Will Power
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My knife rolls are 100% synthetics with padding, they don't appear to instigate verdigris so it might well be that all natural slips of leather are likely to trigger it eventually . It's just too much brass....especially with carbon steel it seems.
Keep the knives wiped down with a cloth and remove the verdigris from pins with a matchstick. Mineral-oil was mooted earlier, when I first landed here it seemed to be worshipped uncritically with people more or less mandating soaking knives in the stuff, especially Stag....After a while people began to think again due to unwelcome results and experienced restorers such as
Bill DeShivs
stressed it was actually harmful to Stag to subject it to prolonged soaking-it softens it and worsens pith, this too might encourage verdigris. Wiping down with it is perfectly OK but soaking, no. I used to use Coconut Oil on handles, it looks very nice on woods, moistures it but after a few months I clearly found it was promoting the green slime like mad especially on light bone & brass liners. I'm no chemist so I've no idea why but likely hand acids/oils, humidity levels and the dyes used in leathers must play a role.
Keep the knives wiped down with a cloth and remove the verdigris from pins with a matchstick. Mineral-oil was mooted earlier, when I first landed here it seemed to be worshipped uncritically with people more or less mandating soaking knives in the stuff, especially Stag....After a while people began to think again due to unwelcome results and experienced restorers such as
Bill DeShivs
stressed it was actually harmful to Stag to subject it to prolonged soaking-it softens it and worsens pith, this too might encourage verdigris. Wiping down with it is perfectly OK but soaking, no. I used to use Coconut Oil on handles, it looks very nice on woods, moistures it but after a few months I clearly found it was promoting the green slime like mad especially on light bone & brass liners. I'm no chemist so I've no idea why but likely hand acids/oils, humidity levels and the dyes used in leathers must play a role.