Carbon knife care

[Smoke Dawg]

I picked up some Old Hickory knives and cleaning them up. Considering a forced patina and oil.

Any experience with this?

I did a try with mustard and it worked OK. I have access to 75% phosphoric acid so can do a quick and deep patina.

Found this about rust prevention

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7ZThs1y8xs"]1095 Steel, Corrosion/Rust Test for Knife Makers - YouTube[/ame]

 

[jwtseng]

Very interesting!

 

[oifmarine2003]

You should PM buccs

 

[retired trucker]

You can cut up some oranges, apples, or just soak them in some vinegar to get a good patina on them. Be sure and wash and dry completely after a treatment. It may take more than one effort to get the deep patina that will last and prevent the "red" rust that will ruin the knife. The patina is actually a type of rust, but a good one that will prevent rust if always cleaned and dried after use around any thing with any moisture in it. You can even apply tape and create designs if that is your "thing". I have seen some pretty elaborate designs from people doing this. Not my "thing", but to each his own. To me a knife is a tool and should be used as one, and properly cared for will last a lifetime.

Omar

 

[mbshop]

Shoot, just bought some rem oil for my gun. Gonna toss it. Getting out my 3 in 1 ! I have other carbon knives. I use lps 2 on my shop ones and I use pam on my food cutting ones. Course I don't let them get abused like this so it works for me.

 

[Shagdog]

I have a few carbon knives at various levels of patina..

My Old Hickory Butcher knife was bought on Ebay and came with a sweet patina already in place.



I also have a Yanagiba I bought new. For the yanagiba, I have not forced a patina. I use it occasionally at best for carving brisket or making sushi. I use it, wash it, dry it immediately, and back on the magnet strip it goes. The patina is beginning to develop a really nice blue sheen to it (which they say is what you get when you only use it on meat) but it is certainly taking a while. I also have an old Deba I found on ebay that has a pretty decent patina on it as well.

I don't oil any of my knives. Just wash and dry right after I'm done with them and I haven't had any issues at all with rust. Don't leave your carbon knives dirty on the cutting board and you'll be fine. Its just become standard practice in my house.. Never ever leave a dirty knife. My son will see me cut something and immediately ask if I'm done with the knife because he should probably wash it now..

Let us know how the patina comes out, and what you used to get there. I'd love to see how they turn out!

 

[Smoke Dawg]

I did try using mustard and it does work but I think I want a deeper darker patina. These were pretty shiny as I had to use steel wool and will need to do more clean up before I Patina again. I have phos acid and think I will give it a try.

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