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 Re: patina question.
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10/29/07 12:27 AM
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In my experience, if you first heath the blade in scalding water and then submerge the blade in vinegar, you'll get a solid, evenly colored darker blade. Let it soak for an hour or so. If you want it darker, repeat. For some reaxon, some of the darker color will come off if you then polish the blade lightly with Flitz.
I've done some kukuris that were too large to submerge in anything I had so, after heating the blade, I wrapped the blade in vinegar soaked paper towel and let it set in one of my wife's baking dishes. (She loves it when I do that.) Got kind of a tie-dyed effect.
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Re: patina question.
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10/29/07 12:39 AM
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willieboy icant find the thread with the kuk in it that you were talking about...
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Re: patina question.
[Re: eatingmuchface]
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10/29/07 01:02 AM
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Simple carbon steel works better than tool steel like S7.
I used bluing to fix some parts on my Enfield. I thing that knife POP did looks pretty good.
I used a carbon steel mora to spread sour cream on a burrito and it got patinad instantly.
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Re: patina question.
[Re: eatingmuchface]
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10/29/07 01:24 AM
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Willieboy
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willieboy icant find the thread with the kuk in it that you were talking about... I can't find it anymore either. Purged maybe.
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Re: patina question.
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10/29/07 08:35 PM
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eatingmuchface
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how do you take the finish off of a knife? other than using a belt sander.
i think i'm gonna soak my old crappy thrwoing knife in scolding water and take a paper towel soaked in lemon juice and wrap the knife in it.
kind of a combination of what some people said.
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Re: patina question.
[Re: eatingmuchface]
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11/04/07 10:41 PM
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woah. so i did take my throwing knife and do what i siad i would, it came out pretty cool. i'll post some pics. now im putting some mustard over it. the lemo juice wasn't all broken up, i covored most of the knife.
and it smelled really bad.
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Re: patina question.
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11/04/07 10:42 PM
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nice, face. looking forward to the pics!
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Re: patina question.
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11/04/07 11:43 PM
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how do you take the finish off of a knife? Epoxy stripper from Home Depot $7.
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Re: patina question.
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11/04/07 11:45 PM
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I'm doing lemon juice and mustard on a old schrade right now
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Re: patina question.
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11/05/07 01:56 AM
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dude. i was going to do the mustard over it, but i didn't feel like it. maybe i will in the future. tell me how it comes out. and thanks j33ps i was gonna try acetone, but i'll try anything i can get my hands on.
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Re: patina question.
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11/05/07 07:42 PM
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stay away from the crack, face.
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Re: patina question.
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11/05/07 07:43 PM
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i think it turned out okay. i'm practicing on some cheap knives of mine. i'm taking the finish off of one of my gerbers, and maybe i'll patine it when i'm done. ![[Linked Image from i214.photobucket.com]](http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc216/tomorrowrememberstoday/Not%20Me/Jonny002.jpg)
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