Reeves, Debbie (Debbie) wrote: > > Ralph - > > I have had my River Shorty for a least 2 years and the only times it has > come out of its sheath was while doing rescues. On each rescue day it only > came out once, so considering I probably was rescuer/rescuee 30 or more > times each day, that's pretty good. I have never used it on the shoreline, > but I do take it out and rinse it after every saltwater trip (but it is > still rusting). > > Debs That sounds like an okay record regarding how well it holds in the sheath. BTW, they all rust no matter what the claims about being stainless steel and no matter how much you rinse with fresh water. Maybe it is the high salinity of the saltwater in places around here. I have noticed that I get more rust when paddling in shallow areas of Long Island Sound like City Island or Great South Bay on Long Island's South Shore than I do in the harbor which has fresh water flow from the Hudson. I don't rinse mine, and, of course, it rusts. The rust has not at all been on the blade, just in the handle area. All I watch is that the rust not get in the way of the flexible stainless steel clamp part of the knife that holds it in its sheath. Every year or so, I use WD 40 to break up the rust and rub the most persistent rust areas with fine sand paper. ralph diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Oct 20 1999 - 11:17:06 PDT
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