Good vid. Buy that wet/dry sandpaper in 8x10 sheets from your home improvement store, not those little pieces from the auto parts store. You get 10 times more for half the money. Also 0000 steel wool if you wanna make the knife purdy again :)

"Make him cry." lmao, savage, love it.

@samrichmond2940

3 ай бұрын

Makes me wish he was my dad! Finally a man who doesn’t care about the wimpy kid feelings of today’s youth. Love he will teach his kid real skills and not just let them live on a device all day as a make shift babysitter.

Holy crap Batman. Dan did it again. Yes, Robin, he managed to cram a whole bunch of great tips into one short to the point cover all the bases production. Very well done, Sir.

Great video good tips! Wd40 and steel wool does wonders.

useful info for the people like me that love to restore old, antique or vintage tools. nice vid!

@kalilay

3 ай бұрын

people like you who restore old, vintage or antique tools dont know sandpaper can remove rust from steel?

I love to see videos where you don't have to go to the local auto shop to get something done. Like using pebbles or sand to get the rust off in water.

Living on a very corrosive salt water estuary (Firth of Forth), I had to clean up a knife I'd left unattended in a box a few years ago. I did just what you did there, but afterwards, I left it in a bath of hot vegetable oil for an hour or so. Worked a treat. Estuaries like this can also "fur" up your ferro rod. Thanks for the video.

Thank you so much for sharing your expertise with us. I live off grid with no AC on Lake Champlain. Very humid. I keep 400, 1000, 3000 grit automotive sandpaper for stopping. I am going to grab som 800 for the rust blooms. I am going to get an air tight storage bin for my knives & tools. Throw in some large moisture absorbing packets and should be good to go.

Nice job. You are right, a knife is a tool, and I do like my tools.

Dan, I always use "Flitz" polish on a patch of soft leather (so as to not slice my fingers). After it is cleaned, I apply a light coating of Murray"s Beeswax (available @ Dollar General Stores). This ha worked well for me for years. Food for thought

@jasonedwardledburynewzeala9897

3 ай бұрын

Great safety tip.😝👊 i was thinking of how many people would cut themselves accidentally doing this method. 👏👏👏

Tip from all my kitchen knife work/repairs... use the green scrubby, a splash of water, and some baking soda! works wonders! Also great for get burnt gunk off the bottom of pans, and getting crust out of cast iron pans.!

for more consistent sand lines on the bevel use a file with your sand paper wrapped around it. It is much easier and you can get a very clean bevel and you do not round your apex.

@dannyleonidas4328

3 ай бұрын

Round file or flat file?

Evapo-rust cleaner!

I bet hundreds of heads exploded! Correct - knives are tools and yes you should take great care of your tools but not to the point where you never use them just in case! Great video, thank you.

A bit for nerds. All of those are iron oxides, just a bit different, with different mechanical properties. That red rust is usually Fe2O3. It's very pourous and not nice for tools. It can be mechanically removed just like in this clip. "Patina" is Fe3O4. It looks black (ok, it is black when there is a lot of it). It is more difficult to remove and it looks very nice on tools. It can be also created by heating metal to a certain temperature. Tempering a tool will leave that oxide layer on top. Diefferent colours will indicate how deep the oxidation went and it is also an indication of a temperature. Different depth of oxidation will reflect different wavelengtst of light. That's why blacksmiths can use those oxide colours to determine the tempering level of a tool. There are many more "rust" types. Iron is a very interesting element 😊

Thank you so much for all your tips and ideas Dan. Best regards from Germany.

Use a block too. Especially around the bevel. I found that freehand gradually rounds the shoulder of the bevel.

Dan , Thanks for sharing this great tip and trick on taking care of your knives and cutting tools. Thanks Again for All You Do and Hard Work.

LOL. Make him cry... 🤣 Training in the rain is good practice! 😎

I have restored a couple of cast iron skillets and dutch ovens. Some of the techniques I use are to use 50/50 white vinegar or white vinegar and baking soda or course sea salt and leather, depending on how bad the rust is built up. Would any of these work on carbon steel?

your intro music sounds like john cena and john wick are about to have an epic battle then you talk about stuff like sleeping on a pile of leaves in the woods. love the vids though

My knifes are hard used and dirty but thankfully not rusty. As long as there sharp I dont think about it,until now so this is a great tip if needed. Its so awesome how Jax is so into getting out and training, a well raised young man. Thank you for all you do Dan. Another awesome video as always brother. Nice hat by the way 😊. 👍💪

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Always informative info Dan👍 only i keep my carbon blades from rusting is vinegar & im in salt area of florida ...great info ,👍👍👍👍👍

I totally disagree with your comment about people being FOS if their go-to knife is clean. My go-to knives are spotless because they are used all the time and looked after. The knives that aren't used are the ones that get rust.

