I've got a Boker that keeps rusting. I know when I was younger once carbon knives rusted a little and turned grey they would quit rusting. This knife is staying bright and rusting. Any ideas?

Oil, and store out of sheath.

There's this magic stuff called oil....

Mineral oil

It's a pocket knife, stockman. Rusting in my pocket

wax it

or wrap the blade in paper towels soaked in vinegar.

Cold blue it

Adult diapers? maybe a keep it in a sandwich baggie

But first of all, don't post on the internet that your knife gets rusty in your pocket!

I'd do a forced patina on it. Apple cider vinegar works well.

R O F O O

(over & over)

Stop sweating.

R G B

Very interesting. I don’t take any particular xtra steps to prevent rust.
Living in the Humid South you’d think rust would be a problem ?

Truthfully, I don’t remember when I had trouble with a knife rusting. Serious.

Why do you think you are ? ?


My knives are Gerber, Buck, Camilus, Remington, Winchester, etc.

How close to the coast are you ? Salt water ?

Seems something strange to me.

Jerry

You might try using it more often.

Yep......vinegar, lemon juice, or just stick it in an onion for awhile.



His Boker is obviously high carbon steel.......I doubt that any of the knives you listed are...(maybe the Camilus???).

ultra or dura bore coat and maybe a short stint in the oven at low temp possibly? Whatever its called these days. Put in my MZ I fired about 3-4n shots in a junk TC barrel with REAL black one year and left it a year or. so. Was fuzz in the bore but never rusted at all when I cleaned it a year later. Test done on purpose and because TC thought that since the barrel would shoot 4-5 inches at 100 it was a perfectly fine barrel. Junk. LOL

I like lemon juice better, citric acid seems more controllable than acidic acid. A little heat on the metal and apply with a cotton swab or bit of paper towel.

A lot of trouble to make it look like it's been used some. For crying out loud....take it out and cut an apple or orange once in a while. Maybe a spud or two. Cut something now and then, and strop it on cardboard. Quit washing it with soap.

Stick it in cider.

A lot of that patina stuff comes from the black powder bunch. You don't want to go to a rendezvous with your knife all shiny and new. Some heat and your favorite panther piss and it looks like ol faithful has been through a couple years in the mountains.

BTW cold blue looks good but the selenium from the cold blue makes food taste bad.

Treat is with something to give it a forced patina as noted above and/or
use Gibbs on it. It will dry and block moisture very well.

My old man stored his work drill bits in a plain wood tool box. He claimed the wood worked to control moisture. I do the same. Works for me. I have a separate box for knives.

If a knife used any good penetrating oil, collector melted wax, kitchen duty's food grade grease.

Phil

Renaissance Wax. Museums use it for metal surface preservation, among other things.
Brownell's and Amazon sell it.

I oil mine now and again

Be like a viking and bathe it in the blood of your enemies!

Or use a good oil

Or get a stainless steel knife like a Swiss Army

I think you are onto something there. IIRC most of mine are some variant of S S.

He also lives in Ga. I don't know how close to the coast. Salt water would have an effect.

Jerry

Froglube
That WD40 used for long term storage
Corrosion X
Boeshield

Keep it wet with the blood of your enemies.

Renaissance Wax is amazing. Can't tell it is there, but it prevents rust for a long time.

I use it on knives, as well as firearms (wood and metal).

It is pricey per ounce, but you use VERY little, so a can will last a LONG time.
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I think I bought my little jar about 9 or 10 years ago, and I don't expect to ever need another jar -- a little does go a LONG way.

John

Won't she holler?

John

Let it rust and knock it down with Flitz.

It will patina over time. As it should.

That's an old wives tale about living near the ocean or gulf of mexico . Lived within seeing distance most of my life knives firearms etc. need no special treatment - outdoors - yep- door hardware and other metal does corrode moreso . Just saying .

For storing Riggs gun grease works well.

Sure are a lot of goofy ones above.
Put your pants on, put knife in pocket, fill pocket with molten wax, have a nice day.

I had the same problem - I carried my knife in my back pocket.

All that gas is corrosive.

Find some GIBBS.
You will never look back.