Blade slight rust

[Brianv1980]

hey all. Have some old Esee fixed blades. One has a slight of surface rust on he blade. I keep it strapped to my quad. And forgot to clean and dry it after a ride. There are some spots on the cutting edge that have surface rust. I used some wd40 and it took most of it off but there are some black spots on the edge. Will simply resharpening the blade cure it?


Thanks
Brian.

 

[ScooterG]

If not, you'all have a knife with some nice character!

 

[jbmonkey]

yep. use and sharpening will eventually remove stained steel. dont worry bit of surface stains isnt an issue.

 

[Brianv1980]

Thanks guys. I have a sharpmaker on order. Back to being used and sharpened

 

[Hickory n steel]

That's patina that was underneath the rust.
It will go away with sharpening.

 

[PoorUserName]

I decided to clean my folder, I stripped off the scales and found some light rust, I got some aluminium foil and rolled it into a ball and then rubbed the rust and within a few seconds the rust was gone, I found some rust deep inside the knife, so i flattened the foil and forced it inside and within seconds it was gone, one the knife was clean i submerged it in some mineral oil so the inside surfaces got a coating, hopefully this will reduce the chance of rust returning.

I read a story of a guy that lived in an high humidity area, his knife could go rusty over night on his night stand, So he started to put his knife in a container of mineral oil when he came from work, you could leave it there till next morning, let the excess oil drain from the knife and a quick dry with a cloth and you are ready for work.

 

[Alberta Ed]

BreakFree works great against rust.