>clean carbon knife with vinegar >This is the result >Google

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but why does the knife have to be shiny?

>>34677560
it is suppose to look like that man

>>34677560
>Did I ruin a perfectly good knife
does it still cut?

>>34677560
>Uses method to get a patina
>complains about getting a patina

>he doesn't like mill scale
what are you a mall ninja that needs flashy shit
if it does the job it aint broke

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>>34677560
>Part of the experience
Yes. The ugly sheen doesn't rust as easy as a polished one; that's what the vinegar is for. Sand it off if you don't like it; it's thin.

>>34677587
This

>>34677560

the vinegar is for removing the rust.
that "ugly sheen" is there from rust and regular wear from using the knife.

carbon steel does not stay pretty forever. sharpen it, put a light coat of oil on it to reduce future rust then continue to use your knife as intended.

It's a French peasant knife, it's supposed to look rustic

>>34677560
It will eventually look like that in a couple years anyway. Same with any high carbon steel blade, unless you autistically polish it like some wanna-be samurai.

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>>34677611
>opinel
>mill scale

>>34677583
2000+17 cs:go kitties believe the purpose of the knife is not to cut but to divide the plebeians from the people dumb enough to spend 99$ on a pixel knife.

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>>34677756

Apparently there are pixel knives being valued at $100k... What the christ.

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>>34677560
>no mustard stripe

>>34677560
those knifes are useless anyway, they fall to pieces way too easy, dont understand why people have such a big boner over them

>>34677959

They used to be cheap. Kinda like slavshit.

>>34677822
it's based on the chance and average cost of acquiring the gear in-game. Some gear is more rare, requiring more keys, requiring more dollaridoos. I don't play CS but it's the same deal with Hat Simulator 2.

>>34677973
You can still get them for like 4 dollars apiece from time to time. I buy five or so when the price is right. Like most french weapons, it's great for bringing to a picnic.

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>>34677959

Here is a man who knows nothing about what he's talking about. An Opinel is the best $15 dollars you can spend. It does what a knife should. Cut thing. It does 't do much else, and if, IF, it breaks, you already got way more than $15 worth of use out of it. But of course, you're just talking shit to justify your Microtech or Benchmade that you bever use or some shit. Spend the big bucks on guns. Knives ought to be cheap. It's a fucking piece of metal stuck to a chunk of wood.

>>34677560
You don't clean a carbon knife with vinegar, you patina a carbon knife with vinegar.

And yes, that's what it looks like after you do it.

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>>34677909
I left my mora sit in chopped up limes for a few hours, you can see the result on the right here.

>>34677909
Old post, but that's beautiful. How did you do it?

>>34678526
Lookin good, I hear citrus is great for patinas

>>34678997
Thanks! I dressed each side with mustard like it were a hotdog for about 30 minutes, then wrapped the whole thing in a vinegar soaked paper towel for another half hour.

>>34679030
>I dressed each side with mustard
We talking like French's or some kind of real mustard?

>>34679071
Yeah, good ol frenches. Easy application with the nozzle.

>>34677583
It will still keel.

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i used OJ on mine

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>>34677909
nice nice. Now I can get one of these, strip the finish and give a hamon

>>34679209
didn't know this guy was a meme, I've only seen him on Funker Tactical

I love Opinels, I sharpen mine on a stone with mineral oil. When you're done leave a light coat of oil to prevent rust, it makes the wood look nice too but don't get too much or the wood will swell a bit making it hard to open. If you fuck it up buy another, they're cheap but work great. Just keep it sharp, it's a general purpose knife meant to be used not some show piece.

>>34679211
>Hamon
Use a Stand like a real man.

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Fallkniven is best kniven.

The last knife I wanted to patina I just stab it into a longish potato, and left it for a few days to tern black.

I did it for the protection rather than aesthetics though.

>>34681814
Could you post results? Friend and I are into forging, but haven't experimented much with patinas and finishes yet. Since OP is a faggot, patina general?

>>34678434
And a gun is a tube stuck to a chunk of plastic.

>>34679256
Why the mess? Carbon steel blades can be kept perfectly sharp if you use the rough underside of a coffe mug to sharpen them. I've been doing this for years. Just pull every side of the blade a couple of times over the rough part and she's good again.

