another born on date question

[PURPLEDC]

ok i know the dates of when the 13c26 was used over the 440A in alot of knives including the mini mojito. I recieved a mini mojito as a warranty replacement knife from kershaw last year but was told by a woman on the phone that it was indeed a sandvik knife but my blade is marked JAN07 so that would infact make it 440A and not sandvik like i was told right? doesnt matter really as im not experienced with steel enough to tell the difference. i am a little worried about some brown specs developing on the blade though.

 

[SPXTrader]

August 07 was, according to Thomas, the Kershaw factory change over date on the Mojo/Mojito for 440A to 13C26. There still seems to be a great supply of the 440A's in the distribution pipeline.

If it's indeed 440A, it should be a little more rust resistant that the 13C26. Give it a light scrub with a scotchbrite, and then wipe it down with some gun oil/Mil Tec, whatever your choice is.

 

[PURPLEDC]

thanks ill try that. i dont want to send it back. i love that little thing. im sure i just got something on the blade thats being stubborn.

 

[SPXTrader]

This may sound stupid, but a while back when Sandy went to the beauticians supply store, where she can stock up on shampoo and conditioner and stuff by the gallon, I wandered in with her. I found, much to my amazement, a huge section for fingernail files. Not your ordinary fingernail files mind you, but ones with grit up to 10,000. And they were attached to a soft, spongy backing. So I bought a few. 5,000 to 10,000 makes an excellent finishing grit for cleaning up Kershaw's bead blasted blades. Just FYI...

 

[DarrylS]

...Not stupid at all Trader...I've been using my wife's sponge or rubber back finger nail files for working blades over ever since I started "mangling" knives some years ago...They do work great...:thumbup::thumbup: