Never said, nor implied, that knife rolls are the cause of celluloid outgassing. However the materials used in the making of some knife rolls can have negative effects on knives. I have experienced it first hand and unfortunately still have the damaged knives.kootenay joe wrote: ↑Tue Dec 01, 2020 5:57 am I doubt that knife rolls are a cause of cell out gassing. I think the problem is that when knives are stored in a knife roll you cannot see what is going on with the knives until you open up the roll. If you only open up your knife rolls every few months a knife might have off gassed greatly and you've missed the early signs before other knives got affected.
kj
The offending roll had no celluloid knives in it at the time. However the nickel silver components of several knives that had been stored in the roll were damaged (corroded/pitted). If you read the post I referenced and others here on the subject you’ll see that my bad experience with storing knives in a knife roll is not an isolated incident.
I agree with the rest of your post. The moral of the story is, don’t store knives in knife rolls long term.
Ken