I use rust eraser from Japan, then whetstone.

Excellent video, thanks Dan

Hey Dan I've found that using a 0000 steel wool with WD-40will remove most rust and not scratch the surface of the blade. It'll leave a nice finish on the blade too.

My friend gave me a knife. It had so much rust on it i did not even know it was damascus steel. No makers mark. I know nothing about it. But it is a 4" blade. I cleaned it up and it was my go to bushcraft/edc knife kn my hip for 3 years. Great little blade. I have just been trying a scandinavian grind the past 6 months or so. But its still a great knife. A little light sanding. And stropping. (Stropping is a great way to remove slight surface marks or inperfections.) I even folded a paper towel soaked in vinager around it to bring out the damascus pattern. Took only about 7 min FYI. But yea. Love that knife. :) i enjoy maintaining my tools. Gives me something to do when im stuck in the house and can not get out to enjoy the outdoors.

I always clean my knifes and oil them with ballistol. In that way, they are also safe for cutting food. This oil is used in the foodindustrie.

Thanks Dan. Good demonstration 😊

I'm a philistine, if the green scrub pad doesn't take it off then I use a fiber wheel on an angle grinder. Not an agressive one. If you don't have one and you have a dremel then hou can get small fiber ones for it as well as buffing wheels. A lot of guys cut their fiber wheel for dremel out of the large automotive pads and glue them on. You can do the same for roloc wheels which I prefer but takes to much setup for the air tool I have. Even my 60+ year old butcher knives only have a dull gray "patina" that with some compound would be shinier than new. Deep rust that causes pits needs to be sanded smooth or those pits will always rust. Still a little mineral oil rom the drugstore which is food safe will protect them. You might even have it already for wood cutting boards.

Love your content.

I would never use sandpaper because it removes some of the metal and I don't like that. I use soft and hard brass and steel brushes instead and it gives a more rustic look which I like better. Thanks for the video 💖

great tutorial

Aluminum foil does wonders too

Finally someone says it... forced patina is silly

A bench grinder wire wheel is fast😁😁; a Dremel (wire wheel) is second, and then I have from Amazon a Japanese-made Sabitori Rust Eraser that works well in smaller rust types.

Hey Dan hi again from Arkansas. Another way to take rust off of your blade is to soak it in Apple cider vinegar for a few hours. It'll give the blade a nice gray patina finish.

Every day ready for the walk, the woods, survival, edc, max stay, get home, and end times. Maybe some military cause you need to leave.

Good info.

Have you ever tried olive oil and 4/0 steel wool? It works great on blued guns without hurting the blueing. Any oil will work it’s just for lubrication

naval jelly works really good on rust also

It might be easier to use a chemical like Naval Jelly to dissolve the rust and rinse with water. Then buff the blade with metal polish by hand, resharpen the edge, and immediately apply BreakFree CLP to prevent new rust.

You should just send that knife to me so I can take proper care of it from now on!

Forced patina can work GREAT to ward off rust…I do a deep patina with vinegar on all my carbon steel knives and it makes it MUCH more difficult for rust to form.

Think I would’ve stopped at the green pad, losing the patina was hurting me lol. Btw for a good natural patina I’ve heard it’s best to cut “cooked” meats(produces the “blue-ish” color ppl like, fruits/veggies make more of a yellow patina).

You make knives? Do you sell them on your site? In a future video, can you go into the differences between patinas and rust and the intercession between the two. I have an axe I'm kinda iffy on, and I'm not exactly sure what I'm doing.

The only thing I can add is that I would have used a little oil with that 800 grit sandpaper - using it dry seems to scratch it a bit more in my opinion

I have a patina

Not only will you have to sharpen the edge, but you may have to sharpen the spine. Pro tip: the 800 is great for getting rid of rust, 400 is great for sharpening the spine

What is a good oil to use after cleaning a food prep/skinning knife?

@dannyappleby703

3 ай бұрын

I use food safe mineral oil that is used to treat wood cutting boards for my kitchen knives. Boos Block Mystery Oil.

I highly recommend bar keepers friend. 1.65$ for an 8 oz can. Any grocery store will have it in the detergent section. And a bottle of hopps #9 from the olde reliable counter. I'd be more worried about scratching the finish on that wooden handle. Looks like tung oil?

I've often used some oil in combination with the green brillo or sandpaper - good idea or bad?

Yep, it's a tool!

I've often used some oil in combination with the green brillo or sand paper - good idea or not so much?

Hey, Dan! Are there any animal fats that help to protect knife blades?

