Gec crown lifter question

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shinyedges

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Hey guys,

Quick question, I have 2 beer scouts that I love (beer barrel oak and sunbrite acrylic) and am eye balling the crown lifter in green micarta.

I noticed the crown lifters use steel bolsters and liners, do they take a patina as easy as the 1095 blade? I use my beer scouts for light food prep at work fairly often, subsequently I rinse my blade and sometimes handle.


Will I get red rust in places that are hard to clean? I try and blow all the water out obviously but occasionally don't get it all.


Thanks guys.
 
Short answer: yes it is susceptible to rust inside the liners and on the backspring. Despite the care I take with my Crownlifter, I do use it a lot and I can see a few dark patches of surface corrosion on the insides of the liners and flecked lightly on the backspring inside the blade channel. I wipe the inside down occasionally with WD40 moistened cotton wool on a SAK pick, and more frequently with Camellia oil.

If you're worried about it, you could wipe Ren Wax down in there.

Personally I wouldn't mind at all if GEC did stainless liners and backsprings on some of those all steel models. I like the carbon blades because of the fine edge performance, but I'd wouldn't mind having the corrosion resistance of stainless steel for the liners and backsprings.
 
Cambertree said:
Short answer: yes it is susceptible to rust inside the liners and on the backspring. Despite the care I take with my Crownlifter, I do use it a lot and I can see a few dark patches of surface corrosion on the insides of the liners and flecked lightly on the backspring inside the blade channel. I wipe the inside down occasionally with WD40 moistened cotton wool on a SAK pick, and more frequently with Camellia oil.

If you're worried about it, you could wipe Ren Wax down in there.

Personally I wouldn't mind at all if GEC did stainless liners and backsprings on some of those all steel models. I like the carbon blades because of the fine edge performance, but I'd wouldn't mind having the corrosion resistance of stainless steel for the liners and backsprings.
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I thought that was the case. It isn't a deal breaker for me, perhaps I'll force a patina over the entire knife and maintain it like I would the blade. Thanks for the response.
 
ive have always been confused by this, are those STL models, run of the mill stainless steel steel, or 1095 steel? 316L? 904L? :confused:
 
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