Is petroleum jelly good protection for O-1 steel?

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I just picked up a CS Trail Master and it has a thick coat of something on the blade. I like the thickness of whatever it is, so I was wondering if it might be petroleum jelly.
 
It may be. I have used many oils on my 01 blades and if you use them they will turn black. I think mineral oil is about as good as any and using a polish to remove the black. That steel takes a nice fine edge. It's just hard to keep clean. DM
 
just for a few days' worth of protection. i live in a hot humid place and my chrome vanadium and 1095 blades have become pitted because i left them too long with a layer of PJ.

a daily wipe down with just dry cloth will keep the most rust-prone steel shiny. however, you notice the first wipe is a bit sticky. that's patina starting to form. so daily wiping somehow makes you lose some metal. my formula is oiling for only a few days, followed by a wipe.
 
I use petroleum jelly on all of my knives, and frequently put it on my carbon/tool steels. It makes a superb rust proof layer, is dirt cheap, and can be used for more than knives (don't let you minds drift into the gutters) unlike most all blade treatments. I used it on a katana to no I'll effects, and if the layer put on is adequate I haven't had a single knife rust when stored. My larger tub that I bought (name brand) for $4 has already been used for my machete at least dozen times, my katana at least 5 times, and (counting each knife coating separately) at least 200 knife coatings. The tub isn't even down half yet.
 
I second this. I have a local version that also uses lanolin as the active ingredient and it is BY FAR the best thing I have ever used to protect carbon steels. It is sold at marine supply stores usually.

Sadden said:
I use fluid film , a little bit goes a long way.
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XB said:
I just picked up a CS Trail Master and it has a thick coat of something on the blade. I like the thickness of whatever it is, so I was wondering if it might be petroleum jelly.
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you might want to try the tuff cloth. it puts a barrier on the blade to protect it from rust. the US navy seals use it.
 
richard thurman said:
you might want to try the tuff cloth. it puts a barrier on the blade to protect it from rust. the US navy seals use it.
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You know, I, thought the same, but my Kimura was spotting pretty badly after less than a week when I wiped it down with tuff cloth.
 
dkb45 said:
You know, I, thought the same, but my Kimura was spotting pretty badly after less than a week when I wiped it down with tuff cloth.
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A very long time ago I had a bunch of swords made in Pakistan and had a very big rust problem. The tuff cloth solved all of my problems. No more rust. I wonder why you had your problems. I also didn’t get any spots on them too.
 
richard thurman said:
A very long time ago I had a bunch of swords made in Pakistan and had a very big rust problem. The tuff cloth solved all of my problems. No more rust. I wonder why you had your problems. I also didn’t get any spots on them too.
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I wound up getting 3 tuff cloths, they all did the same. I figured that it was surely just that one, but it seems that tuff cloth just isn't good for me.
 
I bought a bunch of them. I never had a bad one. did you buy the tuff cloth or the marine tuff cloth?? they make 2 different ones.
 
Marine. It is supposed to provide better corrosion resistance. It provided none, and comes off if you look at it funny. I'm not expecting rustoleum, but I would figure it would be just a little better than oil.
 
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