ESEE @ Water

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First off I love this forum...I just need to know what to do with my ESEE-3SM OD if completely submerged in water. should I remove the G-10 scales or not and if so should I use anything on the screws when reataching the scales or not? Thanx:-)
 
I don't recommend using ESEE knives in water. Your knife has 1095 High Carbon steel and rusts like a prostitute.

Also, your knife scales aren't G10 they are Micarta scales.
 
Submerged meaning...?

If it's just a dip or even short-term submersion, it's probably OK.

If you left it at the bottom of the koi pond for a few weeks, it can't hurt to remove the scales, dry everything out, and then re-attach. I would put a little loctite thread-locker on the screws - don't want them loosening up with vibration.
 
Just got my new ESEE 5 today! Good to know about the moisture. I dont know what to say other than the 5 is one bad ass mo fo!!! (sorry esav,tried to be fam friendly)
 
The steel under the handles is coated. No need to worry. Corrosion should only be an issue for any exposed metal.
 
If you submerge your ESSE in water, just send it on over to me.......cuz man is is broken now!


Really, people get too uptight about high carbon steels and a bit of water. You can take that sucker into the rain forest, and you will get some rust, but no biggie.

People have been wandering around wet nasty places with rust prone steel literally since the iron age.

If you have a sharpening tool with you, no problem. Really, only the exposed metal is going to give you any issues, and a knife that gets used every day won't have time to rust too bad. Sailors and fishermen seem to have done ok with high carbon steel back in the age of sail and sword.........Hell, the Vikings did not leave their swords, spears, helmets, mail and plate armor at home when they took their long boats a Raiding!

If the rust gets bad, use it, or oil it, or rub it away, or sharpen it off the edge.

Patina will help.
 
Shake it off, dry it off and wipe down the blade with some oil. I wouldn’t sweat removing the scales. I had my 3MIL submerged in the chest cavity of a Missouri buck this year and didn’t remove them. :D
 
every once in a while, wipe your blade down with tuf-glide. That should help prevent any further rusting if you get it wet again.
 
Anyone has recommendations on what kind of oil to use to prevent rusting when facing humid conditions?

I do not mean to hijack this thread but I see my question as somewhat related to the initial question as oil would prevent rusting from what I have been reading up to now.....
 
If you will be using it for food prep then I recommend mineral oil. If not, then any oil will work. Just a very light coat is all that is needed. The best way to prevent rust is to use it as we all know.
 
smustian said:
If you will be using it for food prep then I recommend mineral oil. If not, then any oil will work. Just a very light coat is all that is needed. The best way to prevent rust is to use it as we all know.
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A little motor oil in your diet will not hurt you. Hell, no more than would be on the knife it will be more than fine. Ive mixed all types of petro chemicals with my knife and simply wipe it off and go back to cutting up food or anything else. hasn't killed me yet. In fact, I cut open rat poison the other day with my knfie and never washed it after that. Do you realize how much rat poison a 180 pound human would have to consume to kill them? It's gonna be a lot mroe than any residue left on a knife. On another note, I've also use my knfie to cut up food after opening packages of cocaine in South America. Again, no problems. People get wound up too much over cleanliness, IMO.
 
R.A.T. said:
...I've also use my knife to cut up food after opening packages of cocaine in South America...
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"...and I felt great all day- did you hear that? ~Sniff~ Oh, never-mind- WHAT WAS THAT?! Was that donkey driving a truck?!"
 
I do agree with you Jeff, a little bit of odd stuff now and then never killed anyone helps building a good immune system IMHO.
 
Loonatic said:
I do agree with you Jeff, a little bit of odd stuff now and then never killed anyone helps building a good immune system IMHO.
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That's the way I look at. I was raised around cows and it was a weekly deal to have one or more in the holding lot to do some doctoring on them. Inevitably you would end up with cowshit all over you from slipping in the lot or from just plain getting shit on, sometimes it would get in your mouth, etc. NOT ONCE did I ever wind up with one of these new infections or diseases related to this type of dirty work. People get way too wound up on cleanliness and wash their hands way too much with antibacterial soaps. We are slowly building a generation of sickling wimps because they believe every damn warning label they read. Bullshit.
 
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