I’m usually pretty good about keeping my knife blades clean after use. I got a little careless and left a thin bit of debris on my CRKT Squid D2 knife blade. It was on there for probably about 8 hours. When I cleaned off the blade, I noticed there were some stains. Yep, it’s real D2 alright. There had begun some surface level oxidation. Using a scrubbie didn’t get it off. I had to resort to using some silver polish with a paper towel. A bit of scrubbing for a minute or two—stains are now gone.
I’d seen a few other techniques when searching around. I’d avoid using steel wool as that will scratch the steel somewhat, which can ruin a polished or stone washed treatment. Naval jelly is supposed to be a good method. Also a polishing compound like simichrome.
Anyone else use some other techniques to easily remove rust stains from a D2 blade?
On my non Stainless knives, I usually will coat the blade in froglube and let it sit for a while before wiping it off, seems to give some protection to the metal later during use, if the knife will sit or be stored I coat it in wd40 specialist corrosion inhibitor.
Sounds like Flitz is the popular solution. Will be getting some. The silver polish worked and so far the stains are not returning but it did require a few passes to finally clean them off.
Hey TD, I’d never heard of brass wool before. Sounds interesting & will make a point of picking up some — thanks!
Froglube sounds interesting, PT. I wonder if it’s anything like naval jelly? I do liked the idea of being proactive & putting on some kind of coating periodically to reduce staining of D2 blades.
I don’t think that frog lube is very similar to the naval jelly.
Frog lube is a bio based product and it’s food safe.
It’s sold as a eco friendly gun cleaner and lube
Coke, Pepsi, and a few other sodas do in fact contain phosphoric acid. It makes them more acidic than what you’d get from just the dissolved carbon dioxide in plain seltzer.
You already know that I loved the SRM 7228, you have it reviewed both on my blog and on my YouTube channel, but I always thought that I would love to have the same model in a larger size.
Well, it was time for the review of this SRM model, which is quite popular for its appearance :sisi1:, I’m always attracted to “clip point” and “tanto”:.
Honestly, I just leave the stain on there. I don’t consider myself a knife collector though I do have more knives than I care to mention. My knives just like my guns, tools, flashlights etc…. Get the living hell beat out of them. The function of all of those tools are flawless but I don’t get bothered by a superficial blemish’s. It’s not to say I don’t care about them or care for them but, they are all tools first and everything else second.
well, sort of similar….flashlights and knives especially.
with guns, walnut stocks deserve attention, and the bore
gets some too, but in general, tools; like you said.
I’d just worry about that stain “anchoring” itself for rust to return faster. I don’t mind a little extra effort to keep the blade clean. And for one a blade that will get a lot of moisture exposure, I’d pick S35VN.