I have that exact knife. I haven’t used it much but, so far mine has No Rust at all. I took off the handle scales and put Vaseline on all the metal even the screws. When I draw it from the sheath you can see the Vaseline all over the blade. I live in the North Eastern USA. It’s very wet, cold and Humid here. Everything Rusts here, But as I said: So Far , no rust. If my knife were rusting like that I would: Sand off all the rust. Put vinegar or yellow mustard on that area to Force a Patina on the steel to protect it. Finally I would coat it in petroleum jelly ( Vaseline ). - keep us updated, I love videos of this knife. 👍🏻
That's exactly what you should do as soon as you receive the knife. I have like 12 high carbon steel knives. None have even a little rust. I just use standard drug store mineral oil. I should probably get something that will last a bit longer. However, it's surprising how well cheap mineral oil does the job. A waxy coating would be better for long term storage.
@@DDDYLN ,… exactly. Recently I’ve been running the blade edge thru hard “Gulf Wax” then using a thin coat of Vaseline on the rest of the blade for longer storage,… like 3-12 months and it’s been working great.
As others have pointed out, a carbon steel blade will rust. The bluing helps to prevent that but it is not absolute protection. I periodically coat my 1917 Frontier Bowie with Break Free and haven't had a problem with it. Also note that there is a rounded cut out on the bottom of the blade by the handguard so you can position your index finger forward of the handguard to get more control for delicate cutting tasks.
@@donjuanmckenzie4897 coatings and bluing helps steel prevent rust, but it is not a guarantee against rust, it only helps prevent rust if you take care of the knife properly. the same goes for stainless steel, it resists rust, but it is not rust proof, if you store it wet, especially if it's wet from salt water, it will rust, you have to do your part and keep the knife clean and dry, minimum.
UPDATE: My 1917 Frontier Bowie started rusting pretty bad, also. I did remove all the rust and I forced a Patina on the blade & guard. It looks pretty good now.
Yeah, you need to keep your blade oiled. Specially in England where its damp most of the time. I live in a dry climate and I don't have much of a problem with rust on my blades, but I do keep them oiled. I've also heard that Vasaline works well too.
Its something that Windlass uses to keep the blade in the sheath. I get a perfect square patch of rust on just about every Windlass sword I have in that same place your knife has it.
Try to use a thick oil on your knife blades. I live in South West Louisiana here in America. High humidity. I use 3-in-One oil on all my firearms and knives. Thin oil doesn't protect as well as thicker oil due to humidity. I rub them down once a month or after every use. It should work for you also.
Would like to own one made with the 1085 carbon steel, but it is difficult to know what one the sellers are carrying because they still have them specified as 1055 carbon steel in the US.
They come in two steel variants 1055 & 1085 do you know which steel that one is ,and the rust may have come from the sheath ,because the bluing should have prevented that rust.
No clue how or why your knife rusted where it did. Since it has a nice coat of Cold Steels black paint on it. Like others have said it is a high carbon steel blade so needs to be taken care of. When I got mine the sheath was so tight I sprayed WD-40 into it let it soak then just kept putting the knife in and drawing it. Also, the WD-40 has coated the knife. As for using this knife to chap and split wood, change the edge grind to a 24 degree flat grind on each side and you will notice a big difference ih how it chops and splits wood. Oh and the edge will hold up much better.
it is not paint it is gun bluing. A controled rust prosess. WD-40 eats upp leather and is nt good for wood. He's knife have rusted because the lack of oil and he has probably been using the choil without remowing the fingerprints,the salts and acid from hands make everything rust.
@@bushcraft_in_the_north Well about 20 years ago, when I got my first sword. I hosed down the inside of the scabbard, a leather one, with WD-40, and guess what. It did not eat the leather. Or damage the wood of the handle of the sword. Can you tell me where you got this information? I'm 60 years old and I've been using WD-40 for along time, for all sorts of things.
I have the Legacy armories Viking seax and a medieval utility knife beautiful blades..... but don't use them much in the field because they are carbon steel, and just don't like dragging their maintenance kits with me to prevent rusting
Why do people insist on doing woodwork with a Bowie? It's a weapon, not a woodworking tool. There are probably more suitable big blades out there. The Texas clip is designed to split ribs and they are front heavy, not for cutting would but for lopping arms off!
