Newbie Blade Cleaning Question

[4 Ranges]

I need your expert advice guys!

I carry a crkt kff pro on me pretty much on a daily basis. It rests in my right pants pocket.

Once, after hard-training (I train JKD, vale tudo, savate, bjj, etc.), and I changed into my street clothes, after about 30 minutes I pulled out the kff pro...and noticed light-brown spots running up and down the blade. It didn't look like rust to me, but I'm not sure what they are.

I was so disturbed by it that I stopped carrying my pro, and carried my regular kff. Lo and behold, same thing happened to that!

My theory is that the blade reacted to some of the sweat that had been slightly absorbed by my jeans, hence the stains.

How do I remove these stains, and make my blade look clean and new again?

Thanks in advance guys!

 

[Esav Benyamin]

I got a few tubes of some stuff called Metal Glo, it's just like Noxon. It may even be the same formula, going by the smell Works fine on any surface corrosion or discoloration. I would clean it off real good if I were going to use the knife on food afterwards, though.

Once you have cleaned the spots off, get a Tuff Cloth. Just rub the blade down with it every now and again, and it will stop that spotting. Or the easy way, and safe for food knives, too -- get food grade mineral oil from your pharmacy. Smear a tiny bit on the blade with your fingers and work it aroudn. Not a bad idea letting some work into the pivot, too.

 

[rev_jch]

you can use metal glo, fltz, or brasso. Just use a clean cotton cloth, works best this way. The bead blasted blades on crkt knives are quite prone to rust. Bead blasting, or sand blasting creates small "pockets" which can trap moisture causing corrosion (rust, ect.). This can happen on any bead blasted, or sand blasted blade, regardless of the make, but with theirs (columbia river) the aus-6 blades tend to be more prone.
If it gets deeper into the metal you can use any one of these polishes and a buffing wheel on a dremel to get in deeper. Be forewarned though, by doing this, or polishing hard by hand, you will take the finish out (a little, or more depending on how you do it).

tuf-glide is good to use for protection, rennasainse wax works well also.