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Will my damascus steel knife rust?

I bought a damascus steel knife. It will be used for display. Nothing like hunting/skinning. If It is just sitting around, will it rust? (assuming that it isn’t getting wet) Thanks for the help.

Modern damascus steel is as usual made using pattern welding. In other words, several layers of different steels. Depending on the stain resistance of the alloys in it overall rust resistance will vary. As usual though, they are quite rust resistant.
Damascuss steel section in the knife steel faq might help – http://www.zknives.com/knives/articles/knifesteelfaq.shtml
Whether it will rust or not depends on humidity in your area and steel’s own stainlessness.
Although, if it’s just for the display chances are very little, unless humidity in your area is close to tropical rain-forest.
Natural oils do prevent rust, but they degrade with time. You’ll be much better off using tuf-cloth or something similar. I’ve had plain carbon steel knives protected with Tuf-cloth for years, no sign of rust.

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