Inspired by my mate James ( he's a member here but I cant remember his user name....Duh) and his recent Patina work, I decided to have a go myself on my Svord Peasant.
Experimenting with Patina
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I dabbed it with mustard, left it for an hour, washed it off then put smaller blobs of tomato ketchup on. The darker bits are the tomato
That reminds me of rose patterned damascus. Well done. I've dabbled in this a bit myself and found mixtures of vinegar, mustard, horseradish and kethcup work well to create different patterns. Apart from the aesthetics, it's a great way to protect the blade.
That's brilliant mate! Love it! I put a vinegar patina on my timberwolf recently, it had a bit of natural patina on so I did the whole thing, didn't realise you could make it look that good though! 
cheers CameronThat's brilliant mate! Love it! I put a vinegar patina on my timberwolf recently, it had a bit of natural patina on so I did the whole thing, didn't realise you could make it look that good though!
Looks good!
I like to use vinegar and mustard, mix it lumpy and dress it on for an aged spotty look.
I like to use vinegar and mustard, mix it lumpy and dress it on for an aged spotty look.
Thanx John, I have to give this a go on one of my cheap knives
Needs to be a carbon blade, stainless is...well, stainless
I find the squirty American mustard works a treat. If you want nice patterns fruit works well. A potato will give an even coating.
Mustard overdose. This Vanadium steel is very prone to corrosion and pitting, so I gave it loads of mustard streaks.
Sliced lime:
That Svord looks great by the way
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