Reuse vci paper?

[HappyamateurDK]

Hi all.

I just received a new knife in aogami steel.

The maker shipped it wrapped in vci paper. The vendor have given it a final sharpening before sending it to me. So the vci paper have bin removed and put on again a few times.

I will have to store the knife for a few months now. Would it be okay to reuse the vci paper again. Just store the knife dry in the box wrapped in the vci paper? Or can I expect the knife to rust?

Thanks in advance

 

[sansho]

i think it should be fine to reuse.

 

[adam92]

Hi all.

I just received a new knife in aogami steel.

The maker shipped it wrapped in vci paper. The vendor have given it a final sharpening before sending it to me. So the vci paper have bin removed and put on again a few times.

I will have to store the knife for a few months now. Would it be okay to reuse the vci paper again. Just store the knife dry in the box wrapped in the vci paper? Or can I expect the knife to rust?

Thanks in advance

Putting the knife into vci paper can prevent rust, even the city you living humidity is high. But always better to took it out every once a while to check it.

 

[M1k3]

VCI paper has a life to it. 2-3 years if kept tightly sealed in plastic. Not sure if exposed to air. Maybe 6 months?

 

[Bensbites]

VCI paper has a life to it. 2-3 years if kept tightly sealed in plastic. Not sure if exposed to air. Maybe 6 months?

this. I buy new paper every 2 yrs.

 

[Heckel7302]

this. I buy new paper every 2 yrs.

That’s what I’ve read. Two years. Of course no telling how old the VCI paper is from the maker. If OP is really worried, it’s not expensive. I got a pack of 20 sheets from eBay for like $5.

 

[riba]

https://www.theruststore.com/VCI-Paper-FAQs-W143.aspx

 

[Mikeadunne]

has anybody lined their sayas with vci paper? or would that open up the potential for extra moisture to be trapped inside?

 

[Moooza]

Really shouldn't store in a saya - much more possibility of rust

 

[Mikeadunne]

I'm not really talking long term storage here. It's just sometimes I may go a month or two without using a particular knife in my rotation.

 

[Dzbiq]

I also have an (aogami super) knife and when not used it doesn't rust, but very slowly gets patina, so if your climate isn't extremaly humid it should be fine.