My favorite color is USED .......the unvarnished patina thread!
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unvarnished patina patrol 
I promise I was only just trying to highlight that gorgeous, original, vintage beige colour! They don't make them like that any more you know. They say the new ones are still a pure, true beige, but if you get your Whetstone Colour Chart out it's really more of a 'tan'.
Grayswandir
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Are stones allowed to play CK?
I was bored yesterday so went to an salvage/antique shop, in which I found very grubby, cheap, old oilstone. It was pretty flat, finer than most that you normally see in this kind of place, and it had a nice dai:
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Gave the holder a bit of a cursory sand and oil:
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Wanged the stone in almost boiling water with a dishwasher tablet, and hey presto:
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Once all the grime had come off it turned out to be an old Norton India, and I actually quite like it. Feels about 800 ish grit, and very fast.
[No varnish was involved in the restoration of this whetstone, so hopefully it still has enough character to qualify]
That stone was a hell of a nice find. Hope I get lucky enough to find something like that one day.
spaceconvoy
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I don't mind it here. But it'd be cooler as the start of a new thread on vintage stone finds.
Carl Kotte
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unused cabinette Mazaki.
no No. Properly used Mazaki 
My current work quiver.
230mm Yosimitu Kajiya Gyuto (2 days in the kitchen)
180mm Yosimitu Kajiya Gyuto
170mm Mizuno Oroshi-deba
280mm Shigefusa Kitaeji
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Getting the band back together again.
i had to do a double take to make sure there was no trench art.
seriously these look like weapons that have seen multiple tour's of duty. as a home cook its going to be some time before i can have such a charming collection
Dominick Maone
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Carl Kotte
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Two forgecrafts?
Carl Kotte
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She’s an artist!View attachment 127475
I think gf tried to get it polished yesterday. She cut a lime and left it on board, one draggy dark spot, but no rust
Carl Kotte
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More forged patina.
Loving the patina this knife takes
These are not high quality knives per se, but I really love these little Opinel Carbones for quick paring jobs. They're soft and should patina fairly quickly, but I've found them easy enough to keep a fair edge with a strop on cork and maybe a pass on a really crappy steel rod (like J.A. Henckels block set crappy). For about $11/knife, I have alot of love for these.
The Yanagi is fairly new (White #2), but on the right trajectory. Maybe this thread will still be going in a year when it has some proper patina to share.
The Yanagi is fairly new (White #2), but on the right trajectory. Maybe this thread will still be going in a year when it has some proper patina to share.
Alwayzbakin
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I think it’s the only knife I post pictures of, but it’s been a while. Catching up on this thread and feeling inspired to show her off again. This was last week right before I gave it a bit of a thinning. I hope, despite a fair amount of blue, the thick bevel, layers of grey, and subtle signs of putting qualify it to be appropriate in the thread with the patina scoundrels
It keeps changing.
No, it's not rust
Carl Kotte
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Just a little little rust.
Making crackers. Or massive amounts of coke?
Making crackers. Or massive amounts of coke?
coke
Carl Kotte
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Crack!Making crackers. Or massive amounts of coke?
Carl Kotte
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Carl Kotte
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Not beige
Found some new toys at the flea market today. Atlas (Hong Kong) #4 Chinese Cleaver with bamboo handle. And a Forgecraft-esque bullnose butcher with rosewood scales.
ampersandcetera
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Mazaki
finally holding a stable patina
