Kama Kote is a compound which has been specifically designed to prevent the corrosion of hook points, particularly those which have been sharpened. Once you remove the outer metallic coating from a hook point – by sharpening it or by removing the protective wax that we use on the Kamakura range – it can quickly become tarnished or begin to corrode as it oxidises or is exposed to the chemicals which occur in water, and this will take that ultra-sharp edge away. To prevent that happening, dip your hook point in Kama Kote, which is both odourless and transparent in water, and isn’t petroleum based (unlike Vaseline).