Those almost impossible to fake vintage and antique patinas...

PocketKnifeJimmy

PocketKnifeJimmy

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While wiping down a few of my possessions this morning, I reacquainted myself with some of their endearing traits.
I find the genuine patina on this antique Nepalese Kukri knife to be beautiful.
This was something I would not have considered so in my younger days, since a poor bloke like myself only got to really handle nasty heavily red rusted items that some would call "patina".
As I got older, I realized that a patina didn't really mean "all rusted up", but rather aged in a way that can be very pleasing to the eye, (or maybe it's just an acquired taste).




So, yeah, it gave me this idea of starting a thread where we share pics of true time induced patinas, ones that are difficult, (if not almost impossible), to fake or mimick using forced patina methods.
 
Here's a Schrade from sometime between 1910-1946 that I got at a flea market for a whopping $2. It looks like it got mauled by a bench grinder a few times, but I cleaned it up a bit & put an edge on it. Good as new.:)

 
80 year old Keen Kutter
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80 year old Robeson
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60 year old Ulster Scout
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This Schrade-Walden, (1953 to 1957 era), Pilot's Survival Knife, although not in mint condition, is still obviously in very nice shape, (especially for it being over 60 years old). That being said, it still shows it's mild genuine patina.
Everything, from it's steel blade, guard, and pommel, to it's leather handle and bakelite spacers, it's graceful aging is still very present...


"Pilot Survival Knife" and 100% U.S. military issue from 1953-1957. Designated "MIL-k-8662(AER)," it was replaced by the Jet Pilot Knife. It was also made by Camillus and Imperial. Schrade made two versions"

A little back story to the knife above...
It was given to me some years back by a young co-worker that worked at a gym that I was a Personal Trainer at.
Although there was a big gap in our ages, her and I hit it off very well as friends.
Anyhow, during that time of our mutual employment at that facility, her grandfather had passed away. At some point after his death, her family acquired some of his possessions that they wanted to hold onto for sentimental and posterity (heirloom) reasons.
My friend, Chelsea, found the knife in that process, and her dad then told her that her Grandfather had obtained the knife during his stint with the US Navy.
She asked her father if it would be okay if she could gift it to me, her wanting it to go into the hands of someone that would really appreciate it. Her dad told her that if she felt it was the right thing to do, to go ahead and gift it to me.
I was pretty touched when she told me the story, her then handing the knife and it's sheath over to me, (I keep it's sheath stored away in one of my closets with a note as to what knife it goes to).
Anyhow, that type of thing is what makes such a possession in my collection a special one 👍
 
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This Imperial M-4 belonged to my Dad, who brought it home from his deployment in the Pacific area in 1955-1956, he carried it the remainder of his career and passed it to me in 1990. I carried it during OIF in 2003, it has been retired in my possession since my return.
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My Grandads, then my Dads, and now mine for the last decade, Ulster Old Timer. OH
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PocketKnifeJimmy said:
This Schrade-Walden, (1953 to 1957 era), Pilot's Survival Knife, although not in mint condition, is still obviously in very nice shape, (especially for it being over 60 years old). That being said, it still shows it's mild genuine patina.
Everything, from it's steel blade, guard, and pommel, to it's leather handle and bakelite spacers, it's graceful aging is still very present...



A little back story to the knife above...
It was given to me some years back by a young co-worker that worked at a gym that I was a Personal Trainer at.
Although there was a big gap in our ages, her and I hit it off very well as friends.
Anyhow, during that time of our mutual employment at that facility, her grandfather had passed away. At some point after his death, her family acquired some of his possessions that they wanted to hold onto for sentimental and posterity (heirloom) reasons.
My friend, Chelsea, found the knife in that process, and her dad then told her that her Grandfather had obtained the knife during his stint with the US Navy.
She asked her father if it would be okay if she could gift it to me, her wanting it to go into the hands of someone that would really appreciate it. Her dad told her that if she felt it was the right thing to do, to go ahead and gift it to me.
I was pretty touched when she told me the story, her then handing the knife and it's sheath over to me, (I keep it's sheath stored away in one of my closets with a note as to what knife it goes to).
Anyhow, that type of thing is what makes such a possession in my collection a special one 👍
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That's an interesting gift. I never saw one of those. Here's one of the pilots survival knives they were issuing in the 60's. It's a Camillus, but I'm sure the gov had a few suppliers. Technically this one wasn't issued to me. I "liberated" it from a REMF in Da Nang in 1967 who never had a use for it.

 
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