1095cv corrosion

MikeC

MikeC

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I really would like to get s couple of Becker eskabar's but I live in a high humidity area. Moreover all my knives are used either for skimming and processing of game and or food prep. So no protective coatings only soap and water to keep it clean. Will the knife rust badly?
 
Not really, they will rust but won't pit without warning. Mineral oil helps, and so does using them often. This is all heresay, someone with experience will be along shortly.
 
i wonder if giving the knife an acid patina would suffice. if not there was a thread i read at the Scrapyard knife forum about dipping your blade in heated acid (i think it was bleach or vinegar) to give the blade a super patina that might work for you. I don't know if i would be stepping on anyone toes posting the link here, so i will wait for the O.K from a mod, or you can just Pm me and i will send a link to the page.
 
Sharp_newbie said:
i wonder if giving the knife an acid patina would suffice. if not there was a thread i read at the Scrapyard knife forum about dipping your blade in heated acid (i think it was bleach or vinegar) to give the blade a super patina that might work for you. I don't know if i would be stepping on anyone toes posting the link here, so i will wait for the O.K from a mod, or you can just Pm me and i will send a link to the page.
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Post it up. Any intel is good intel. If its good. :D

Moose
 
Just making sure. did not want to annoy any beckerheads as i like to lurk here. here is the link. go to the second page and someone actually did the Bleach bath on a scrapavore.
here is the link
 
I spend some time in marsh land since I started hammocking. Humid climate is cool. Got a stripped 7 that has never given me problems.

Becker away my friend!
 
I had my stripped BK-2 wrapped in wet leather for about 36 hours when I was making the sheath for it. When the leather had mostly dried, I took it out. It had a slight film of moisture on it and a few orange rust spots that almost wiped off when I took some steel wool to it. I didn't oil the knife before the whole thing.

Don't tell me your area is more moist than that, or I will call you Spongebob Squarepants :D

All in all, I'm pretty impressed with the rust resistance. It will rust occasionally if you push it, but that's just surface rust, 1095 doesn't pit in my experience. If you oil up your Beckers, use them frequently and leave the coating on, you should be good to go. No, make that you WILL be good to go.
 
If you are going to be processing meat on a regular basis with it, it will develop a very nice patina of it's own. Of course, the blade also comes coated in an epoxy that will keep it rust free as well, and provided you do not strip the blade, the only portion that would be exposed is the edge, and for that rust prevention is to simply put it away dry. If you use it, it will keep the edge from rusting.
 
Sharp_newbie said:
Just making sure. did not want to annoy any beckerheads as i like to lurk here. here is the link. go to the second page and someone actually did the Bleach bath on a scrapavore.
here is the link
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This is one you don't want to try at home. Household bleach has enough chlorine to be dangerous and is very reactive. Heating it makes it more so, just look what it did to steel. Chlorine will replace oxygen in your lungs and you can be overcome with fumes in short order. This is super, super dangerous folks.
 
Sharp_newbie said:
i wonder if giving the knife an acid patina would suffice. if not there was a thread i read at the Scrapyard knife forum about dipping your blade in heated acid (i think it was bleach or vinegar) to give the blade a super patina that might work for you. I don't know if i would be stepping on anyone toes posting the link here, so i will wait for the O.K from a mod, or you can just Pm me and i will send a link to the page.
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post the link...

bleach isn't an acid :>

food grade mineral oil is a fine coating...
 
Central Ohio is humid as all heck and I use my BK11 for hunting, cleaning deer, etc. - it's fine. It's stripped and has a nice patina - works like a champ - so should your Eskabar.

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As close as I come to an issue with it is the discoloration on the edge when I cut something with mustard (pork chops w/ mustard based BBQ sauce - YOW!) and that comes right off upon sharpening.

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Beckerhead #42
 
maethor said:
I had my stripped BK-2 wrapped in wet leather for about 36 hours when I was making the sheath for it. When the leather had mostly dried, I took it out. It had a slight film of moisture on it and a few orange rust spots that almost wiped off when I took some steel wool to it. I didn't oil the knife before the whole thing.

Don't tell me your area is more moist than that, or I will call you Spongebob Squarepants :D

All in all, I'm pretty impressed with the rust resistance. It will rust occasionally if you push it, but that's just surface rust, 1095 doesn't pit in my experience. If you oil up your Beckers, use them frequently and leave the coating on, you should be good to go. No, make that you WILL be good to go.
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right? why not just scotch bright the knife to knock off any existing loose bits, sharpen, and use. i'd imagine that after that, and some soap and maybe a dunk in alcohol, the knives are more food safe than random utensils you find at a random food place. even the food itself ;)

rust? just wash and oil your knives when done. rust doesn't happen over nite or even in a week. if you put your stuff away dry, clean, oiled, nothing will happen. using them will not use them up.

people leave axe heads in fields for years, and they clean right up. rust just isn't an issue for a use knife. might be an issue if you're a collector, and don't want your stuff getting "ruined", but for your day to day needs? you could use these things in salt water for all practical purposes. people do.
 
I live on the coast where it's foggy and wet all the time. I just dry after use and wipe with a small drop of mineral oil once in a while.
 
Just quick kudos for Sharp_newbie for wanting to be respectful to Beckerheads and get permission to post a link first. Nice job man.
 
Thanks for all the replies, I just ordered 4 eskabars. Also nice job to sharp newbie that is some serious respect right there and one last shout out to beckerheads who got me looking into these knives in the first place.

Thanks again to all
 
Sharp_newbie said:
i wonder if giving the knife an acid patina would suffice. if not there was a thread i read at the Scrapyard knife forum about dipping your blade in heated acid (i think it was bleach or vinegar) to give the blade a super patina that might work for you. I don't know if i would be stepping on anyone toes posting the link here, so i will wait for the O.K from a mod, or you can just Pm me and i will send a link to the page.
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FYI: Like Bladite said, bleach is a strong base and vinegar is acetic acid.
 
Arkanian said:
FYI: Like Bladite said, bleach is a strong base and vinegar is acetic acid.
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i don't recall saying that bleach is a strong base. just that it's not an acid. :P iirc from my mad scientist correspondence course, bleach (chlorine), like many chemicals on the end of the periodic table, is an oxidizer, which is just another way of saying "can chemically screw up your crap".

vinegar is a strong enough acid to be wary of. certainly can melt off warts in a day or three.
 
Just took my Esky to the Baltic Sea for a few days. Humidity at 100%, salt water, food prep, scraping and cleaning stuff...

Not a single rust spot. It had a patina going on before I even went there, and it got more and darker, but no rust. There you go.
 
Mine survived my recent trip to the beach without any ill effects, and while it does have a patina already, it didn't require any touch ups or cleanings while I was there. The cord wrap is however full of sand now.
 
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