My favorite color is BLUE!.............A patina thread.

[panda]

For perspective and reference, see My favorite color is USED .......the unvarnished patina thread!
Photos by @stringer and comments by @panda made me crave for a thread for photos of knives in action - heavily used carbon blades with patina (not necessarily blue and pretty but more .... like Pizza?! spotty, orange, red, black and whatever), scratches and wear. Show me your blades, unvarnished, gross and ugly!
https://www.kitchenknifeforums.com/index.php?posts/629011/

Happy new year!

All of mine look dirty af

 

[Carl Kotte]

All of mine look dirty af

Please, present them. There’s a dedicated thread waiting for your contribution.

 

[ma_sha1]

First Blood on Shig.KU:

 

[J.C]

Patina on TF maboroshi after 1week of abuse

 

[drsmp]

Freshly polished Dalman Honyaki vs flank steak

 

[minibatataman]

Correct thread now!
Mystery yanagiba. The blue shines through despite the bad lighting.

 

[pd7077]

Half the fun of polishing a knife is putting a patina back on it!

Before...

After...

 

[drsmp]

Better pics in daylight

 

[Hassanbensober]

Earlier last week I modified the tang on my Mazaki 240 to fit this sweet little sycamore piece. Fit is wonderful now. Really nice patinas after a couple shifts in the roll.

 

[Robert Lavacca]

munetoshi petty after 1 day. Gotta leave the kitchen and get some light next time.

 

[Briochy]

Patina after one dinner and an onion and a carrot (both not eaten) stress relieve chopping. Basically, I just fine diced them to force patina on it.

 

[tgfencer]

I’ve used this Catcheside for long enough that my pinch grip is outlined by patina. Most of the blade is fairly mottled grey, but there’s some blue peeking out, especially near the edge.

 

[valgard]

Yo Shig suji taking a crazy patina

 

[valgard]

Pictures in natural light

 

[Danzo]

Earlier last week I modified the tang on my Mazaki 240 to fit this sweet little sycamore piece. Fit is wonderful now. Really nice patinas after a couple shifts in the roll.View attachment 68662

yooooo nice knife for that handle!

 

[Michi]

Pictures in natural light

Very nice! How long is it? 300?

 

[valgard]

Very nice! How long is it? 300?

Yes 307x39m blade

 

[jimmy_d]

Shigehiro petty

 

[CiderBear]

225mm Kochi V2

Purrrrple

 

[TSF415]

 

[Gjackson98]

Wat gyuto

 

[MrHiggins]

My new HSC3 laser in 26c3 (spicy white), and a thick blanket of new fallen snow.

 

[valgard]

240 Shig

 

[Luftmensch]

240 Shig

Interesting geometry... why is the primary bevel so prominent? Did you thin the beast? Or did you paint/remove the patina to create a sharp shinogi line?

 

[valgard]

Interesting geometry... why is the primary bevel so prominent? Did you thin the beast? Or did you paint/remove the patina to create a sharp shinogi line?

Errre, the steak is only so thick. Nothing to do with the geometry of the knife, all about the geometry of the steak [emoji23]

 

[Luftmensch]

 

[valgard]

No wide bevel here

 

[Luftmensch]

The slicing motion must have been interesting to watch!

 

[kidsos]

Wat gyuto View attachment 71172View attachment 71173View attachment 71174

lovely colour!

 

[Gjackson98]

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