And So it Begins....

gundude73

gundude73

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so i just got my skyline yesterday (darn you 5.56!) and the bead blast finish looked pretty good.... until i noticed some rust already! :eek: oh well. 5.56 may be the king of skyline sales...but im the king of rusting blades :( i guess when it gets bad enough i will just polish it off.


too bad kershaw doesnt make a standard production coated model. or do they? :eek:
 
And how did you rust a skyline in one day???

Matt, I'll bet you could rust Ti if you tried hard enough
 
i dont know. my sebenza, the spine on my spyderco military and ZT 0350. the stop pin on my para2.

and the frame of my scamp :eek:

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how do you rust a blade in 1 day? holy moley....

I have been working on a polish job, and it is turning out really nice. steel wool to 500 grit sandpaper, then 1000. i will finish with 2000 and then go for a scotchbrite pad and i think it will be shiny enough.
 
Just a typical bead blasted finish IMO, they seem to rust like crazy on me in the humid southern Okla. weather.
 
i think the bead blast is a contributing factor, but the items i have rusted are not limited to that finish.

here is the stop pin on my para 2. yikes!! :eek:

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i had the same issue on my JYD2. i used metal polish on it and now it doesnt have rust problems. so when the skyline gets bad enough it will get the same treatment.
 
gundude73 said:
i think the bead blast is a contributing factor, but the items i have rusted are not limited to that finish.

here is the stop pin on my para 2. yikes!! :eek:

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i had the same issue on my JYD2. i used metal polish on it and now it doesnt have rust problems. so when the skyline gets bad enough it will get the same treatment.
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That's just 21 different ways of wrong :eek:
 
I am trying a new form of meditation involving applying a light coat of mineral oil to my knife blades while breathing mindfully and feeling at peace. (Well, ok, not entirely true -- whenever I try to 'breathe mindfully' it just interferes with my autonomic breathing, which works better. But I do feel peaceful oiling my knives. And they don't rust.)
 
jessiebf said:
I am trying a new form of meditation involving applying a light coat of mineral oil to my knife blades while breathing mindfully and feeling at peace. (Well, ok, not entirely true -- whenever I try to 'breathe mindfully' it just interferes with my autonomic breathing, which works better. But I do feel peaceful oiling my knives. And they don't rust.)
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I do the same, I've found oiling my knives quite peaceful.
 
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