Water Hogs

[rattlesnakerocker]

I love Infi and SR101 and I love kayaking whitewater. All my Infi and SR101 are stripped because I find a peculiar beauty in polished Infi and polished SR101 so therein lies the problem. I do everything by hand so all of us who do this know how fun it is to remove the carb layer by hand . Inevitably, some carb remains and as we know carb + water =rust and after a hard day of kayaking removing rust is not fun. I've tried mineral oil, synthetic motor oil, wd 40, all seems to be washed away leaving the blades vulnerable. I've recently found a product that so far has prevented this: Birchwood Casey Barricade. There are no ingredients on the product so I don't know what it is but it seems to work as advertised with no added patina or other discoloration. Water Hogs rejoice!

P.S. I need a Chopper in the water because often routes become impassable due to fallen trees that need to be annihilated by my current Main blade the awesome BB13! Before that the fallen trees came to fear the SYKO 1111!

 

[honorearth]

Coconut oil works very well take a dish sponge (with sponge one side and brilo pad on the other) cut into 4 to six squares melt the coco oil saturate the sponges then put each into ziplock bags and bring one or 2 on your kayak trip. Then after you use your blades wipe them down with the oily sponge use the rough side if a little scrubbing is needed. Coco oil is great because it is food grade and thickens when cold or wet so it creates a good water barrier.

 

[honorearth]

Thats what I did the day I took these pictures

I also kayak alot and work outside in rain or snow with my knives

 

[StealthCaliber]

Eezox , Break free CLP, or Break Free CO "collector oil" are the best you can get to combat rust and corrosion. eezox is the best but kinda nasty though, break free is pretty neutral and is almost as good.

Here's a salt spray and outdoor corrosion test on them:

http://www.6mmbr.com/corrosiontest.html

 

[musicisevil]

+1 for coconut oil on high carbon with 100% chance of submersion. However, if applied too liberaly, it'll gunk-up inside sheaths with tight tolerances and attract debris.

 

[KXAL]

Thats what I did the day I took these pictures
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I also kayak alot and work outside in rain or snow with my knives

I always have this question in mind when I see this picture.

Would the water slip through the handle gap and cause rusting under the handle?

How to you prevent that since we cannot apply stuff over them due to the rivets?

 

[StealthCaliber]

the handles are usually rusty from the factory under the handles, and there is no epoxy or sealant in there so yes water would get in between.

 

[ragnerok]

To prevent water to get between handles (micarta), i dip them in a mixture of 50% linseed oil and 50% turpentine, one hour at least. If you use some cotton cloth to clean up, dont do that, as it can set fire by it self when laying in your garbadge bin.

 

[StealthCaliber]

does micarta hold the oil ? I mean does it dry ? I like the look of the different color micarta when wet and I usually use mineral oil for such effect but it doesn't last.

 

[ragnerok]

Good question, dont know actually, but it seems like it holds the oil, but i am sure it eventually will dry out by time. This mixture has been used for ages on wooden boats and they need new oil from time to time. The black micarta will get a tad darker using this mixture and the brown and tan will become richer in colour.