Purchasing my first blade and in need of guidance.

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realistically, if you will only be storing it; drop a few drops of oil per side, wipe with cloth until blade is covered. Then wipe off excess. If you use it and it comes into contact with moisture (plant matter, zombie flesh etc) be sure to wipe it off, reapply thin coat and you should be good.
 
A light coating of oil is all you need (a few drops per side). Wipe the knives off about every 6 months if you store them in an air conditioned home. For display, wax works well. I use Renaissance wax on firearms, but any carnauba based wax works well. It doesn't take much.
 
Yeah... beers, cigarettes, swearing, cutting shi*t, killing zombies, rocknroll... yeah!!

Its like the Cold Steel Marketing Team, Green Day and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, all had a baby and that baby crapped.

Seriously, I believe the tool operator and the tool maker share a special bond. I would never want any kind of bond or connection with these guys, no matter how the "tools" perform.

My .02
 
I don't know the khukri looked pretty cool, not many people making khukris with a more modern design and all.
 
Death132 said:
I hate the marketing. But that's what it is. It's all marketing to appeal to a certain crowd.
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And that "certain crowd" appears to be you.

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For people unsure of the quality and want to see tests. Here is a video of them torture testing one of their blades trying to break it.
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Now you are kinda sounding like a shill. In my opinion. If you are...you aren't a good one. :)
 
tueller said:
Its like the Cold Steel Marketing Team, Green Day and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, all had a baby and that baby crapped.
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I LOL'd! Brilliant stuff! :thumbup:
 
archieblue said:
WELCOME to the forums & a fantastic hobby! You can use ANY oil that does not go rancid. Personally I would recommend olive oil but that's because I regularly use my knives on food. It works perfectly. Rem-oil for storage. If you plan on handling the thing a bunch make the coating VERY light... just a mild discoloration, not necessarily a "coat." DO NOT pull it in and out of the sheath very much if you don't want scratches!
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Olive oil will become rancid over time or if left in a hot environment. Mineral oil is a better choice for food safe knives.
 
Found the ignore button. Some of you can feel free to continue acting like ignorant elitists with not an ounce of maturity if you'd like. I won't be seeing any more of it.

And again I'd like to thank the people actually contributing to the discussion.
 
"Sometimes theres a reason for that. I will stick to my HI's."

I'm a traditionalist too when it comes to Khukris, have a nice NKH example but I am underwhelmed with the handle comfort.
 
The Vakra looks pretty cool. Welcome to the addiction. There is no cure. Even lack of money does not help:mad:

To each their own.

Who's the dude swiggin the Kessler whiskey? Now that's some quality hooch right there.

Have fun.
 
"working through a tough chunk of wood or the sinews of a unicorn." - in regards to "The Felon"

You know it's a serious blade when nonexistent creatures are involved...

To learn how to care for a carbon steel blade, you could have bought a case peanut and saved yourself 420 bucks...
 
How serious of a threat can rust be to a blade? I know it's a big deal, but is it something to freak out about if it happens to a blade? How badly can it damage the blade?
 
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A little rust is not a threat. However if it gets out of hand it tends to get out of hand in places where water is traped like at the edge of the scale. Rust that sits and grows too long starts to pit the metal...and if that pitting gets out of hand, and bunches up let's say along a straight line...like the end of a scale...theoretically that blade gets a thin spot. This is pretty hypothetical as it would take a very long time for such a thing to weaken a blade...unless it were in very bad conditions like in a salt water fishing boat tackle box, stored aboard. Just wipe 'er down with a little oil every once in a while and you'll never have any rust issues.

Dude, I'm trying to contribute and bring you into the fold. Don't lash out. Knives get a bad rap from the uninitiated and a lot of folks are working very hard to fight back. "Vakra" is one thing (that's their Kukri). "Felon"...that's just a plain stupid name for a big knife...stupid marketing...why not just call it the "Alamo Special" or something. "Felon"...epic fail there.
 
Death132 said:
How serious of a threat can rust be to a blade? I know it's a big deal, but is it something to freak out about if it happens to a blade? How badly can it damage the blade?
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For a normal knife it's no big deal. In fact many go out of their way to force a patina (oxidation) on their knives.

But for that knife, it will make the knife notice when you hit bone. It also makes the knife less potentially violent. Also you will no longer ooze badassery by just holding it....you will leak assery by just holding it.

That's the risk you run if you don't keep a light coat of oil on it.
 
Death132 said:
Found the ignore button. Some of you can feel free to continue acting like ignorant elitists with not an ounce of maturity if you'd like. I won't be seeing any more of it.

And again I'd like to thank the people actually contributing to the discussion.
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Look at my $450 1st knife I bought. How do I take care of it ? here is a link on how to care for it..........Even your name sounds like a gimmick.
 
Here's a piece of advice- Don't put any stock into "tourture testing" that manufacturers do with their own products. After all, the manufacturer has a vested interest in making their products appear to be tough. What they won't show in those videos are any knives that broke really quickly. And there's always the possibility that the knives they show being tested in their videos have been made speacial just for the video. Don't assume that your knife will perform the same as a knife in a "tourture" video.

Sometimes the knife-business isn't just knife-business, sometimes it's show-business.
 
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