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<p>[QUOTE="Tom Mackay, post: 414594, member: 4589"]The <i>unevenness</i> of colour is what made me think it was coated originally.</p><p>As it cost almost nothing I wasn't hesitant to experiment. Hardened steel will scratch glass. It would certainly scratch any coating. I started with a sharpening steel and then went to a Victorinox paring knife, using them on the bottom and went from there up the sides and into the interior. If I'd been able to scratch off any coating it would have been gone.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Tom Mackay, post: 414594, member: 4589"]The [I]unevenness[/I] of colour is what made me think it was coated originally. As it cost almost nothing I wasn't hesitant to experiment. Hardened steel will scratch glass. It would certainly scratch any coating. I started with a sharpening steel and then went to a Victorinox paring knife, using them on the bottom and went from there up the sides and into the interior. If I'd been able to scratch off any coating it would have been gone.[/QUOTE]
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