Water, micarta and sharpening questions.

[nc527]

Will my new rat 6 be good for use around water: IE- Kayaking and wasing entire knife after say, cleaning a deer? I would always wipe clean when done of course. How long does it take for rust to form? Also, are the micarta slabs and liners watertight? will I need to take them off if the knife is submerged?

PS: I lashed an old folding knife sheath to the front of my kydex. I am gonna put a small 3blade slipjoin and a smallsharpening stone for touch ups. I cant find one localy. Does anyone have a small stone they could send me around? preferrebly a fine stone, about 1 or 2 inchs long, width doesnt matter.

 

[lsheldon]

You can get some Arkansas pocket stones on the bay cheaply, just search for "pocket arkansas stone".

 

[shotgunner11]

I'm under the impression that the area under the scales will be OK due to the blade coating. As far as washing is concerned, I wash mine down regularly with no ill effect.

I keep a small peice of rag saturated in oil in an altoids tin with me when I'm in the bush and I wipe the blade down with it regularly to fend off rust, but it's really not that big of a problem in the first place.

 

[10Beers]

Moisture (creek water) in normal use doesn't pose a problem for me. A pantleg wipe down and back into the sheath has served well enough for any outings to date. I usually wipe things down once back at home to a clean state, but never had any rust issues so far.

I'd think that salt-water would be the only situation to have any real concerns with. I'm in Missouri so ocean outings are a bit off my beaten path.