I ordered a Ray Kirk Lil Blue II a few months ago, and received it in December. At this point, Ray was interested in trying out Bodycote's BC coating, and I was too, so I told him to go ahead and have my blade coated. I took the knife on a recent trip to Florida, and have just now unpacked it from my backpack. I am disappointed to notice that the handle is covered with fine speckles of rust. The knife is new enough, and has not been used hard enough, to have worn off any of the coating, and in fact the edge shows perhaps less corrosion than the coated handle. This was a scuba diving trip, and a fairly rainy week on Key Largo, however the knife was not used in salt water, nor left in the wet. If Mr. Kirk or someone from Bodycote would care to examine the knife, I have not polished off the rust.
As a point of comparison, I had a Sean Perkins A-2 Kerver packed in with it in the same bag, and it showed less corrosion, even on the handle which was sticking out of the leather sheath, so I do not believe the sheath (kydex on the boron carbide coated knife) was a factor in protecting the Kerver.
As a point of comparison, I had a Sean Perkins A-2 Kerver packed in with it in the same bag, and it showed less corrosion, even on the handle which was sticking out of the leather sheath, so I do not believe the sheath (kydex on the boron carbide coated knife) was a factor in protecting the Kerver.
and please anyone, feel free to correct me if the above is incorrect. 
