While sunflower olive or canola oil may play their part in this maintenance process we all know that cooking oils tend to leave behind a sticky residue.
High carbon steel knife care.
For other knives light machine oil like that used for sharpening is suitable or any of the above listed cooking oils.
This video was made on behalf of my clients and others looking for information on how to properly use care for and maintain their carbon steel knives.
Also it is more likely to rust as it has low resistance to it.
Although at a much slower rate.
Oiling is an essential part of learning how to take care of carbon steel knives.
For culinary knives olive vegetable canola or sunflower oil is fine.
Some experts recommend using cooking oil.
Reason so many professional chef s prefer high carbon.
If you have high carbon steel knives like 8 percent carbon and up they get really reactive to rust.
To prevent this keep your knife as clean and dry as possible after use and apply a light coating of oil periodically.
For customers who would like to try the benefits of a high carbon steel blade but are worried about corrosion we recommend trying a knife with a laminated blade that features a high carbon steel blade core and outer cladding layers of either soft stainless steel or beautiful stainless damascus steel.
There is a difference between a patina and rust.
All knives need to be cleaned and all moisture wiped off before they are stored.
Simply wipe off the moisture when it gets wet.
The only down side to high carbon steel is that it will rust if you do not take care of it.
By doing this you can protect the blades against corrosion and rust.
Pettersson says knowing the makeup of your knife is the best way to know how delicately you need to treat it.
Carbon steel is susceptible to the destructive force that is rust.
This is the key to taking care of a carbon steel blade.
A carbon steel knife is a lot of time used for combat and for hunting.
That means wiping down your knife while you cook.
Although a lot of it can be avoided if you care about your knife properly.
Dun dun dunnnnnn but do not fret this isn t the end of the world.
This is a non stainless carbon steel knife made from high carbon steel.
Do not expect your shiny new carbon steel blade to stay shiny.
It takes a little bit more care than a stainless knife but in the end if you care for it right it will earn its keep well past your lifetime.
It may seem tedious at first but it will keep your blade from rusting.
Some oil can be poured into your sheath or knife block and then poured out again creating.
Knives made of carbon steel tend to keep an edge much longer than their standard stainless steel counterparts.
You will notice that those knives have a really high amount of carbon.
Carbon blades are known for ease in sharpening and edge retention.
One of the most important steps in taking care of your carbon steel is keeping the blade clean.