To remove rust i soak steel in vinegar for a few hrs

Hello Dan, thanks a lot for this video, which as usual, was very educative. May I ask you why you advice against forced patina? Sorry for my ignorance... Thanks in advance for your help. Have a nice day! Sebastien Vallieres

"Put some Windex." -My Big Fat Geek Dad

@ReaperDawg102

3 ай бұрын

Wedding 😂

@debraallen63

3 ай бұрын

LOL 😂😂

Ace tips

4:04 Scotch Brite pads. 5:28 "Restrictive" = aggressive.

Nice ticks, now that I know how to handle the "grain", I can clean my knives faster and rougher. Since I didn't want to mess up my blades, I just used that Felt you used too and lots of hours

I’ve got stainless steel. Where I live if I get anything other than stainless in a matter of days it gets rusted. I gave up on my car tools because almost every week it had to be cleaned and oiled

As a side hack try some aluminum foil that you just wad up into a loose ball. And if you pull the aluminum foil off the roast that just come out of the oven it won't cost you anything.

@benjaminmack7567

3 ай бұрын

I was going to suggest that, the aluminium neutralises the rust because it's more reactive than the steel

@johnovanic9560

3 ай бұрын

Didn't think about it as neutralizing the rust. I've just used it to clean up old gun parts it's really good on Shining up an old shotgun barrel both inside and out ​@@benjaminmack7567

If my carbon steel kitchen knives rust, I go straight to steel wool and baking soda, with a little soapy water. I heat dry them and then put on oil. I've been told they can be seasoned like pans, but I've never tried.

How did you know I was a total idiot and found one of my knifes rusty? You have ESP. Thank you. Good advice.

I've always had good luck with "flitz" metal polish. Also can use 0000 steel wool if it's really bad...

Nice video. What knife is that?

@jasonedwardledburynewzeala9897

3 ай бұрын

His own. It has the coal cracker mark on it

Good evening from Syracuse NY brother

Are you familiar with the pencil trick for little spots of rust?

If you use your knife for cooking, should you use some type of cooking oil?

Please may I get one of those coal create patch. Please.

I have a sickness I buy knives in two one for use and one to admire it’s more expensive than drugs

Scotchbrite pad or wheel.

Use mustard. Organic store bought mustard.

@dommyboysmith

3 ай бұрын

Yes! 100% yes. I use mustard in lines or swirls then wrap in paper towels and pour over a bit of vinegar to give a "camo", "zebra" or other pattern to my knives. Clean it all off and let it dry good. Did one years ago with a wood handle, probably my favorite looking knife.

@dommyboysmith

3 ай бұрын

Did mine with ghetto supermarket mustard. Works great

@mr.zardoz3344

3 ай бұрын

Your knife still loves you.

QUESTION: Why do you specify wet-dry sandpaper if you are not wetting it? Common sandpaper would do the job. Frankly, I would have added a few drops of oil to the area that I’m sanding. I’m curious. Courtesy of Half Vast Flying

Or you throw it on a wire wheel or scotchbrite wheel back at the shop. 😉

I start a new knife’s journey by stabbing an onion, a lemon, or a potato to start the natural patina. A good patina helps prevent rust.

I earn my patina honestly. I don't distress clothing either

I cut a plum once with a skinning knife. It changed the steel to blue. My friend said, I can restore that. I said, nah, I like that patina

You can take a cue from the gunsmithing world and turn a rusted knife into a happy accident. Knock off the excess rust with your green scrubby, then boil in distilled water, converting the red iron oxide into black iron oxide. Presto: Rust Bluing that will help prevent further rusting. Depending on your handle material, you should probably remove the handle scales. On a badly rusted knife, that's a good idea anyway because you likely have rust under the scales.

been using knives for a while, and I have no patina or whatever you are talking about. Maybe its a Pennsylvania thing.

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I always carry a little vaseline to use after my knife has been used and cleaned...the Gurkhas in the British army swear by it

Double-0 steel wool kept wet with solvent will take of 99% of rust.

@elliottscott6179

3 ай бұрын

I use the 000 on motorcycle exhausts for rust to finish.

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If you want patina, use your tool to slice an apple. Eat healthier, with a better patina

People who deliberately add patinas to knives are the same folk who buy the best ski wear and only ski half an hour a day, buy a 4x4 but live in the city, or wear army gear to pretend they were in Iraq. It's basically the tool equivalent of "stolen valour." I do not respect them. They're Sunday woodsmen.

dont buy a cheap knife. some 3V. S45vn. S30V. doesnt rust easy.

Video starts at 5:25

If you have so many lives that you let one of them get this rusty, you've got too many knives.

Very long video on how to clean a little rust overkill

Don't hate on a rusty knife...LOL it's all about the patina.

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Too much fussing... Just use your wife's electric toothbrush with some fine grit compound. It'll look awesome.

This is taking way too long. I could have already brought it back by now. The knife that is.