These are great pots. I bought a previous one and loved it. Found it easy to accelerate the patina and it looked terrific. Gave these 4 stars, not 5, because they haven’t been as easy to patina. And there is pretty significant differentiation between the two of them. Obviously they aren’t going to be the “same”, but the steel on each is responding differently to the accelerant, and differently from the first pot I ordered. Maybe that’s because of the difference in temperature from the last time and this time or less sun Who knows Nevertheless, these are great pots and I have no regrets. Definiterecommend.