Show Your Patina, Forced, Earned, or Accidental

[SAK Guy]

You could use a little Flitz bro.....

 

[Primble]

Hess Cocobolo Caper at 6.5 inches - a little mustard and cuttin' steak like butter:

 

[thales2015]

Forced:

 

[combatjiujitsu]

 

[SAK Guy]

This was earned long before it got to my house....

 

[T. Erdelyi]

Those CV blades on the Swayback Jacks take on such a nice dark patina, I love mine.

 

[wesmanthetiger]

Forced in Apple cider vinegar. Turned out interesting.

 

[wesmanthetiger]

Another view.

 

[black mamba]

Some nice blue/grays.

 

[Alnamvet68]

Most excellent patina on those rails; oh, and the knife too.:thumbup:

 

[Old Hunter]

Good to see you around Al - you started this thread! OH
Ps. Here's a little WW-II hard earned patina - this knife earned me my "PATINA-PATINA" award!!

 

[Old Hunter]

Some old BSA patina - earned as well. OH

 

[clutchcarter]

Now that there is some real stick-to-it-ness! :thumbup:

Show Your Patina, Forced, Earned, or Accidental

I can't resist, here is my patina after 12 hours of working on my truck replacing the transmission. It was forced, earned and accidental.

Here's 40 years of patina on my Old Man's hunting knives, last used in 75 when he passed away, the Swayback Jack has about 3 years of natural patina.

 

[clutchcarter]

I wonder what the hardness of those rails is?

Most excellent patina on those rails; oh, and the knife too.:thumbup:

 

[swaybacksteve]

Couple nights of lime patina on the 77

 

[Alnamvet68]

Good to see you around Al - you started this thread! OH
Ps. Here's a little WW-II hard earned patina - this knife earned me my "PATINA-PATINA" award!!

Some old BSA patina - earned as well. OH

Hey OH, love your BSA postings...is that your uniform perchance? Mine from the 50's and 60's are long gone; and you're one of roughly a handful who actually sport the "Order of the Patina Patina" in their signature.:thumbup:

 

[Old Hunter]

Thanks Al. Yep, that is my Boy Scout shirt, I still have my OA & merit badge sashes, and my Cub Scout and Explorer Scout shirts too. For some reason I kept them - most everything else from my childhood is gone (like evidence I guess!) OH

 

[Alnamvet68]

I wonder what the hardness of those rails is?

Probably 125, give or take a few Rockwell's.

 

[AdamFuzzyballs]

These are all natural, except on the sod buster it was an accidental patina that was too much corrosion so I ended up using mustard to "fix" it.

Then this is my pride and joy traditional, my first brand new one. It's only about a month old, but it already has a nice rainbow patina with a "pedigree" it's only cut apples up to this point. After what happened to my sod buster (pocket sweat) I wanted to be sure this one has a nice layer of protection before I use it too hard, so I've been using it whenever I can in the kitchen. Up to this point that's been apples and the darker part near the edge is from my blood when the blade laser beamed through the apple into my palm..didn't even feel the cut

 

[major_works]

Oooh, blood patina! You win, AdamFuzzyBalls! I think that's forced, earned, AND accidental all in one.