Great vid! Good info and some classic tools. Old hickory and Rinaldi/white oak go well together! I like these RustEraser stones, an old butcher mate gave me one years ago, it lives in the centre console of the work truck and gets used often to clean up knives, machetes, axes, loppers, and secateurs. With frequent use you can get a near mirror polish on convex edges. Good stuff👍👍 Nice work on that Nessmuk too, with that more prominent hump it reminds me of a Canadian belt knife cross with a Victorinox Lamb skinner, in a bushcrafty version. Awesome!
I have similar products in coarse, medium, and fine that I picked up years ago at Sears. They work well for anything I have tried them on, especially for rust. I have used mine with lighter fluid as well, and they didn't soften up. As far as deglazing diamond stones, I haven't tried them. I only have plated stones, not sintered, and I clean those with Bar Keeper's Friend and/or Mr. Clean Magic Erasers. I always enjoy your content; I really like the ""coticule" sharpening stone you recommended.
Thank you! A set is a great idea, also great tip on bar keepers friend for de glazing I need to start doing that. The coticule is such a nice stone glad you like it i sure like mine
I have a set of three called the Wonderbar Rust Erase. Comes in fine, medium and course grits. They're a rubber type product with grit mixed into it. They work super well for lighter surface rust and grime. I have also seen them listed online by other marketing names. A quick online search will yield plenty of purchasing options. Lodge Cast Iron makes the Lodge Rust Erase, made to erase small spots of surface rust from cast iron cookware, which it does nicely. so i bought a second one for the shop. it is great for the light surface rust spots that develop on any tool. Happy Holidays, and thanks for another good video. Best regards.
That’s awesome! I’ll look into those sets. I have cast iron that gets a rust spot every now and then and it would be nice to have a set for tools and a set for cookware. Happy holidays to you too!
Interesting video packed with information. I have a story of Germany vs Japan in the tool arena I will share with you in the future...vision of the past makes the future look promising...
Alright so I thought about this and here’s my response to that question. I think they would both get the job done, I’ve used fine sandpaper for rust removal quite a bit over the years. But comparing the two I would imagine the rust eraser is the cheaper option overtime. I don’t have much use for 2,000 grit sandpaper and the wet/dry variety runs me $10, and never seems to last as long as I want it to. I don’t have any use for 2,000 grit outside of rust removal too, so remembering to buy it is tough when I run out. The other difference is this rust remover doesn’t affect the patina at all. It removes rust and that’s it. The sandpaper can remove too much metal which leaves bright spots and evidence it was used. I tend to theorize that the bare metal is MORE susceptible to rust next time too, whereas the rust eraser would leave some of that patina on that helps make rust harder to form again. Finally, I really like that the case is reusable so the eraser doesn’t get clogged. I have a dusty shop and am always finding that my sandpaper is clogged, especially the finer stuff. Not a dealbreaker but it’s harder to keep dust off 2,000 sandpaper than the rust eraser with its case. I wouldn’t say anybody is very going either way! But for me the eraser has some advantages.
That (minali)? Axe head on that handle looked really nice. Looked it up right away, must be your handle. Shit if u sold it like that and shipped, i'de buy
It’s an excellent purchase at $53 right now on Amazon. Might be even cheaper through retailers directly. I’ve got a link in my description. I really like it on a longer handle, but I think if I made another handle it would be 24 versus 28 I carved for it. I’ve thought about carving some handles for it, I split a bunch of handle blanks a year or so ago on the channel and they’re really nice to use for handle stock
Great vid! Good info and some classic tools. Old hickory and Rinaldi/white oak go well together! I like these RustEraser stones, an old butcher mate gave me one years ago, it lives in the centre console of the work truck and gets used often to clean up knives, machetes, axes, loppers, and secateurs. With frequent use you can get a near mirror polish on convex edges. Good stuff👍👍
Nice work on that Nessmuk too, with that more prominent hump it reminds me of a Canadian belt knife cross with a Victorinox Lamb skinner, in a bushcrafty version. Awesome!
