How Do You Store Your Non Stainless Knives

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I have been making knives out of non stainless steel at a pretty fast rate and I don't want to store the knivees in their sheaths for fear of them rusting. I'd like to see what any of you guys use to store your knives. Right now they are taking up to much room just sitting on the table. It would be nice to have them in something that displayed them, but really I am looking for ANY ideas on how to efficiently store my non stainless knives so they wont rust.

Pictures of your stuff would be great.
 
Right now I have about 60 52100 blades that are all ready and just sitting around. I oiled each one with ballistol and put them in a box, I check them maybe once a month to ensure everything is ok and so far so good.
 
No different than my other knives.

However if they will sit for a period of time (week or more) I will oil blades with mineral oil or steel oil (Japanese chef brand).
 
In a shoebox. Sometimes I put a little chain lube on the blade but that is about it. I once lost a old Shrade Old Timer pocket knife up in the Sierra Mountains, found it 3 months later after it had been laying in the dirt,rain,snow and whatever else Mother Nature decided to do in that time span. It had a little surface rust but it opened and closed just fine. I cleaned it up with a little sandpaper and chain lube , it is still going strong.
To be clear , I am talking about MY personal knives.
Sorry, I should have read the OP first. If you put the knives in a Rubbermaid tub after giving them a generous slathering of mineral oil you can pop the top on the tub and stick it in a out of the way place in the house. If you are using Kydex sheaths you can store the blades in the sheath. If you are using leather I would store the sheaths separately in another tub.
 
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I give them a polish up with Renaissance Wax. Amazon link Amazing stuff. Not cheap but I bet your knives aren't cheap either, it lasts a long time - you don't need much and it's easy to apply. I use it on sheaths, blade, scales, the lot.
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Ballistol and WD-40 work well. Tuff-Glide is a superior anti-corrosion product. Avoid storing knives in leather sheaths if corrosion is a possibility.
 
link2derek said:
Oiled and in a sheath or cardboard sleeve... never had a problem.
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This is what I do as well. Most all of them come with cardboard sleeves and I store the sheath and knife side-by-side in a drawer in my knife chest. When they first arrive, I wipe the blades down with either Tuff-Glide or Militec. That's the only time I coat them, though. The coated 1095 blades (ESEE & BK) just lay in a drawer beside their sheaths.

My user is an Essential in M4. It stays in it's sheath since I wear it most every day.
 
I keep all my carbon blades right next to the stainless blades in the toolbox. I have a Pelican case for moderns, but those are all stainless....
 
For knives I use often, I just coat them with oil (something thick) and store them in a drawer, out of their sheaths and stick some moisture absorbent product in there (my city is ridiculously humid).

For long term storage I use Ren Wax instead of oil.
 
I have some clear plastic Plano organizers (forgot the model #) with four sections capable of holding two or three fixed blade knives up to roughly 15" long in each. I separate these with thin cardboard strips to avoid metal-on-metal contact. Sheaths are in a cardboard box. Folding knives are stored in a lockbox, either in their original boxes or in Zip-Loc bags.
 
Marine Tuff-Glide. I worked around saltwater with a M4 blade. No issues.

You might look into antidessicant packets.
 
pmeisel said:
In a desk drawer --
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Ditto, been trying to see if I could get my Opinel to rust or anything from normal use and been more neglectful than any other knife I own and almost all my other knives are stainless and I don't have a spec of rust or anything. It's been at least 6months and nothing.

Than I found out that old knockoff swiss army knife I bought as a kid wasn't actually a knockoff but an Imperial knife with a carbon steel main blade. I had that thing sitting around for close to 20years with no oil or anything, and the previous owner definitely didn't care for it either with it being dull as a butter knife and no oil when I bought it. Not a spec of rust. I just found this out a few weeks ago when I found that knife in my safe.

(My own personal knives, though if I were to store a carbon steel knife I would dig up the thread someone did testing on different oils for rust prevention and decide from there.)
 
Oil them or rub them with petroleum jelly and then wrap them with handi-wrap. Then you can store them in their shealth. An effective and simple way to store carbon steel knives.:)
 
JNewell said:
Ballistol and WD-40 work well. Tuff-Glide is a superior anti-corrosion product. Avoid storing knives in leather sheaths if corrosion is a possibility.
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I strongly second the suggestion of Ballistol. Ballistol is a german made gun cleaner and oil that is perfectly fine to use on wood handles (one of the only kinds of good oil/cleaner that is actually good for wood for use on steel) You can actually directly apply ballistol to wood on firarms and knives and it wont darken or harm the wood. It will lock out all moisture. Ballistol knocks hopes products out of the park (in my opinion) It is a bit pricey buy worth every last penny. Kudos.

I use rem oil cleaner to clean my knives first, then I use Hoppes Weathergaurd to lubricate and oil them. (This will prevent rust like nothing else I have used exept ballistol) If there is a heavy patina or rust starting, hit your knife with a Metal Finishing Pad to remove it. (they can be found at most hardware stores, be careful not to dull the lines of your knives by doing this) finish with a coat of weathergaurd.

As for storage ~ Buy yourself a good plastic ammo can or box that has an airtight seal. (I have a giant black plano box) Go out and buy at least 10 grams of safe dessicant (which is silica beads, which will keep away any moisture or humidity from starting rust on steels) Get 10 grams per square foot. (at least)

If you store your knives this way, you should never see any rust on blades and you will pull them out the exact same condition that they went into your safe box. This is how I store mine personally. Some may say this is over the top, but it is how knives should be properly stored. You cant go wrong doing this, unless you are more OCD about knife care than me. (rare, but this is after all bladeforums) :thumbup:

Any more questions just shoot.
 
Inazone said:
I have some clear plastic Plano organizers (forgot the model #) with four sections capable of holding two or three fixed blade knives up to roughly 15" long in each. I separate these with thin cardboard strips to avoid metal-on-metal contact. Sheaths are in a cardboard box. Folding knives are stored in a lockbox, either in their original boxes or in Zip-Loc bags.
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Mine just go back in there boxes and put into one of my Safes and I have never had a problem.* I keep my Custom Leather Sheaths in one of the Safes also and so far I have had no problem with them either ~~ I don't oil anything in the Safes.!!
 
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