Show Your Patina, Forced, Earned, or Accidental

[kamagong]

Love that carving set. I have an old Rodgers one, which would be a lot nicer if my granny hadn't gone through an EPNS phase!

I'm familiar with ESPN, but EPNS?

 

[Alnamvet68]

Electro Plated Nickel Silver. May be he meant his granny polished off the silver plate through vigorous application of polish and elbow grease.

 

[Jack Black]

Electro Plated Nickel Silver. May be he meant his granny polished off the silver plate through vigorous application of polish and elbow grease.

Even worse. All my relatives worked in tool and cutlery factories most of their lives. My grandmother knew some one who worked somewhere they did EPNS, and in the early 70's decided to get all sorts of things plated, including the carbon-steel stag-handled carving set and my grandfather's old pewter tankard!

 

[roosterscrow]

some real lookers in this thread. :thumbup:

I'm not sure this is an appropriate blade for this thread, but here is a forced patina on my Condor Speed Machete ( apple cider vinegar and deli mustard )

 

[jon_slider]

look, Keen Kutter made one too, from the 1939 Catalog, and a patina pic

 

[Alnamvet68]

Two more days for the next round of initiated members.

 

[gravesen]

@richstag
Thank you very much for your reply!

 

[Alnamvet68]

In 24 hours, we will have 3 honorees crowned Queen for a Day....no wait, I mean, I mean....aw shoot, you know what I mean. Give it up folks, I've seen some awesome patinas in several threads, and they should be in this thread, so post up your best work.

 

[Pjake]

My old #85 Coco since departed...but replaced with a new #85 Coco which is just starting it's way towards a patina.

and the three amigos

all patinas in this post were earned....

Peter

 

[Alnamvet68]

Here's my first attempt ever doing a forced patina on a #47 Viper from the timberweasel GAW that I recently won, using some vinegar and lemon juice....

 

[festerfromnzed]

Pre mark Puma........FES

 

[Campbellclanman]

Heres my Old Queen, this is all natural patina, great old Winter Bottom bone..

 

[Alnamvet68]

All these patina'd implements are just stunning. I've never cared for ebony until I saw Rick's 72 - that's a looker for sure! And I just about fell over when I saw wackafew's Kinfolks - that one just evokes a ton of great images!

Finally got around to taking a few shots to play too. These are some of my favorites, forced with a mix of yellow mustard, ferric chloride and a little paste gun blue.




One of the few natural patina's on the 72 spear, above another forced.




And a couple cigar whittlers (ignore the damascus!).

onespdfrk gets inducted into the Order of the Patina Patina for the sheer volume of forced patina knives. Congrats mustard man...:thumbup:

 

[Old Hunter]

Heres my Old Queen, this is all natural patina, great old Winter Bottom bone..

:thumbup: :thumbup: Another eye catching example of a natural, long time in the making patina. OH

 

[Alnamvet68]

This one is completely earned. Perhaps 80-90 years worth.

kamagong is our newest inductee in the Order of the Patina Patina for this fine example of a well cared for, nearly a century old, cutting tools with natural patina. Congrats:thumbup:

 

[Alnamvet68]

Something a bit older

Jack Black is today's newest member of the Order of Patina Patina for offering this fine rust bucket of a specimen, a testament to man's neglect towards all things cutlery. Congrats:thumbup:

 

[leghog]

These 35 year old blades I always wanted to keep clean but failed to do so. It is what it is.

Not forced. Natural. Nearly black now. Even the springs.

 

[thawk]

A combination of years of neglect followed by some forced patina.

 

[paulhilborn]

Now that's a STOCKMAN Hal. What a looker!!!

Paul

 

[Alnamvet68]

Now that's a STOCKMAN Hal. What a looker!!!

Paul

Most agreed!