Which Spyderco are you carrying today?

Gorgeous! :D

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Havent't been successful with the onion, a little grey but unfortunately no layers. Maybe I try again with fresher vegetables. Tomatoes also just done a little. Mustard remains, but is not available right now.
For tonight the Rex Spydies do it like spongebob... they'll sleep in a pineapple house.;)

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matfox said:
Havent't been successful with the onion, a little grey but unfortunately no layers. Maybe I try again with fresher vegetables. Tomatoes also just done a little. Mustard remains, but is not available right now.
For tonight the Rex Spydies do it like spongebob... they'll sleep in a pineapple house.;)

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If you have some kind of patina already it won't work out the same. You need to scrub the blade with steel wool or something to remove the old patina. Also be sure to clean the blade before you do this.

Here's super blue and the stainless jacket
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Here's some crappy pictures of a case knife I did too.
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That's some nice patina!
Thanks for the hint with the cleaning. Maybe I will just take some metal polish instead of steel woll, to avoid scratches?
 
matfox said:
That's some nice patina!
Thanks for the hint with the cleaning. Maybe I will just take some metal polish instead of steel woll, to avoid scratches?
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Steel wool usually isn't hard enough to scratch regular steel. It could scratch the stainless jacket on super blue. Rex45 should be way harder. Polish would probably be best though. Give a more consistent finish.
 
VashHash said:
Steel wool usually isn't hard enough to scratch regular steel. It could scratch the stainless jacket on super blue. Rex45 should be way harder. Polish would probably be best though. Give a more consistent finish.
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That makes sense. Maybe I will give it a try and start with light pressure, then silver polish for the finish. Thank you for the advice!
 
The pineapple hours brought a lot of patina, unfortunately also some spots of rust.
Not so deep, after taking pictures I could rub them away with a rougher sponge.:)
Oiled the blades and will carry and use them the next days for food prep, and all the tasks a good knife is needed.
Thanks again for the patina support and to Spyderco for making these great knives with different steels!

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matfox said:
The pineapple hours brought a lot of patina, unfortunately also some spots of rust.
Not so deep, after taking pictures I could rub them away with a rougher sponge.:)
Oiled the blades and will carry and use them the next days for food prep, and all the tasks a good knife is needed.
Thanks again for the patina support and to Spyderco for making these great knives with different steels!

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Looks good! I’m just used to straight up 1095 carbon that you can pretty much turn real time but the tool steels obviously take a little more work. Ya a little rust shouldn’t be an issue, my Manix M4 had some rust the day after I got it from finger prints. That petina should stop it. :thumbsup:
 
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Hivoltage said:
Looks good! I’m just used to straight up 1095 carbon that you can pretty much turn real time but the tool steels obviously take a little more work. Ya a little rust shouldn’t be an issue, my Manix M4 had some rust the day after I got it from finger prints. That Petina should stop it. :thumbsup:
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I also came from the traditional 1095 carbon to Spyderco's work steels. My M4 and Rex45 blades have taken patina relatively slow (except if you force it:D). 52100 steel seems to go more in the 1095 direction (faster patina and even rust if you don't oil it). After rubbing the spots of rust away on my Rex PM2 and Native5 I hadn't any more issues with it so far. Patina seems solid.:)
 
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