Rust in Case Trapper

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I have a Case Trapper that I bought new in August and it has rust on the inside part of the backspring. The rest of the knife is perfect, but inside there it's fairly rusty. I beleive the knife had it on there when I bought it, but I didn't relize it at the time and purchased it while on vacation so I couldn't return it. Is this fairly common or not? Is there something that can be done to get rid of it, or do I just have to live with it. Thanks.
 
If this is a user I'd say routine cleaning and live with it. I carry a Case yellow handled trapper with CV steel blades and I have the same problem. I use some gun oil and a small pick and clean it a few times a month. I have seen this on a lot of knives. A freind of mine gave me a 7 dot Case whittler and it was perfect unused in every way but it had some small spots on the inside of the liner. I Cleaned it in the some way,got it looking good and put it in the safe. I check all of my old pocket knives once or twice a month to make sure this don't happen. I've had the whittler for several months now and no more rust has occured. If you are collecting this knife,clean it and keep an eye on it. With good care it shouldn't get any worse. I'm sure there are better way but this works for me.


Dean
 
I have a strang suggestion for you. Take a q-tip cut it in half, peel some of the cotten off. next take it and put it in a dremel and dip jewelers rouge, or brasso on the tip. buff the inside out. it may not remove all of it, but it will remove alot.

you could send it back to case, but chances are they wont do much to it. They tend to disclaim rust as being natural (and it can be if you do not take care of it, or sometimes you get unlucky and receive one that is) and dont warranty it. I would try the dremel 1st as if this is a knife thats used over time it will show some wear anyway. A little maintenence can go a long way!! It a shame it happened to you. If you feel strongly send it back!!!
 
Here's an unorthodox yet efficient way to deal with that issue.

1) take some tough cardboard(not corrugated, just the really thick paper) and cut 2" diameter "doughnuts". cut three or four of them, and the inside hole should be just wide enough to let a small bolt through (1/8")
2) get a little bolt and nut, the bolt being small enough to hold in a dremel tool, with the threads goin all the way to the head
3) bolt the doughnuts together
4) clamp the assembly in the dremel tool. You have a little circular saw made out of cardboard, which, when charged with green rouge will remove rust from the backspring in a heartbeat.
 
excellent suggestions, thanks. I used a butter knife wrapped in a old cotton tshirt with just a little bit of semichrome on there and it worked ok. But I think using the dremel with cardboard could probably get it a little better. I'm going to have to try that when it gets back (sent to G2 for a custom leather belt sheath for it)

Thanks.
 
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