My favorite color is USED .......the unvarnished patina thread!

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A lot of yellows on mazaki it seems

Indeed, at least from what I’m using it for. Standard mix of veggies, including tomatoes, onions and peppers gives me mostly yellow.

I did however manage to get the core steel to turn a really nice dark, deep purple by wiping it down with the juices from an elk steak a few weeks ago. Sadly most of it went away again with the next batch of tomatoes and onions.

As for the pic I posted, I’m afraid some of that orange stuff is actually rust... I left the knife lying covered in tomato juice for a minute or two and it did not seem to like that one bit.
 
Indeed, at least from what I’m using it for. Standard mix of veggies, including tomatoes, onions and peppers gives me mostly yellow.

I did however manage to get the core steel to turn a really nice dark, deep purple by wiping it down with the juices from an elk steak a few weeks ago. Sadly most of it went away again with the next batch of tomatoes and onions.

As for the pic I posted, I’m afraid some of that orange stuff is actually rust... I left the knife lying covered in tomato juice for a minute or two and it did not seem to like that one bit.
I got some orangey stuff too, feels like patina. Totally smooth, but I could be mistaken...
 
Oh some yellow Mazaki? I’ll join. This is mainly from garlic, red onion, and shallot. I’ve also done a bunch of other stuff but these ingredients definitely do the most for my patina.
 

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Well I recently thinned out my Mazaki and followed up that sharpening session with glaring and shallots immediately followed by doing very thin chicken slices. I absolutely love how it looks. Totally crazy color mixture. (Also, please don’t mind the scratch marks on the bevels, I am very amateur at polishing/finishing and only have a 1000 grit stone so far.)
 

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Finally a place where every carbon knife is welcome, small, big, ugly, pretty*, brown, yellow, orange**, gray or any other color, shape or origin. Viva la Carbone!

*There is another place for you
**Hopefully not to much orange-red-brown type of color
 
Finally a place where every carbon knife is welcome, small, big, ugly, pretty*, brown, yellow, orange**, gray or any other color, shape or origin. Viva la Carbone!

*There is another place for you
**Hopefully not to much orange-red-brown type of color
Yes, that’s right exactly! 👍🏻😁
 
He was kind enough to send me a rust eraser looking like a bit of burnt kryptonite. It didn’t do the trick, but I appreciated the gesture.
 
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