Will Power
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It earns its keep, slicing these and suchlike
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Show Your Patina, Forced, Earned, or Accidental
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Yeah +1 It's a knockout!!!!!! :thumbup:
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Here are the two examples of patina I have in my pockets today. Usually have at least one darkened blade with me, at all times. Both of these have "honest" patina, acquired through use and the passage of time.
Robeson daddy barlow that I got from our buddy Invoice, on the exchange.
Italian stiletto, stamped Romo over Italy (my favorite stamp, these are so cool, with an arrow running through the word Romo). Well, maybe this one's patina is partially due to neglect and mistreatment. A previous owner modified it pretty heavily, to facilitate easy one-handed opening. The ears have been sawn off one side, and the blade was removed/replaced so that the tang could be filed waaaaaay down. Now, there is no contact between the blade and the spring, until it's almost all the way open. You just give it a little wrist flick, and you can slide your thumb up the handle (where the ears used to be) to push it the rest of the way open, resulting in an edge-up blade presentation, ready for "action." This one is seriously "all business."
Robeson daddy barlow that I got from our buddy Invoice, on the exchange.
Italian stiletto, stamped Romo over Italy (my favorite stamp, these are so cool, with an arrow running through the word Romo). Well, maybe this one's patina is partially due to neglect and mistreatment. A previous owner modified it pretty heavily, to facilitate easy one-handed opening. The ears have been sawn off one side, and the blade was removed/replaced so that the tang could be filed waaaaaay down. Now, there is no contact between the blade and the spring, until it's almost all the way open. You just give it a little wrist flick, and you can slide your thumb up the handle (where the ears used to be) to push it the rest of the way open, resulting in an edge-up blade presentation, ready for "action." This one is seriously "all business."
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Here are the two examples of patina I have in my pockets today. Usually have at least one darkened blade with me, at all times. Both of these have "honest" patina, acquired through use and the passage of time.
Robeson daddy barlow that I got from our buddy Invoice, on the exchange.
Italian stiletto, stamped Romo over Italy (my favorite stamp, these are so cool, with an arrow running through the word Romo). Well, maybe this one's patina is partially due to neglect and mistreatment. A previous owner modified it pretty heavily, to facilitate easy one-handed opening. The ears have been sawn off one side, and the blade was removed/replaced so that the tang could be filed waaaaaay down. Now, there is no contact between the blade and the spring, until it's almost all the way open. You just give it a little wrist flick, and you can slide your thumb up the handle (where the ears used to be) to push it the rest of the way open, resulting in an edge-up blade presentation, ready for "action." This one is seriously "all business."
Nice stuff!
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And here's my "Young Boiley," after I followed Charlie's lead and gave my Charlow a hot vinegar bath. The patina on this one has since evened out quite a bit, through regular use and from wiping the blade down with a rag or bandana when it gets messy.
And, last for today but certainly not least, is my only blade of 52100 steel, this lovely John Lloyd toothpick. This steel turns black if you LOOK at it funny! I really like that characteristic, and it makes me love this knife all the more.
And, last for today but certainly not least, is my only blade of 52100 steel, this lovely John Lloyd toothpick. This steel turns black if you LOOK at it funny! I really like that characteristic, and it makes me love this knife all the more.
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:thumbup::thumbup:It earns its keep, slicing these and suchlike
I really love this photo!
Will Power
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Thanks for the appreciation gents! I really like pears so it helps with the patina acquisition That 73 has some very grooved stag on the mark side and some nice stuff on the other too, a much liked knife by me and it's liner-lock too.
Regards, Will
That 73 has some very grooved stag on the mark side and some nice stuff on the other too, a much liked knife by me and it's liner-lock too.Regards, Will
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Very even and desirable!
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A couple of weeks ago I came across this candidate at an antique mall - the dealer "enhanced" the value of this Schrade Walden TL-29 by running it through his kitchen blade grinder - I rewarded him with a buck-fifty for the knife - neglect and much use, all rolled into one knife! OH
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Could you explain how you did the hot vinegar bath? Did you put the entire knife in? If so, wouldn't that possibly mess up the bone or wood handles?
And here's my "Young Boiley," after I followed Charlie's lead and gave my Charlow a hot vinegar bath. The patina on this one has since evened out quite a bit, through regular use and from wiping the blade down with a rag or bandana when it gets messy.
And, last for today but certainly not least, is my only blade of 52100 steel, this lovely John Lloyd toothpick. This steel turns black if you LOOK at it funny! I really like that characteristic, and it makes me love this knife all the more.
That looks lovely Trey. Interesting pattern, is there a story?
Will, that's a beauty of a knife. Really wish importing GEC's to the UK wasn't so prohibitively expensive.
All natural, quite enjoying watching this knife age. It was very shiny when I first got it
I did have a lovely patina'd S&W folder from '98, but I gave it to my brother recently. I think this one may be the only carbon EDC I've got left, barring a very cheap lil J J Martinez sheepsfoot from Spain.
Will, that's a beauty of a knife. Really wish importing GEC's to the UK wasn't so prohibitively expensive.
All natural, quite enjoying watching this knife age. It was very shiny when I first got it
I did have a lovely patina'd S&W folder from '98, but I gave it to my brother recently. I think this one may be the only carbon EDC I've got left, barring a very cheap lil J J Martinez sheepsfoot from Spain.
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Yes, I did put the whole knife in. Here's how I did it.
First, I put some white vinegar into a tall, narrow glass. Popped it into the microwave to heat it up to almost-boiling.
Dropped the knife in there, and let it sit for a while.
Pulled the knife out, reheated the vinegar, dropped the knife back in for another little while (basically, just until the vinegar cools down).
The last step was blades-only. Heated up the vinegar again, dunked a paper towel in there, then wrapped the paper towel around the knife (with the blades open), and let it sit. I forgot about it for a few hours.
Then, came back and washed the knife off with warm soapy water. Dried it out very carefully, and gave it a splash of mineral oil.