Patina. Show some!

[Woz]

Patina? 1910 - 1920 De Dion Bouton found in the village (the odds on that a about 1/100000). I really wanted this to work out. Sadly, it did not.



Patina, produces texture. Relief. surprises, visual wonder, I love it. Uncovering practically a century. Rust and ancient rubber.



How time uses and abuses stands out the most for me concerning patina. I love metal. I love how different metals age and transform.

 

[Woz]

I'm glad @highlandsflyer went ahead with this subject matter. We need more threads like this.

It's a tricky thing I think. I don't believe the world is divided around "for or against" patina nor modern vs. retro blah blah.

Talking to a stone mason here concerning aesthetics and functionality, he kind of summed it up, and I find it applies to bikes:

"There is rustic rotten, there is rustic nice.".