Deodorizing a Knife

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Cuchuga

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Is it possible to deodorize a knife? I am going hunting next week and dont want the distinct smell of campfire, which is on my blade, to deter deer. If I am wrong and campfire smell doesnt deter deer, then this thread doesnt need to exist.

Thanks for the tips in advance!

-Cuchuga
 
i would try dead down wind or another typical scent blocker. Maybe Obennauffs, which is an all natural leather preservative made from naturally occuring oils, minerals, and beeswax. Should cover all man made scents (i.e. solvents detergents etc.) without messing with the metallurgy of your knife.Obennauffs can be found wherever fine leather boots are sold.
 
I wouldn't worry about it. We always have a campfire going at deer camp and EVERYTHING smells like 'camp' when we come home. They will definately smell it but it doesn't seem to bother them. I mean, ever thing about how many deer have been killed while a cigarette hangs from the mouth? I've seen deer go up and sniff the dip spit under my stand. The idea isn't to ELIMINATE odor...its to eliminate the ones that spook them. (Which would be us, laundry detergents, hygiene products...Degree for Men doesn't exactly smell "natural":D)


I clicked on this because my buddy has an old knife either his uncle or grandpa used in the marines. It's been cleaned several times, and it smells just like poop, literally. It's weird.
 
No to derail your thread but...

I've got a knife used to clean some fish. It's been a week and the cocobolo handle still stinks.

Tried boiling it, soaking it in dish soap, nothing seems to get rid of the smell.

Any ideas? Is it in the pores of the wood? The cocobolo seems quite porous.
 
The old deoderizer that works well is a solution of baking soda. But soaking wood overnight in that might not be good for the wood.
 
Try soaking in in antibactirial "Febreeze". Or leave it in a zip lock bag covered in baby powder for a week.
 
fleetparadox said:
No to derail your thread but...

I've got a knife used to clean some fish. It's been a week and the cocobolo handle still stinks.

Tried boiling it, soaking it in dish soap, nothing seems to get rid of the smell.

Any ideas? Is it in the pores of the wood? The cocobolo seems quite porous.
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try lemon juice.
 
How 'bout covering it with dry baking soda for a few days? I sprinkle the cat's litter box with soda and it's amazing how it removes odors.
 
toothpaste. it cleans the fish smell from my hands so it should clean the smoke smell from your knife. then just rinse with really hot water to wash off what toothpaste smell might be left over. maybe try some with baking soda too, it might work better.
 
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baking soda = :thumbup:

use a toothbrush to scrub it good...add a little water to make a paste, then scrub away.
 
Cuchuga said:
Is it possible to deodorize a knife? I am going hunting next week and dont want the distinct smell of campfire, which is on my blade, to deter deer. If I am wrong and campfire smell doesnt deter deer, then this thread doesnt need to exist.

Thanks for the tips in advance!

-Cuchuga
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I would guess that by the time you have been camping a couple of days your own "scent" will be much stronger than anything emmitted by the knife.:eek:

Whatever you use to descent you would probably work on the knife.
 
Alcohol (cheap high-proof vodka) will de-odorize things like cloth and leather. Might be worth a try on a wood handle if the baking soda does not work.
 
If you have the time, a box large enough and deep enough to allow you to put in some cedar pet bedding, then the knife, then cover it completely with cedar. I have two leather handled Schrades hunters that unfortunately found themselves in a musty dank cellar for about 40 years after I left my folks home, recently recovered them, the dirt smell would knock you out. I washed them well with antibacterial dish soap, dried them with a rag, then into the cedar. 3 days later, no more smell, other than cedar. I also use the same method for leather sheaths, and anything else that gets stinky. The wife and I refinish old furniture rather than buy new, and sometimes the junk we get stinks so bad you cannot breathe. A month packed with the cedar chips, no more odor.
Try it, see if it works.
 
thats an aweome fix Ulster, i had a simialr problem with a cat spraying under my bathroom floor, so I pulled up the carpet, (yea the previous owners had CARPET in the BATHROOM!) and mopped the under floor in polyureathane, let dry and slapped some tile down on it and frfrom then on no more smell, so maybe you could also polyureathane your leather
 
My problem is not so much that it is a bad smell, Its just I would like to see some deer on my trip and dont want the smell to effect that. But these are all very good tips. From what I've read I will probably just use some of the de-scenter that I use on myself. It also seems I need to worry about my scent more than the knives. Besides I will be sitting at a campfire every night. Guess I am just a little paranoid over not seeing any deer as this will be my first hunt.

Thanks for all the great tips,

Cuchuga
 
fleetparadox said:
No to derail your thread but...

I've got a knife used to clean some fish. It's been a week and the cocobolo handle still stinks.

Tried boiling it, soaking it in dish soap, nothing seems to get rid of the smell.

Any ideas? Is it in the pores of the wood? The cocobolo seems quite porous.
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Wash it with toothpaste, maybe 2 or 3 times. Works for fishy hands. ;)
 
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