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

[milas555]

Kamon - steel 1.2519

 

[kidsos]

beautiful rainbow on the core steel of this Takeo Murata!

 

[Maniahk]

Hi guys, need some advice on my Matsubara.. it was advertised as stainless steel cladding but the cladding seem to be changing color? i'm referring to the area between the exposed aogami and nashiji finish. I cleaned it with soap after seeing this so i'm certain its not dirty. Any idea why this is happening? I checked CKTG's previously sold matsubaras and almost all were SS cladding too..

that being said, i do like the rainbow-ish patina that's forming.. just trying to figure out what's up with the cladding

 

[Duukt]

It could just be the stainless steel tarnishing. I've had it happen to the Takamura R2 and went away when I polished with flitz.

 

[Maniahk]

is this something thats not so uncommon? if so then i'll probably leave it.. i dont have the nimblest hands, so if i attempt to polish it, i might well reach the patina on the edge

 

[Duukt]

I have some old inherited spoons that are SS but have a black tarnish around the decorative parts so it does happen to stainless steel.

The Takamura R2 had what appeared to be a very faint patchy patina, nowhere as dark as the old spoons but only on the cladding. I couldn't feel it and it didn't change while cutting or applying oil. After polishing it, it brightened up the cladding right away.

 

[daddy yo yo]

Had a nice but sweet blueish-purple patina on my Halcyon Forge until I cut 2 roast chicken breasts which had been marinated in spiced lemon juice for a couple of hours. Took only seconds to form a blackish patina which I wasn’t too happy about. I was considering removing it but wasn’t sure how. Luckily I found something down in the basement... It literally took only 3 minutes with a bit of Flitz and cork:

 

[heldentenor]

Ikeda, forced with some duck blood.

 

[kingdingelling]

Xerxes

 

[Fynbo]

Munetoshi Nakiri "Mt. Fuji".

After jnat polish before any use.

 

[stereo.pete]

1095

 

[Hassanbensober]

Built up blue from the last month or so in my kit. Coldest morning this year here -13

 

[andrewsa]

White 2.

Minced organic garlic and green chilli and noticed some blue. A bit strange?

 

[DaM0w]

Maz KU nashiji suji ft Kemadi

 

[IsoJ]

Sakai cleaver dipped in pork sirloin few times

 

[DavidPF]

Xerxes

Beautiful knife; disturbing EKG though.

 

[DavidPF]

noticed some blue. A bit strange?

Why does it seem strange?

 

[andrewsa]

Why does it seem strange?

I've always thought blue patina would come from proteins

 

[MrHiggins]

I made a wine-based pan sauce in a carbon pan tonight. I rinsed it out and put it on the burner to dry out. It turned this amazing shade of neon blue for a while. (It's black again, but for a few minutes, it was absolutely amazing)

 

[milas555]

Yanick - 135Cr3 & wrought iron

 

[Mikeadunne]

iron clad Toyama action

 

[Duukt]

Mazaki Kasumi 240mm top, polished early January and used regularly since.
Shiro Kamo w#2 240mm below it after two meal preps.

 

[crocca86]

Kaeru 210 WH gyuto

 

[Lucien]

Kaeru 210 WH gyutoView attachment 116241View attachment 116242

Nice patina! I have been very curious - what does the "馬車馬" on the knife mean? I noticed that Kato's knives also have the "馬車馬" engraving..

 

[BillHanna]

Workhorse

 

[Lucien]

Workhorse

so "馬車馬" means workhorse? thank you for the explanation.
that is very interesting, considering "馬" literally means "horse"

 

[BillHanna]

so "馬車馬" means workhorse? thank you for the explanation.
that is very interesting, considering "馬" literally means "horse"

I think it literally translates to "horse carriage horse". There was a thread a while back that brought this up.

 

[KengataKollektor]

Shibata Tinker 165mm Deba

 

[Justablacktee]

Watanabe small suji 185 warm chicken patina (taken in the street cause the light was better, frightening the people walking by...)

 

[Hz_zzzzzz]