Looks like a useful product! Have a great Christmas mate!
I’m getting some good use out of it! Merry Christmas to you too! Thanks for keeping in touch
Perfect! I forgot about these! Just ordered using your link!
So awesome thank you!
I have similar products in coarse, medium, and fine that I picked up years ago at Sears. They work well for anything I have tried them on, especially for rust. I have used mine with lighter fluid as well, and they didn't soften up.
As far as deglazing diamond stones, I haven't tried them. I only have plated stones, not sintered, and I clean those with Bar Keeper's Friend and/or Mr. Clean Magic Erasers.
I always enjoy your content; I really like the ""coticule" sharpening stone you recommended.
Thank you! A set is a great idea, also great tip on bar keepers friend for de glazing I need to start doing that. The coticule is such a nice stone glad you like it i sure like mine
Vlad to hear it too Mr Dennis! Happy Christmas to you and your family!
Great product! If I remember right, I even used it to erase some doodles my son made on the wall, haha!
That’s an awesome idea! With three boys virtually all our walls are decorated…
That’s neat!
I have had good luck with scotchbrite & wd40
That’s a great combo! Super cost effective too
I have a set of three called the Wonderbar Rust Erase. Comes in fine, medium and course grits. They're a rubber type product with grit mixed into it. They work super well for lighter surface rust and grime. I have also seen them listed online by other marketing names. A quick online search will yield plenty of purchasing options.
Lodge Cast Iron makes the Lodge Rust Erase, made to erase small spots of surface rust from cast iron cookware, which it does nicely. so i bought a second one for the shop. it is great for the light surface rust spots that develop on any tool.
Happy Holidays, and thanks for another good video. Best regards.
That’s awesome! I’ll look into those sets. I have cast iron that gets a rust spot every now and then and it would be nice to have a set for tools and a set for cookware.
Happy holidays to you too!
Interesting video packed with information. I have a story of Germany vs Japan in the tool arena I will share with you in the future...vision of the past makes the future look promising...
I’m excited to hear that! Merry Christmas to you and your family Mr. Brian!
@urbanlumberjack Same to you and yours sir...
I Hope you’ll share it at large! Happy Christmas Mr Brian! God bless
@emmanuel.belanger oh yes it looks as if I must...Merry Christmas Emmanuel...
how many axes do you own u think??!
I’ve never counted! I want to do a video showing all of them. Maybe 50?
My only question would be what does this rust remover do that 2000 and 3000 grit wet sand paper wouldn't?
Alright so I thought about this and here’s my response to that question.
I think they would both get the job done, I’ve used fine sandpaper for rust removal quite a bit over the years. But comparing the two I would imagine the rust eraser is the cheaper option overtime. I don’t have much use for 2,000 grit sandpaper and the wet/dry variety runs me $10, and never seems to last as long as I want it to. I don’t have any use for 2,000 grit outside of rust removal too, so remembering to buy it is tough when I run out.
The other difference is this rust remover doesn’t affect the patina at all. It removes rust and that’s it. The sandpaper can remove too much metal which leaves bright spots and evidence it was used. I tend to theorize that the bare metal is MORE susceptible to rust next time too, whereas the rust eraser would leave some of that patina on that helps make rust harder to form again.
Finally, I really like that the case is reusable so the eraser doesn’t get clogged. I have a dusty shop and am always finding that my sandpaper is clogged, especially the finer stuff. Not a dealbreaker but it’s harder to keep dust off 2,000 sandpaper than the rust eraser with its case.
I wouldn’t say anybody is very going either way! But for me the eraser has some advantages.
That (minali)? Axe head on that handle looked really nice. Looked it up right away, must be your handle. Shit if u sold it like that and shipped, i'de buy
It’s an excellent purchase at $53 right now on Amazon. Might be even cheaper through retailers directly. I’ve got a link in my description.
I really like it on a longer handle, but I think if I made another handle it would be 24 versus 28 I carved for it.
I’ve thought about carving some handles for it, I split a bunch of handle blanks a year or so ago on the channel and they’re really nice to use for handle stock