>>34681871
Wood first, then plastic as materials evolved.
Did you think guns were invented for some other purpose than to poke holes in people from very far away?

>>34678102
So you have to buy chests to get a chance to win the supar speshul bullshit?

>>34681885
Stones are used with water or oil so the stone doesn't get as clogged up with metal and to prevent excessive wear of the stone.

>>34679177
Hopefully OJ won't use it on you.

>>34681901
No, you buy keys to open the chests which drop like flies.

>>34677822
Damn.... and I thought people spending $5k+ on virtual hats was ridiculous.

>>34681922
In my time, they used to drop keys and you had to buy yer chests for nice loot.

Times are certainly changing, I must be gettin old

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>>34681863
It's just a shitty "utility knife" I made from a file about 10 years ago. I have worn most of the patina off

>>34681904
And what has that to do with what I wrote?

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>>34677560
>buy a carbon steel knife
>bitch and moan when it doesn't look like stainless

Is this your first knife that isn't a 440C chinkshit wallhanger?

>>34682025
Because you asked "why the mess" when replying to the guy who puts mineral oil on his stones.

Lubricants aren't as necessary on ceramic sharpening media because of how it's structured, but it still helps.

>>34681949
Its a shiv

>>34678434
I once bought an opinel for school to cut paper, carton and stuff like that, the hinge broke almost instantly, and the best 15usd knife to buy are morakniv, I've owned 3 in the past 9 years and only got a new one because I've lost the old one.
Also gun fetish isn't a thing where I'm from and I think you might be mentally handicapped and advise you to reach out for help or simply commit suicide to save everybody the trouble of trying to help a lost cause

>>34682149
pretty much.

>>34677560
If it is still sharp and rust free does it matter? That shit won't be shiny unless you clean it up thay much retard.

>>34682210
>and the best 15usd knife to buy are morakniv

This, except I bought carbon steel Moras at Bauhaus for like $4.
They're laughably easy to get shaving sharp and beyond, all you need to do is smear some oil on them after you're done using them.

>>34682367
>>34682210
I completely agree that Moras are the best cheap knives you can buy. They are very sharp when you get them and hold that edge very well.
I'm currently in the process of making a straight shaving razor out of a No.1 carbon blade.

>>34682210
I've got a stray Morakniv that got left over by a relative. For $15 on Amazon it's a surprisingly good tool. Wouldn't really stab people with it but it's the perfect balance of cheap enough to use as a tool and not worry about beating it up but also durable enough to actually work.

>>34677560

If you want to remove rust, use molasses.

Carbon isn't a problem though as long as you wipe it dry as soon as you get any water on it, and also wipe of finger prints as that can cause some minor rust if you've got high acidic sweat.

Or, just buy the stainless Opinel and forget about it.

Carbon is only really of more worth for larger knives and axes.

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>>34677582
>it's supposed to look like ass
Oh great. Thanks. I'll do the same with my car. I heard beer works pretty good.

>>34679211
What's that? I want one

>>34681910
kek

>>34677560
>forcing a patina on a carbon blade
>not just using it enough so a natural patina can develop
you guys are trying pretty hard.

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>>34679209
Can a TV show get more cringy than that ? I haven't watched it, but all the captions that I see are painful to read.

>>34682499

You bought a carbon steel knife, you fucking retard.
If you want it to look like stainless steel, you can either keep buffing it with steel wool every couple of hours, or throw it away and buy a stainless steel knife.

>>34682590
Eh it's okay. I usually just having it going in the background when I'm sharpening my knives/cleaning my guns.

>>34677560
That looks like a workhorse of a knife, not a pretty safe queen that's supposed to be hung on the wall.

>>34682590

That meme is a good summary the asian dude.

>take a giant sharp broadward
>repeatedly slice through a tub of melting ice cream
>yes... yes this weapon WILL slice

>>34682504
just some $5 chinese knife. When I'm bored I look at the cheapest knives on ebay. I can't find it any more though so maybe it sold out

>>34683342
Sad! Believe me.

>>34677959

Opinels are popular with various military reenactor groups and slightly more casual medieval fair types as well. Nice classic design and of reasonable quality.

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It's a $10 knife. But very very high quality.


Mines used and here's how she looks.

>>34678434
>being this defensive
Even assuming your right about the other anon's motives your literally doing the same thing, being obnoxious with your opinion to defend your purchase, just at the opposite end of the spectrum...

