Day Six Broadheads Rusting

[Roosterstraw]

Anyone else have problems with their Day Six broadheads rusting? I switched over from Ironwill uner the premise that these heads don’t rust. Well after about a week in the woods they’re starting to rust.

 

[robtattoo]

Who knew steel would corrode in a damp environment? *shrugs

That won't affect their performance in any way, shape or form.
Clean em up, then rub chapstick on the cutting edges.
It's been working forever.

 

[Roosterstraw]

Who knew steel would corrode in a damp environment? *shrugs

That won't affect their preformed in any way, shape or form.
Clean em up, then rub chapstick on the cutting edges.
It's been working forever.

Straight from the owner

“Our heads are 100% American made from premium American tool steel and will not rust.

Bryan Broderick
Day Six Gear
307-287-1151”

 

[Billy Goat]

I'd consider that more staining than rusting honestly.

I'd guess it's the same thing, but it's way better than how my SS gun barrels look.

I haven't noticed anything much on mine in 3 years now.

 

[nphunter]

Anyone else have problems with their Day Six broadheads rusting? I switched over from Ironwill uner the premise that these heads don’t rust. Well after about a week in the woods they’re starting to rust.

I'm not sure I would say they are rusting. I shot a solid legend head at an elk and found it 3 years later, it had a few small spots like that but they cleaned right up and looked like new after sitting several winters. I'm pretty sure you leave an IW in the woods for 3 years and it would become part of the forest. If you put those in the same quiver that your prevous heads were in that could just be rusty iron from the other heads that was left behind as well.

 

[ODB]

Who knew steel would corrode in a damp environment? *shrugs

That won't affect their preformed in any way, shape or form.
Clean em up, then rub chapstick on the cutting edges.
It's been working forever.

100%. Been using chapstick like that a long time.

 

[def90]

Yes, those red dots on stainless are rust but it's usually due to a surface contaminant and not the stainless itself. Probably some refuse off of the sharpening stone or something else. Clean them up good and they will be fine.

 

[Idagnome]

As others have said cleaning that off than putting some protectant will prevent that. I work in knife industry and use a lot of s35vn and s30v. Think of stainless as a spectrum, on one end you have a basic table knife that you could soak in a bucket overnight. But if you sharpened it, it wouldn't stay sharp for long. On the other end, you have premium stainless steels (there are many) you can’t leave them wet but they will hold their edge and not deform as they’re penetrating an animal. IW are using tool steels which can have higher hardness but at a significant compromise to stain resistance/rusting. I’d put a day six on my arrow over a butter knife broadhead any day.