I know, these Bowie reviews drive me crazy, the knife if for killing people, this blade here will chop your head off or if a man has his fists up you can chop his hand clean off. Bowie knife is wicked
@@nobodysreview6137 why do they always do Bushcraft stuff to test Bowie knives on RU-vid? If they disembowed people and lopped off the limbs of screaming victims their next video would be about making toilet bowl prison booze.
@@deniskozlowski9370Bowie is a fighting knife, Jim Bowie made it so he could carry it, and it be like a short sword but with choping power and the bowie tip for stabing, it was specificly designed to kill people. People were geting attacked and robbed while walking down trails or traveling so he came up with it to fight them. Bowie will chop a mans head clean off, chop an arm clean off and short for close quarters combat. Everything about the knife is for fighting a human being, not wood carving or hunting or skinning an animal, it wasnt a working knife that could be used for fighting. Its only purpose was for fighting a man trying to take everything you own or kill you. When you see Bowie knives with a brass guard or brass on the back of the blade, that was to absorb impact from a sword or knife so your blade wouldnt crack or break or be jared from your hand by the impact. These videos of guys cuting wood for camping or talking like they gonna carve and skin an animal or something shows they dont know anything about the knife and makes them look stupid. Its also disrespectfull to Jim Bowie. If you asked Jim Bowie to design a skinning knife i. sure he could and it wouldnt look like a Bowie knife.
@@nobodysreview6137 I can assure you that Bowie is not a good design for a fighting knife. It's designed to be a jack of all trades master of none multi-tool. You can thrust with it but it's not as good as a rapier. You can sword fight with it but it doesn't have much reach and if someone has a longer weapon you're done for. You can conceal carry it but it's not as good as a smaller dagger that you can conceal better and get out faster and more discreetly. You can use it as a machete to chop vegetation but it's not as good as an actual machete. You can use it as an axe to cut down trees but it's not as good as an actual axe. you can use it for carving or wood shaving or fire starting but it's not as good as more specialised tools. it does a little of everything but doesn't do anything that well compared to a specialised tool. it's a space saving device so that you don't have to carry around an axe and a machete and a skinning knife and a dagger etc. if you want a fighting knife get a specialised fighting knife that has only one purpose though. If you want an all rounder camping knife that can do a little of everything get a Bowie.
the knife serves 2 reasons: First is that it is an outdoor kitchen utensil and a tool for crafting small traps and other features in the outdoors. Second, it is a combat tool for fighting large attackers such as bears, cougars, wolves, foxes, and anything that wants to harm you. You complain that it is not sensible for bushcrafting, but you are wrong, because it is meant to protect you and do crafting at the same time. Go to the convenience store and buy a small knife to support this knife
You can't expect a high carbon steel knife not to rust, no matter how dry its kept. Judging by your accent, you don't live in a very dry climate. EVERY carbon steel blade should be kept oiled at all times. As soon as you purchase it, oil it! The blueing of the 1085 steel slows the rust, it doesn't negate it. In addition, there's never a coating on the edge of the blade. Even if the coated part of the blade doesn't rust, the edge will!
high carbon steel rusts, has nothing to do with quality control and everything to do with user control, keep it oiled and you will have no problems. My only complaint with this knife is its lack of a lanyard attachment point, IMHO all large knives must have one for safety and the lack of one has stopped me from buying it. I instead bought a 1849 Rifleman's Knife, and it is magnificent. It rusts too if you don't oil it up.....
in my opinion the lack of a lanyard hole is a bonus, it's not necessary and it's harder to find a knife without one, than it is to find one with it. you are spoiled for choice if you like lanyard holes
@@Murtagh653 the point is with a lanyard hole you simply don't have to add a lanyard if that's your preference, if a hole isn't there you don't have the option. I wonder why EVERY competition knife (comp chopper) requires a lanyard?
@@waveman0 it spoils the looks for me. wonder no more, we are in the age of the nanny state, you cannot tie your shoes without tripping over regulations these days. no more common sense, or awareness of your own limits.
@@waveman0 one rather ridiculous example, is that i can go for a swim in a river, no lifejacket, and i am not breaking the law, but if i take a kayak in that same river, i am breaking the law if i don't wear a lifejacket and can (will) be fined if i am caught without one.
the b igger the blade the more easy it is to featherstick with it, do a YT search if you dont understand how, or make it sharper or use the choil if that helps you, but there is other ways. But you have to learn how to use a knife first, then a large knife. A scandi is not the best at it, try a convex edge.