Beware of your display cases!!!

Hi Dave,

You live in So-Cal and that location has higher humidity than here in central Cal. How far inland are you from the ocean, humid salt air could also cause this. Your felt is pulling moisture to the knives and causing this issue IMHO.

As suggested take these to Leroy to have them repaired. You may want to put a coating of wax on the bolsters that are in contact with the felt in your displays and often take them out and clean and re-seal (wax coat or light oil).
jb4570
 
Buck_110 said:
The foam is another factor to consider. Some products, depending on their construction, can and will off-gas for considerable amounts of time. Some can do so forever.

Archival grade is the only way to go. Archival grade products cost what they do because they are inert; ensuring the very problem you're experiencing doesn't occur.
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This is true. I have a camera case from the 70's with a foam interior that over time turned to a syrupy gooey mess. After keeping three Nikons in the case for a couple years without opening, the goo got over the camera and lenses and took ages to clean. I am not a fan of plastic foam.

Archival materials are the way to go. Well worth the extra price.
 
Plumberdv said:
I'm going to be real leery of any kind of foam or fabric now.
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A natural un-dyed linen or raw silk would do no harm. This is making me think because I was planning on getting some cases, too. I'm thinking about an oak panel with the knife slots routed to hold the knives and a heavy, perhaps a crystal glass top. No finish on the grooves routed to hold the knives, only finishing the surface so the knife does not contact the wood finish...
 
Plum,
From the looks of the detailed pictures, the metal is damaged. My guess would be the foam. There is toxic materials used to make some of it.

Looks like the only fix is to use abrasive and remove some metal. If they were my knives, that is what I would do, as I feel comfortable doing those types of things.

Buck may help you, especially if the case was purchased through them.

You are right in your perspective. Material posessions can cause a lot of grief, but when you consider a human life (or even a pets), you realize what is REALLY important.

Good luck,
Peter
 
If you put a knife in any container that is not an acid free container you can expect the same corrosion.
 
safta said:
If you put a knife in any container that is not an acid free container you can expect the same corrosion.
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This is true, but it is also more complex. Chemicals in the atmosphere can cause corrosion, too. Places with high humidity and without air circulation can be problematic.

We've got a number of good theories on this thread.

Archival materials with a temperature, humidity and UV controlled environment are the only real solution. That's how the museums do it.
 
peterinct said:
Plum,
From the looks of the detailed pictures, the metal is damaged. My guess would be the foam. There is toxic materials used to make some of it.

Looks like the only fix is to use abrasive and remove some metal. If they were my knives, that is what I would do, as I feel comfortable doing those types of things.

Buck may help you, especially if the case was purchased through them.

You are right in your perspective. Material posessions can cause a lot of grief, but when you consider a human life (or even a pets), you realize what is REALLY important.

Good luck,
Peter
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Buck has been selling those display case's for some time. The last factory sale a lot more of them were sold to collectors here. I have not heard any complaints from anyone else about the case's, foam, felt resulting in this type of damage. Any other folks who just bought these have this type of issue to report. If so Buck should be made aware of their product being defective, if it is a material issue I'm sure Dave is not the only case that would have this issue.
jb4570
 
wolfdog said:
This is true, but it is also more complex. Chemicals in the atmosphere can cause corrosion, too. Places with high humidity and without air circulation can be problematic.

We've got a number of good theories on this thread.

Archival materials with a temperature, humidity and UV controlled environment are the only real solution. That's how the museums do it.
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Buck_110 said:
Bases can and will cause problems too! Corrosion comes in many forms; rust for example, is only one form. Salt is not classified as an acid. Even though it is acid-free, it will cause different types of metals to corrode differently.

Archival grade products gravitate towards neutrality for a reason.
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Sorry for the confusion. An archival grade box is commonly referred to as an acid free container.

Nickel silver is also a copper alloy, so it is very resistant. Especially against most salts, and alkaline. It is however corroded very quickly by acids.
 
Sorry about your BUCKs the picture hurts just to look at. Would be interesting to know more on the reaction or what caused it. I bought a couple of founders day knives from WW and one of them had a reaction to the felt and nothing on the other, I will have to check.
 
Sorry to hear about the corrosion. I know that it will cause you a lot of grief every time you look at 'em, so to help you out my suggestion is to just box them up and send them to me. I'm kind of a slob anyway, so totin' around a bunch of corroded knives won't hurt me none. I'll even cover the postage 'cause I'm such a nice guy.
 
Plumberdv said:
I do want to apologize to 110 Dave. My problems are trivial and less than nothing compared to what he's going through right now. I shouldn't have made such a big deal of of it right now.
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Dave my friend you have been were i am now and not that long ago..
life goes on as you well know...
you know the devastation i am feeling and it is life ...
she was the greatest love of my life...

this is NOT a trivial problem with your knives...
i would be up set also
and THANKS for thinking of me despite how messed up they are..
 
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While we are warning people, the pebble grain latex shelf/drawer liner material has 'stained' delrin scales on a few of my 300s. The pebble grain not the solid latex type sheet.

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I'd like to say thanks to everyone for their input and suggestions. I'll be looking into them and in the meantime, I've taken all the knives out of that case.

I'd also like to make it plain that I don't believe that the "real Buck" display case caused any of this.

I have three of the Buck cases, two full of knives. The one knife that was in one of those two that showed some signs of the corrosion had been displayed in the big, custom case for quite awhile before I put it in the Buck case. Other than it, none showed any problems. It's my conclusion that the custom case's foam or red felt lining is the culprit.
 
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