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DanaM:
About all you can do is keep a little light oil on it :)
madcrow:
You can use very high grit sandpaper (400 - 1000) to buff the surface rust off, or you can use a dremel tool with a buffing wheel and some polishing compound to get rid of it. One trick that seems to work for oiling is to hold the blade against a 100 watt light bulb and warm it up. Then rub in some mineral oil, 3 in 1, WD-40. The oil seems to soak into the steel better if the blade is warm. Whenever you use the knife, or are showing it off and letting people handle it, wash and dry it and oil it. Do not store it in a leather sheath in between uses. The leather just soaks the oil off the blade and it will rust in the sheath. I have steel blanks in my building that have been there for a year or more that have not rusted yet.
Stoker:
Thanks for all the info. I work construction and old blades lay everywhere. Can I use my wood stove for the heating? It should be ok as long as I watch the temp. I take it that the same princaples stand for broadheads. Thanks again Leroy
madcrow:
Never tried a wood stove, but with a good bed of coals, it may work. You may have to rig up a hair dryer to a piece of pipe to give it an extra boost. If the blades are carbide tipped, you will need to test the blade to see if it will harden. Heat it red hot in the coals, dunk it in a bucket of water, put it in a wise and hit one of the teeth with a hammer. If it breaks, the steel has hardened. If it bends over, it did not harden and probably won't. If it did harden, let it cool, draw the pattern and have at it. You may have to anneal to cut it if it is too hard. Just heat it red hot again and let it cool on its own.
Stoker:
I'll have to give it a try soon as I get my shop back in order.Wife thought it was a good idea to move,maybe she was right I now have mule deer in my yard Thanks Leroy
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