Thread: Mirror vs. patina

If you have a really deep dark patina, I bet it has some black rust hiding under there. A nice mellow light patina that you can easily see through is likely not hiding much. I have an old W&B that I cleaned up. It didn't have enough thickness and depth of etch to get to a gloss or near gloss finish, and the stabilizers have been taken down for some reason. It is not a candidate for taking very far. I think I got most of the black rust and all the red rust off, leaving a bit of pitting. I have used that blade as my experimental piece to recreating patina. I have to say it is not anywhere as nice as natural patina, it is however a little intriguing. Here is when it was mocked up http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...-patina-2.html
One of those things that has some appeal to some. In this case I'm quite happy with it.