Show Your Patina, Forced, Earned, or Accidental

[arizonaranchman]

This is a very big, and very old all steel Camillus! 4" long - check out the tangstamps. Not used much, it just got old!!

Wow! How old do you estimate this one is? The font on that tang stamp looks to be very old to me. Late 1800's?

 

[festerfromnzed]

Earned but very young.

Earned and very old.....................................FES

 

[Bigfattyt]

Grandpa's Barlow.

 

[Jack Black]

:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup: This one!

Thanks OH The patina's a little darker in person, hard to capture it with indoor shots as the light tends to reflect off the steel.

 

[waynorth]

Wow! How old do you estimate this one is? The font on that tang stamp looks to be very old to me. Late 1800's?

The Camillus Collectors forum here says that Camillus was established in 1875.
Bernie Levine says that aging Camillus tang stamps is a mug's game!
The style and condition indicate great age to me - it just doesn't look like a modern knife!

 

[Jack Black]

Earned and very old.....................................FES

Nice Fes :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

 

[d.weglarz13]

Earned but very young.

Can i ask what method this is? When you say "earned" does this mean natural or by some technique? Im not a huge fan of patina'd blades, but these are starting to make me feel different. Everyone feels different, but I do enjoy looking at the more uniform even patinas. Again, thats just me.

And, all these knives are just amazing guys.

dave

 

[Sjostygg]

New Madison barlow that came in this week. Earned patina, though very early in the process still.

 

[Jack Black]

Old and older still

 

[Jack Black]

Old and nasty!

 

[Bob Warfield]

This has to get my vote. Two thumbs up!

Me too :thumbup::thumbup:. That poor old knife must have been laid in the corner somewhere and forgotten about for years. Just a beautiful old knife.

Bob

 

[ISKski]

All natural

 

[richstag]

Pure awesome! The sharpening steel is just as cool IMO!

Earned and very old.....................................FES

By earned I mean its not from dipping in hot vinegar or cutting fruit and letting the juices sit for a while. Its not sticking it in a potato over night or cold blue. I have nothing against any of those, I have actually done them all. This one was from legitimate use and keeping it with me everywhere. Wiping patina forming materials off immediately.

Can i ask what method this is? When you say "earned" does this mean natural or by some technique? Im not a huge fan of patina'd blades, but these are starting to make me feel different. Everyone feels different, but I do enjoy looking at the more uniform even patinas. Again, thats just me.

And, all these knives are just amazing guys.

dave

 

[I.N.F.K]

Old and nasty!

That looks like it has a dark history

 

[Jack Black]

That looks like it has a dark history

Yeah, I posted about it in the Fixed-Blades thread, figured it had come from the local prison at first!

I'm now more inclined to think someone had it as a fireside knife for splitting wood and suchlike.

Who knows though!

 

[d.weglarz13]

Just awesome. Thanks for that info.

 

[jon_slider]

From Patina:

to Unpatina

RePatina

Viola! Naturally Fed Patina

Give this man a prize!

Earned and very old.....................................FES

Beautiful!
You say Patina, I say Pittina ;-)


Definitely Pittina!

and more beautiful Pittina

pittina defined:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/707870-mineral-oil?p=7794782#post7794782

RUST is not something that grows on steel, and can be removed.
It is something that steel turns into, so REMOVING it leaves voids (pits) in the steel.

Anybody tells you he has some kinda alphabet snake oil that will reverse the rusting process, offer to sell him a valve that will unflush his toilet.

Or a pan that will unscramble an egg.

BRL...

imho, Patina is removable, Pittina is old and beautiful, but not reversible.

 

[Alnamvet68]

Start with a clean blade

feed it a couple of these

and viola! Naturally Fed Patina

Give this man a prize!


Beautiful!
You say Patina, I say Pittina ;-)


Definitely Pittina!


and more beautiful Pittina


Definitel a :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup: for a nicely induced and even patina.

 

[Humppa]

Earned through long and honest use... love this knife

 

[Alnamvet68]

Drei Daumen nach oben:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup: