removing patina from a knife

this is a rough example on a cheap knife. on a more expensive quality knife, either professionally do it, or start with the highest polish, flitz etc and only go coarser as required.

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[956318]

For the part close to the handle You could like nutnfancy does and wrap the sandpaper on something like a piece of wood or a toothbrush.

[knivesandstuff]

yep.. normally i use a cork block.. I didn't want to spend the tim doing the entire knife.. because i want the patina on it :D I never really take patina off knives.

[D3vilsDawn]

I use those knife's for work, excellent knife for outdoor work :D, the patina protect's it from red rust though don't it?

[knivesandstuff]

Opinels rust in the blink of an eye.. the patina definately assists in helping the Red Rust stay away.. mostly if its wet for 5 or 10 minutes... you still need to care for it well.. but when it was clean.. it rusted in 10 minutes the first time i did some garden work.

[ilikeopinel]

Good vid and i LOVE the Opinel XD

[justmarinus]

I like patina that stays in the letters

[dr09294]

hahahahahaha BE QUIET!!!  D=<

lol

[D3vilsDawn]

Ye i know what you mean mate, i did what you did in this video to mine, used it the next day and it look'd like i hadn't touched it lol. One of the cheapest and best knife's for outdoor use though i have seen so far, (keep's a good edge, the cost and the saftey of it)

[wolfbrother2501]

so thats why my patina opinel is better than my shiny new one when preparing food! thanks

[knivesandstuff]

unless you just like a shiny knife. then its good to leave it.. Also, on carbon chef knifes.. when slicing tomoatoes etc without the patina, you get a metallic taste on the food.. thats from the corrosion.. after a patina is protecting from further corrosion you get less transfer of taste to the food.

[wolfbrother2501]

yeah i always thought it was cool but i just thought maybe i was wrong not to take it off you know