best steel for around salt water?

Kaizen1 said:
Being the authority on such a subject, I'll have to take your word for it. This would mean that Spyderco is guilty of false advertising. They specifically say that "H1 will not rust."

Due to this claim and the fact that I've never seen any cases where H1 has shown any signs of rusting, I'd still be interested in the link to the thread where the H1 rusted.
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Soaking it in acid isn't exactly standard use. :rolleyes:
 
Josh K said:
Soaking it in acid isn't exactly standard use. :rolleyes:
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What's your point? It doesn't say on Spyderco's website that "H1 will not rust under standard use." It only says that it "will not rust" period. End of story.

I'm interested in the vinegar idea. We had 2 posts from guys that said that they used vinegar. One said that it passed and the other said that it failed. I didn't see any confirmation that H1 rusted from the guy who claimed that it failed from anyone else.
 
Kaizen1 said:
What's your point? It doesn't say on Spyderco's website that "H1 will not rust under standard use." It only says that it "will not rust" period. End of story.

I'm interested in the vinegar idea. We had 2 posts from guys that said that they used vinegar. One said that it passed and the other said that it failed. I didn't see any confirmation that H1 rusted from the guy who claimed that it failed from anyone else.
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Plenty of people have tested their H1 knives, read those two threads I linked to. Perhaps it would then be covered under the warranty if you managed to get it to rust.
 
I just set up my HD video camera and have a bottle of concentrated vinegar. Please someone send me a knife =)

As backup I have car battery acid and 36% hydrochloric acid. I really want to see what H1 could handle, and promise to repair the knife after it's done.
 
H1 probably has lower - energy redox potentials compared to other stainless steels, and has, how shall we say... Lesser "batterizing" potential (I like to imagine corrosion in terms of how a battery delivers its charge).

Using a weak to strong acid, however, changes these potentials and thus the time required for "batterizing."

It will corrode in a salt medium, eventually. That's a given. It probably just takes much longer than most.

It's a great steel, and quite a metallurgical achievement for marine environments...

Not quite sure why you guys would want to dunk a perfectly fine blade in acid.
 
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