Show me your patina designs

[HwangJino]

Wish I could upload pictures of my patinas.

I usually draw my patina using a toothpick for finer detail (almost like tattooing).

My slicer is Swedish carbon and I drew on snakeskin pattern with beef and tuna blood and lemon juice to outline. It looks great.

In my experience: acids turn carbon dark grey, while protiens like green onions and blood give it a blue/green shimmer.

 

[ShepardCC]

I made the handles, liners, and rounded the spine. Acid and stone washed the liners, pocket clip and blade.

My first try with the new scale design and my first acid&stone washing.

 

[MerryMadMonk]

Wish I could upload pictures of my patinas.

You can open a free account at photobucket.com... upload your photos there and then copy the IMG code and paste it in your post here.

I'd like to see that patina you described!

 

[jeffwithaj]

After reading the forced patina thread yesterday I got curious and took it out on my Case sodbuster.

 

[SirSharpSauce]

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I left my Mora Clipper inside two oranges for three hours and this was the result.

 

[tjiscooler]

An axe I restored, a mora, and a lil opinel!

 

[SirSharpSauce]

An axe I restored, a mora, and a lil opinel!

Splendid patinas! How did you get such a beautiful polish? The best I can do is a mirror finish near the actual cutting edge on my Mora.

 

[tjiscooler]

ON the Mora i had a little mechanical help! 1x30 and about a dozen different grit belts and leathers with polish compounds all the way down to .25 micron. Was a few deeper scrateches from use but overall pretty mirrored.

Ive tried on bench stones and its much more difficult to get that level of polish by hand. thats why i invested in a tiny grinder. Still isnt easy but saves a lot of time.

 

[tjiscooler]

Also, that IS the cutting edge, Its truE scandi, only one giant shiny bevel!

 

[benthughes]

I stumbled across this by accident and have found a pretty good method to provide reliable results. I call it a salmon skin patina.

 

[Sharpnessis]

This thread made me do it! Jdavey, I used his idea with the potato and came up with this. Always wanted a Hamon on my knife. At least it looks like one, kinda?

 

[Tylertron]

That's a sweet looking design there. Which side of the skin did you use? Also, nice kukri... looks an awful lot like mine!

 

[Mossyhorn]

My preferred method is burying the item in the dirt for about 6 months. This hawk head is not quite ready yet. I'll put it back in the ground for another few months.