'm glad I posted this question. There have been some really interesting things suggested and I plan to try them out over time. :)
 
I want to do these I'm working on now on the belt, no hand sanding. What grit should I finish with if I want to season them?
Buff after?

Ben, I've tried the dry rub on tri-tip. Very good stuff.
 
Heres an example of the gun/bleach method..Just finished regularly, because the etch is aggressive it dosnt need to be taken to a fine grit..
 
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nickandersonart said:
My friend recently made a couple of knives (including a large machete) that he blackened using coca-cola, and I was amazed at the stark color it gave. Jet black, looked great when oiled after. I believe he let it sit overnight to get the full finish. I really want to try it myself after seeing it, and if it's like other patinas, should hopefully keep a certain degree of rust off
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Do you happen to have e a pic?
 
Some of the guys from Europe use strong instant coffee as a final "etch" for they damascus blades.
 
Hey Pablo, here is the knife you inspired. My boss at work asked if I could make a taller blade so he could cut and scoop up veggies for cooking.
When I saw your little santoku, this is what came to my mind. :)
Blade length is right at 5 inches.

I started experimenting with vinegar a bit. I thought I'd just pour some on the blade and see what happened.
I noticed it formed these random camo-like patterns, so I did several layers of that to see how it would come out.
I kind of like it. I'll probably do this one up a bit more, but this is what it looks like today.

This is a convex grind on 52100. Sharp? Holy Smokes!

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Very nice with the traditional Wa handle! Small knives DO have a place in the kitchen!~


Pablo
 
no.4shot said:
Do you happen to have e a pic?
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I don't but would describe it as a dense matte black, not like the subtle effect you get from a lot of patinas.

I did a search to try to show a good example and came across this guy's page. The image here shows 2 different finished pieces etched with Coca Cola on the left, and the dense black of the piece in the lower left corner is the black I'm talking about.

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My friend etched the whole blade and got that dense black on the entire thing. Great finish, going to try it myself for sure. Will try to get a pic of his etched pieces and share them soon!
 
Hm good question- perhaps doing an inverse technique where you use the resist for the name/graphic and then etch everything else
 
I got this nice grey and in some areas black patina on my fruit knife.
Pineapple removed it and turned it blue.
Crazy stuff :-D
 
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