Let’s put a Shipwreck Patina on copper scales with simple household ingredients

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Published 2022-10-01
Hello! I hope you’re having a Today we are going to shipwreck some copper. Shipwrecking is a way of creating a forced patina using chemicals to speed up the process. To create a patina like this in nature could take years of exposure to a specific environment, however using this method, we can create the same results with a few household chemicals and some time. The results are always different, but so far have always been beautiful. That being said, results may vary.

Remember, at the end of the day this is simple garage science, so nothing is necessarily exact.
All Comments (21)
  • @markanderson8677
    Very nice, I might have to give this a try! The only thing I noticed was that the scales might look even better with black T6 screws. Nice job!
  • @slayer7682
    I been collecting knives for a while, and I love doing custom work and I have taken apart countless, and I still stripped out a T6 the other day on a brand-new knife, it was a clip screw. Damn it. thanks for the video, I'm definitely going to do this. Gave you a sub.
  • @syn4057
    Using fine grain salt and half a lemon works just the same and it smells much better. Trying 000 steel wool on a forced patina set of scales.
  • @markprentice1961
    I've found that using a soldering iron to heat the screws helps tremendously to break those over threadlocked screws. Just touch them with the hot iron for a few seconds and try to unscrew...rinse and repeat.
  • @humphreyjones1828
    I actually bought a copper natrix to force a patina on, and EVERY screw 1) had more locktite on it than any other knife I’ve opened, 2) it was red locktite. I couldn’t get it open no matter how long I had it on the hair drier. Ended up using a soldering iron on the screws. It broke 4 bits and I kept grinding them, by the end I had one bit, barely functional.
  • @StefanOtt
    That looks siiiiick! A guy would be lucky to have such a beautiful piece :)
  • @donstash4295
    If you dont like vinager youcould use citric acid.
  • @muddnyreye
    Not really a knife guy but I need to know what the bigger knife is…. I gotta get one.
  • @danb2837
    They turned out fantastic! I'm doing the scales for my Kizer Original right now. Couple of questions for you. How many coats of clear coat did you apply and did everything go back together OK? Curious if after the patina and clear coat did the screws go back in or did you have to clean the holes out with something?
  • @jsVfPe3
    Very cool, thanks. I've got the flytanium brass scales for Spyderco PM2 coming and I think I'm going to do this. What would happen if you didn't clear coat it afterwards? Does it have a nice rough texture? Would the blue rub off?
  • @chrispotter2948
    What kinda temp/humidity were you drying your clear coat at? Just like another commenter, I too would be curious how matte looks compared to gloss. Thanks for the great video!
  • @Optimization_Coach
    Maybe I missed what you did after pulling them out to dry. Did you rinse them off, lightly sand...?? Prior to clear coat.
  • @YousAHunter
    so can i use that clear coat to protect the copper from being patinad at all? i have an engraving on a copper leek kershaw that i want to keep the copper bright on
  • @coop8267
    Use purple loctite on the t6 screws
  • @humphreyjones1828
    Hey man there’s someone who copied this recording of your video and uploaded it to YouTube with the name “EDCBA” pretending to be you