Rust Prevention

[buckman]

What is best for rust protection for my hunting knives? It must be non-toxic because I will use the knives to cut food products etc. The knives are stored for several months without being used. Thanks in advance. Bob

 

[redratsnake]

how about a light coat of vegetable oil ?



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[cpirtle]

If you are a gourmet you can use Olive Oil for a little more zip.

sorry..... I've used cooking oils for years on knives used for food and it works well.

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[Alberta Ed]

Mineral oil (a.k.a. laxative) works great. Is also cheap. Find it in your local drugstore/supermarket.

 

[Bugs3x]

I probably shouldn't write this, because I have no sense of smell -- BUT, I would think that you might try to use something light-scented. I think whatever oil you use will permeate leather sheaths, and potentially cause an odor. Doubt there'd be much problem with Kydex/Concealex.


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[The General]

Peanut oil works well.

Or that special stuff used for wok cooking.

Bit on the light side for me though.

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[Walt Welch]

Use the 'search' button and search for 'rust prevention. You will find six threads on this topic, which has been covered extensively in the past. Walt

 

[HJK]

Some people advocate the use of Tuff Cloth or its more robust cousin, Marine Tuff cloth. It has a smell but supposedly is not toxic once there is evaporation. Some like Renaissance Wax. I've used all three and combinations thereof. I don't get great results with any of them, but some do.
Olive oil etc is also good but they can go rancid and have to be reapplied from time to time.
There is no perfect solution. Coated knives are a little better. Coated Infi is about as good as you'll get in a high carbon knife.
My solution for high corrosion environments is Talonite or Stellite



[This message has been edited by HJK (edited 04-05-2001).]

 

[bill boyd]

use whatever you want to. just wash them off before you go hunting. duh.

 

[SALTY]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Alberta Ed:
Mineral oil (a.k.a. laxative) works great. Is also cheap. Find it in your local drugstore/supermarket. </font>

Ed hit it on the head. Olive, peanut, vegetable and the like will go rancid over time. I have found mineral oil to be the best in your specified application. If you care to disenfect (de-tox) after storage and prioir to contact with food, Marine Tuff Cloth or motor oil would be my choice.

 

[Steve-O]

Use and storage are apples and oranges.

 

[Jeff/1911]

I was pleased to find this thread. I just got my new bead blasted CRKT M-16 and was concerned about corrosion and staining of the blade from food cutting activites. I'm going to go out and get some mineral oil tomorrow. Thanks, Jeff/1911.

 

[rogue_spear]

Does Break Free CLP work better than marine tuff cloth?

 

[Commodorefirst]

In my personal tests breakfree was superior to the marine tuffcloth for long term rust prevention on nails in a salt/water environment.