Help with cleaning and Storage

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PeteG1027

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Can anyone tell me what is the best way to store a fixed blade knife. Also after cleaning it should I put the blade back in the cardboard sheath that it came with, then put it back in the plastic, then back in the box? I only want to make sure I am not harming them while in storage. My edc folders I clean all the time and keep in my dresser. But the fixed blades are not used as much. I am currently using wd 40 to clean, then renwax. Opinions please!!
 
Also any opinions on cleaning brass pommels and guards. I have 2 sog scuba demo's that are N.I.B. that the brass needs to be cleaned up a bit. I certainly do not want to use anything harsh, or anything that will scratch at all. I probably am better leaving them alone.. Thanks for any help you can give.. Regards Pete G
 
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Fixed Blade storage you can use any thin grade oil--3-in-one, some folks use mineral oil due to food grade issues, I also store mine in regular wax paper then wrap in newspaper.

folks will use wax on the scales and oil on the metal.

a lot of high end knives are shipped in butcher paper, hence the reason that I use waxpaper, nothing wrong with using the card board they are shipped in at all
 
Great,, Thanks Stricknine!! I was worried that the cardboard sleeve would harm the knife. Wow, oil and waxpaper sounds alot easier than the stuff I pulled up in a google search.. On a side note, I ordered my first Becker(BK 2 Companion) today.. Cannot wait to see what everyone loves about their knives...
 
Ren Wax is wonderful. It's not used by every major museum in the world for no reason. Keep using it.

As for storage, avoid cardboard "sheaths" -- or any kind of sheath at all -- and plastic bags. Museums store knives and swords on sheets of archival paper on open shelves. Bill's Custom Cases are good too.

For brass and any other metal, try Flitz. Flitz is a non-abrasive chemical polish. As such, you need only rub with a soft cloth to get the polish down into the metal's surface (viewed under a microscope, any metal surface, no matter how smooth-polished it appears, has texture to it). Then, let it sit for a minute or two and the chemical will dissolve metal oxides. Perfect.
 
i think the guys are right about cardboard since it absorbs moisture & plastic allows big changes in temperture to create moisture on blades.--dennis
 
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