5160 rusting

[trevitrace]

My Voorhis had orange rust spots all over its 11.25" blade after using it under rain, and got into this condition after an hour in its sheath, before the rain actually stopped long enough to wipe it off...

The spots ate surprisingly deep into the metal in that short time (due to being sheathed), to the point a quick worn 600 sandpaper sanding would not fully erase the spot outlines, and the edge had lost all its phonebook paper cutting ability in its spotted area.

A baked-on Cerakoat proved an adequate solution, although the micro-bevel of the edge is still exposed, but that is a much smaller surface to wipe down (and also not touching the sheath when sheathed, since it "floats" in mid-air), especially compared to all the rest of that huge blade. Sheath contact means no air circulation, and that promotes rusts in minutes.

0-1 is worse in my view, as my Randall caught one dark stain from just rinsing dust off under tap water(!): This never happened with 5160, but again Cerakoating solved the 0-1's staining problems.

Gaston

Were you using a brown or black sheath?

Thanks.

 

[Dogpiss]

Dantor was last logged on in 2015...

I did see it was an old topic, but it made more sense to me to go ahead and post than starting a new one..
This is my first 5160 blade, but I've been wanting one for quite some time, so I'm rather excited about it!