How to store fixed blade knives

[The Mastiff]

Waxing my tool steel knives is as simple as it gets. It takes about 2 minutes to do it up really pretty. It's amazing how much gunk comes out of the microgroves the first time you wax a seemingly clean knife. Cleaning, micropolishing and sealing in one go . For me and my equipment it doesn't get any better or faster or easier.

 

[Mister Coffee]

Waxing my tool steel knives is as simple as it gets. It takes about 2 minutes to do it up really pretty. It's amazing how much gunk comes out of the microgroves the first time you wax a seemingly clean knife. Cleaning, micropolishing and sealing in one go . For me and my equipment it doesn't get any better or faster or easier.

Just curious: When you want to take the knife out of storage and start using, what do you have to do?

Thanks.

 

[The Mastiff]

Just curious: When you want to take the knife out of storage and start using, what do you have to do?

I don't do anything. I"m not one to worry about wax getting in my food. Not in the quantities that would come off my knife if I was using it for food. I'd probably get more wax off a grocery store apple. I was thinking about my non kitchen knives anyways. I typically use stainless in the kitchen and don't use anything on them except soap and water.

The wax will slow down loss of sharpness from corrosion but it does nothing for loss from burrs or over thinned edges that change shape with the hours that go by after sharpening. That is a different issue.

Joe