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

[Justablacktee]

Simon Maillet 135cr3 & wrought iron with yellow pepper patina.

 

[FishmanDE]

Onions

 

[user 16756]

Onions

what a beautiful unyon!

 

[crocca86]

Pork taco and ceviche

 

[Hz_zzzzzz]

Ikeda White 3 honyaki. Polished and etched it. Still got blue from raw meats the first time I used it after the etching.

 

[cantdecidewhichone]

Question for those following, how often do you have to use Bar Keeper's Friend or something similar to remove rust? I find that my Fujiyama gets a bit rusty after each use even if I'm wiping it every onion I go through.

 

[user 16756]

Question for those following, how often do you have to use Bar Keeper's Friend or something similar to remove rust? I find that my Fujiyama gets a bit rusty after each use even if I'm wiping it every onion I go through.

I grind up a bit of soft stone and use a felt pad with a little bit of water or tsubaki oil.

 

[wombat]

Some blue coming out on my new Watanabe after slicing pork loin.

 

[Bico Doce]

HSC 270mm gyuto, 26c3 with iron cladding after slicing a pineapple

 

[KnightKnightForever]

View attachment 141270
HSC 270mm gyuto, 26c3 with iron cladding after slicing a pineapple

You just made me want a HSC right there

 

[Bico Doce]

You just made me want a HSC right there

I have 3 HSC knives and I can’t say enough great things about them. Harbeer always hits the sweet spot on heat treatment, fit finish, material selection, etc where you end up with a top performing knife at a great price. My favorite is a 230 mm magnacut gyuto I recently purchased from him

 

[KnightKnightForever]

Took this Tansu out yesterday to make some pics because I will possibly put it up for sale:

Did you sell it??

 

[M1k3]

You just made me want a HSC right there

He's great to work with. His knives are great also!

 

[drsmp]

Halcyon Forge vs grilled pork loin

 

[FishmanDE]

Question for those following, how often do you have to use Bar Keeper's Friend or something similar to remove rust? I find that my Fujiyama gets a bit rusty after each use even if I'm wiping it every onion I go through.

No disrespect, but there’s no way it’s rusting if you’re wiping it as much as you claim.

Edit: are you rinsing the knife when you’re finished and wiping it dry? Or are you cutting onions and just wiping?

 

[Heckel7302]

Takada 240 Suiboku, 6 months of fairly regular use. My fluorescent under cabinet lights always make the patina pop.

 

[Hz_zzzzzz]

Kaeru blue 2 honyaki. Heavily modified (grind, profile, finish, handle).

I like how the banding and patina mix together.

 

[TSF415]

 

[drsmp]

My friend Roy from NZ was kind enough to let me test run his new Rader. Polished with some diamond paste to remove some light sharpening marks/patina then sliced up a grilled tenderloin. Wow!

 

[Justablacktee]

Tanaka x Kyuzo B1

(purple parsnips patina)

 

[Fonzyd]

My 26c3 honyaki from Trey. Still wishing I bought his brother.

 

[Rotivator]

My 26c3 honyaki from Trey. Still wishing I bought his brother.

View attachment 143466

Beautiful

 

[Rob McKenna]

Putting the Kono through its paces this week.

 

[Mikeadunne]

electric blue on Kono fuji

 

[Nagakin]

Kemadi Bulat I reground after fingerstones and a week in a pro kitchen.

 

[daddy yo yo]

My friend Roy from NZ was kind enough to let me test run his new Rader. Polished with some diamond paste to remove some light sharpening marks/patina then sliced up a grilled tenderloin. Wow!
View attachment 142872View attachment 142873View attachment 142874

Is that a half-KU Rader??? Wow…

 

[drsmp]

@daddy yo yo
Think Mike calls it forging / hammer marks … but yeah cool looking knives (not mine)

 

[Knivperson]

Smedja Aspen 26c3 honyaki mirroring the white skies. Polished off some of the higher patina, which wasnt really blue, just kind a like a film of light yellow. Went a bit too low on one side. But still, never seen patina like this on my other knives. Maybe it's the mirror polish and steel.

 

[chefwp]

I guess your can tell where my sweet spot is...

 

[Patinated]

Some blue coming out on my new Watanabe after slicing pork loin.

View attachment 140025

This is neat!