How to sterilize a knife?

[Notredame11211]

Does anyone know some ways of sterilizing a knife? I know you can boil the blade, but that might ruin it. Is there any other methods?

[JEEP]

Vipe it with alcohol and let it dry up.

[Martin]

Wipe in on your sleeve. :)

Martin

[Thumbcrusher]

Wipe in on your sleeve. :)

Martin

That's not going to work Martin - You need to spit on it first to loosen the dirt!

[Ben Casey]

Put it in a fire :)

[bigstan]

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[Martin]

That's not going to work Martin - You need to spit on it first to loosen the dirt!

:ashamed: How stupid of me to forget that. :ashamed:

Martin

[RobbC]

How does boiling it ruin it, you would need substantial heat to screw up the temper.

Robb

[Fletching]

Sacrifice a virgin mermaid with it.

...then wipe it on your sleeve. :)

Seriously though, wipe the dirt of then put some alcohol gel on it and wipe it off before oiling.

[CanadianMike]

Agreed. Water becomes steam at 100C (232F), and tempering is usually at 375F and up.............

[JEEP]

Sacrifice a virgin mermaid with it.

...then wipe it on your sleeve. :)

Seriously though, wipe the dirt of then put some alcohol gel on it and wipe it off before oiling.

But, I don't know any virgin mermaids anymore.... :wink:

[Notredame11211]

How does boiling it ruin it, you would need substantial heat to screw up the temper.



Its not the temper I'm worried about, all the metal components will expand and then contract and you will lose any epoxy adhering to the tang. Could it warp or crack though?

[Tony1948]

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[Tony1948]

I'm the same as Martin,wipe it on you'r sleeve,But befor that spit on it,that ado

[CanadianMike]

Depends, but you don't need to boil the knife for a while though, just a short period of time. BTW, why do you want to sterilize it?

[Notredame11211]

Depends, but you don't need to boil the knife for a while though, just a short period of time. BTW, why do you want to sterilize it?
I've used it to gut, butcher and skin many animals. I'm not too concerned about bacteria because at -20 nothing really grows that fast, but I just thought it might be a good idea.

[CanadianMike]

Ya, good point, thought you were talking about sterilizing so you could use it for self surgery or something like that. Lol

Should be fine with putting it in hot water for a bit, not boiling but boiled and slowly cooling. What kind of knife anyways?

[Notredame11211]

Its a Grohmann#1, It works great for processing game, and fish. I'm around saltwater a lot and it has served me well, I have found that if you rub the oil from seal blubber on the blade it will not rust.

[CanadianMike]

Good knife. I don't see any issue with using hot water to sterilize it, not even sure if there is any epoxy holding the scales to the handle as well as the rivets. Only one way to find out I suppose. Good washing and alcohol would suffice too.

[Martin]

I still say the sleeve will do fine. If you're really fussy, just make sure you use the one you don't wipe your nose in. :)

Martin