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“Rust-proof” with routine care, that is…. nothing I know of will prevent steel from rusting some when put away wet in warm weather, especially when covered with sweaty, salty fingerprints. 

If your tools are used indoors and live in a heated shop, you might not benefit much from this other than a good way to hide rust staining that won’t buff off.  If your tools live and work in wet, open boat sheds, however, then these methods may be of some benefit.

I’ve been looking for one of these large hand gouges or slick gouges for a long time to compliment my heirloom 3” slick.  When a good bit of stock requires removal to fit two large timbers together, the gouge works like a scrub plane to remove high spots and set the depth of the cut, to be smoothed afterwards using the slick.