Patina Confessions...

So, every now and then I forget to wipe a blade off -- and that seems to be happening more and more lately.

Anyhow, here is a thread dedicated to all those unwiped blades, bad mustard impressions, and all other sorts of things that leave marks on your knives.

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To achieve this particular patina, I cut some cheese with a Martell and left it unattended while I talked hockey for a couple of hours drinking beer. Please feel free to replicate this with different hockey teams and different beer.

P.S. It is nothing dramatic, but it was the only good example on hand.

k.

 

Patina confessions? How about rust confessions.

I have no interest in outdoing anybody, but I'm sure I'll produce an example of my own at some unexpected time soon enough....

 

Hmmm, time stamp of 03:38 am. Me thinks I drank a bit too much last night. Go Wild.

k.

 

I wish I'd taken pics of the horribly done mustard patina I tried to put on my yamawaku. It looked liked badly done zebra stripes. Very embarrassing display of unartistic abilities. It's since been scrubbed and bathed in hot beef blood to form a natural blue patina.

 

Karring it sounds like some wine patina!

 

I have a similar patina on my Catcheside. It was from the time I left a piece of chicken breast on my blade, while imagining what the Leafs being in the playoffs would be like....

On a side note, the best late night, wine driven food is spaghetti with with olive oil, minced garlic, chilies and thyme.

 

I dunk all of my carbon knives in hot vinegar, these days. Makes the oopsies much less memorable.

 

I can't fess up to any recent oopsie! moments but I do like a Sriracha patina..

 

I bought some very unripe bananas and wanted to make a smoothy. So I used my carbon steel knife to skin the banana . . . you have never seen such a quick and black reaction. I've never tried hot vinegar though.

 

I have 2 brand new white #2s. Might try to plant one into a warm but raw corned beef and see what the nitrites can do.

Cheers,

Rick

 

I let a customer use a 52100 Sab profiled artifex while I was sharpening his roll. It came back funky. No rust, just lots of unattractive spots. I cleaned it off. Will try hot vinegar me thinks!

 

I don't mind ugly patina, no need to scrub if it's not rust.

 

A ristretto and a tissue are all you need: try dabbing with hot strong black coffee. Clean the very edge immediately. Rinse after a while with hot water. Results vary a lot depending on the used coffee.

 

I had a lost love who would make that after a long night of imbibing. She referred to it as drunk pasta. So good. Never should have let that one go... Follies of youth:/

 

Bought a Sab recently that looked like this upon arrival.

 

Its barely used. Not too bad for an early patina.

 

Meaning I should leave it alone?

 

You can do with it what you like. It'll clean up quick if you want it shiny or clean. You can take baking soda to it and gradually gray it or you can use the snot out of it and let it keep going. If you take it off you may notice a metalic scent or taste on some acidic foods for a bit.

 

I think I bid on this as well. Glad it ended up in a good place.

 

I would clean it up and than force a new, more even patina.