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

[Sleep]

Another Tanaka. 180 ku gyuto.

 

[luther]

CJA 230mm

 

[AndrewH12]

Oil up a microfiber towel and wrap it around the blade before storing. I live in Newport Beach as well, my Fujiwara FKH is nice and happy when I do that.

 

[Oh_Toro]

CJA 230mm

Beautiful!

 

[YLQDave]

CJA 230mm

Is that all natural?

 

[luther]

Is that all natural?

All of course - four months of home use and the right angle for the light.

 

[nevin]

 

[Oh_Toro]

Whoa! What'd you cut to achieve that?

 

[XKFC]

WOW! Looks very nice, I want my knife to be that as well!

 

[nevin]

Whoa! What'd you cut to achieve that?

I used it to cut about 500g of beef :-D

 

[Oh_Toro]

I used it to cut about 500g of beef :-D

Win-win!

 

[Chef_]

https://ibb.co/gb0sBF


My 300 Masamoto ks, keep in mind this is after one day of use, super reactive.

 

[XooMG]

Not for a pretty colour but for the interesting interplay between core and cladding. Zakuri Tosagata on top.

 

[daddy yo yo]

Not for a pretty colour but for the interesting interplay between core and cladding. Zakuri Tosagata on top.

What's the knife on the bottom?

 

[XooMG]

What's the knife on the bottom?

Sorry, it is Bryan Raquin's tester passaround. Edge thickness is likely not representative of his work as it has been handled and sharpened a bunch by others. My Zakuri edge might be a bit extreme too.

 

[Roberto]

CJA 230mm

So beautiful ...

 

[brooksie967]

[video]https://youtu.be/x_bYBaf0djw[/video]


Yoshikazu Tanaka 270mm blue #1 gyu.

 

[valgard]

Natural patina on the left, forced on the right.

 

[valgard]

And a more subtle one on the core of my nakiri


This one was much harder to capture on camera, and even in real life is not so obvious at all.

 

[Badgertooth]

Toyama plus steak

 

[sergeysus]

 

[inzite]

😎 #hiromoto #kiyoshikato #shigefusa #yukurosaki by Ricky Cheong Photography, on Flickr

 

[khashy]

😎 #hiromoto #kiyoshikato #shigefusa #yukurosaki by Ricky Cheong Photography, on Flickr

:thumbsup:

Although that Shig is definitely patina free

 

[inzite]

:thumbsup:

Although that Shig is definitely patina free

its made out of unobtainium which never patinas

 

[Badgertooth]

 

[slengteng]

[video=youtube;Sh5eYOcFG_M]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh5eYOcFG_M[/video]
Short and unsharp forced patina test video. I´m not very happy with the result, so I´ll prefer natural patina.

 

[Brady686]

https://flic.kr/p/SjgQSqone of the craziest patinas I have.

 

[mikaelsan]

dont know how i managed to wipe off a portion of the patina with my finger

 

[shownomarci]

dont know how i managed to wipe off a portion of the patina with my finger

I guess you've touched it with a greasy finger before it has started to patina.

 

[Benuser]

Coke on an oldie after thinning.