For those with safes...?

[mahakala]

Hello All...First post...

I just received my 18" BDC yesterday and unfortunately the horn on all, Kukuri and utility knives, was already showing some cracking. I began a treatment of Watco since I already had a big can I use for my M14 stocks. Hopefully I will prevent anymore onset of cracking.

My concern is I keep all of my weapons in my safe. Including all knives since I have a large Phrobis M9 collection. I want to keep my BDC in the safe as well but I have a Golden Rod in there to prevent humidity and I'm afraid that since my BDC is already prone to cracking maybe storage in the safe may be a no-no. I really would prefer not to leave it out though.

Opinions???

 

[munk]

You put Watco what on your horn handle? Watco's danish finishing oil, or something else?

Put lanolin on your horn handles. And for long term storage, slather a good greasy coat of it on top to protect. But if you got small cracks, squirt super glue in there first. Super Glue will not do well if you've put a lubricant like oil or lanolin in there first. Clean it off with rubbing alcohol. Super glue has been known to make huge cracks disapear.
Most horn cracks are self limiting. They don't do much. Occasionally I think one might give way, but I've a lot of horn and none has. I've got a BAS someone sold me cheap because the horn kept cracking. He swore it would keep cracking on me. I treated it with superglue and there have been no further cracks. It's ringed with cracks, too, but has not broken.

It's worth noting the only handle that split on me and was in danger of moving was wood.

munk

 

[mahakala]

Sorry...Watco Danish Oil in natural as per Dave Rishar's recommendation in a few posts. For what it's worth...I have used lanolin and Hooflex on organic handles of other types in the past and it did not work so well for me.

A couple of handles wound up getting saturated in CLP and ironically they did not crack.

I have used the crazy glue method before on some military bayonets so I’m familiar with that process. I actually use very thin glue used in the modeling industry commonly referred to as CA. They make a few different viscosities. I forget the brand name. I think it's ZAP. You can get extremely thin application tubes for the application.

Thanks for the feedback though. I may wind up putting it in an airtight case.