Opinel are fine knives for what they are but even an Ontario Rat is going to be a lot more convenient and handy just due to being modern and it's only like $10 more.

Not wanting to spend money on high end knives is fine but they cost that much for a reason whether or not you see value in it.

>>34682210
>doesn't have a gun fetish
>on /k/

Fuck off, commie

>>34678434
>An Opinel is the best $15 dollars you can spend
That's a funny way to spell Mora.

>>34678102
People really still play World of Team Hat Collecting Bases: Deux?

>>34684513
not at all. It's the mora of pocket knives.

>>34683898
Did you char that handle or have dirty hands. Either way it looks cool.

>>34686920
I sanded off the logo and then took a cheap Bic lighter and proceeded to char it slightly. Then lightly buffed the middle. Then 3-4 coats of boiled linseed oil to protect it all.


The blade is just Birchwood Casey Perma-Blue.


Thanks!

>>34682823
I hate that guy because of the way he pronounces only some of his words. It's like he's trying to sound like Jeff Dunham's terrorist puppet when he says kill or slice.

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>>34677560
it should look like this

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>>34677560
or this

>>34689166
Im not one to care about aesthetics, but I find that ugly.

>>34677560

>Vinegar is a dilute acid
>Acid reacts with steel
>Surprised to find reaction products on the steel exposed to vinegar.

This is why you need to pay attention in chemistry class, otherwise you look like a moron. You didn't "clean" your knife with vinegar, you caused it to oxidize.

Now there are many reasons to oxidize a steel object, much like blueing on a gun it creates a more stable and tough outer layer of controlled and understood oxidation rather than the highly damaging "scale" rust that jst letting it sit in water and air will provide. That oxidation of the outside will provide a level of protection for your knife and will make it harder for the very ugly and structurally damaging rust to form on the blade.

Of you don't like it it is literally a couple molecules thick on the blade, sand it off and polish the steel back to a shine.

Or stop being retarded and following and retard thing you see on the internet before you understand WHAT it is you are doing. Or go ahead and delete System32 to increase your computer speed 300 percent. You just saw it on the internet, must be true and will give great results!

>>34677560
of cleaning was the point, i'm sorry but you just etched your blade. only its with vinegar. on a random (yet decent french coutellerie) blade.

with ferric chloride on a parrtern wealded blade it looks better. here it just leave shitty stains of corrosion everywhere.

Best way to patina a carbon steel blade is to stab it into a citrus fruit and leave it overnight. Leaves a neato design.

>>34682590
My mom, who enjoys watching baking competitions on the Food network, likes the show. I don't know why, but she's even picking up the used lingo

>>34677560

Use one of these but the patina protects high carbon blades

https://www.amazon.com/Super-Eraser-Rust/dp/B001DMX6OG

>my $7 Opinel can be made sharper than my $100 Bitchmade

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How does 3 in 1 oil work for sharpening stones?

>>34677560
It's called Patina. Your knife would eventually look like that after a couple years of use you're just short cutting it. Patina actually helps to protect the blade from more damaging corrosion. Blueing is a form of controlled rusting.

>>34690309
Yes thats what I regularly use, but I have used vegetable oil, motor oil and even CLP in the field.
Do not use WD40 its worse than using no oil at all.

>Waaaah! My knife isn't as shiny as I wanted it to be!

Toss it, it's disposable.

This is a weapons board. Opineal knives are for cutting cheese at picnics.

>>34677560
>Well /k/? Did I ruin a perfectly good knife or is this ugly sheen part of the experience?
Hi frog here, other anons answered perfectly, however if you want a shiny shiny blade, you can still sharpen the edge of the blade with a soft sharpening wheel stone on which you applied wax and then polish the whole blade, including the edge, using a felt wheel.

You will get a shiny katana-looking carbon steel blade and an excellent tool for shaving or to commit sudoku. My dad uses this kind of method with smaller opinel knives to use as cheap, simple, yet effective tools for decorative wood carving.

>>34690309
works fine, although I've switched to soapy water since it cleans easier.

>>34683838
My father gave one to me and each of my brothers when we reached the age of 6.
They are common af in the french countryside.

>>34682769
If your work only involves cutting boxes occasionally

>>34690247
It's kind of like Chopped, but with making knives.