New knife, need help

[REK Knives]

My guess is that the oil wore off during the cutting you were doing... Try something that you heat up and let soak into the pores of the metal, like frog lube. Otherwise you will just have to keep it oiled regularly.

 

[facewizard13]

You shouldn't be using a knife with a chemical coating to cut food either. If a small piece of that coating makes into someone's dinner, you might be getting into some kind of serious trouble. I've seen a lot of butchering and most people used a knife that was old school 1095 with a nice dark patina. Beef has a lot of blood, and blood has a lot of salt and that is what gives you rust. If you are in a controlled environment, you might consider a dedicated butcher knife that is NSF certified. Also, consider something with a thin blade. You might want to search for dedicated butcher knives, I wouldn't be too confident in a butcher using a bushcrafting knife to cut meat I am buying at a store. Save the ESEE for your days off. Get something for your job that will perform, and that meets health codes.

I use victorinox butcher knives for all of my work. the only time that i would use this knife to cut meat is if i have no other knife within arms reach at the time to cut 1 steak or cube a chicken breast

 

[jbmonkey]

tuf cloth is the wrong product for food use...they even say this on their website....

"Can I use my TUF-CLOTH treated knife to cut food?
If you plan to cut food with a TUF-CLOTH treated blade, we suggest that
you wash or wipe the blade first, and then reapply when
convenient. "

they also say it's non-toxic, but being non-toxic doesn't mean it's good for you either. regardless of dangerous or not..... if they say wipe it off and use when done at a later time, safe or not goes out the window in the regard of you can't use it to do the work per their instructions.

i'd pick a different product or knife. your call though.

 

[EChoil]

I'd never thought about any of this much, but ya know....

...as much Teflon, T-Fal, Cuisinart "Premium Non-Stick Interior" and whatever "Pam" is as I've ingested over the years I guess I SHOULD be a little more concerned about my intake of Tuff-Cloth juice and Flitz.

'Merica, man.