corks make nice blade protectors

[bill#1]

Yes the holidays are upon us and if you or any of your relatives "pop" the old style wooden corks save them ..they make good blade protectors if you have no others
Bill#1

[pallin]

Yes, and the plastic corks work too - or heavy tubing.

[Old Scout]

I heard somewhere that real cork has enough grit in it that will dull blades. Maybe the new artificial corks may be better. Take 2 pieces of basswood about 1"x3"x3/8" relieve the thickness of the full knife blade in one piece, glue the other piece to the one you cut out. Now you have a blank to carve whatever & have a unique knife protector!! This was in an old issue of WC mag.

[Dicky]

I used recycled wine corks once. The acid in the wine had penetrated the corks and pitted my blades. I wouldn't blame the steel though, they happened to be Pfiel knives. I agree with Old Scout that the synthetics may be better.

[Rob Wilson]

Don't use "used" wine corks. The residue wine in the cork will pit your carving blade. Just buy new corks and use them only for the knives.

[Wildbirdcarver]

Since the wine in the cork will pit steel in the knife blade, I wonder what it will do to our stomach. Something to think about.