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Would the same essentially be said for vanax super clean?Last I checked it was nearly eight times more expensive to acquire in North America than AEB-L. One of the reasons I moved away from it.
LC200N was developed for space applications, where performance requirements are extreme and the cost of failure ridiculously high. So you are paying for that level of performance. You are also paying for it being a low usage alloy. Not many people need the specific performance that it gives. You could call it a "Boutique steel" .8x? Wow!
I guess you'd really need/want the stainlessness to go for it.
I like AEBL a lot. But I also haven't found it very stainless (I guess HT also affects this)
Man that's cool. What a facinating steel. Similarly specialized to Vanax by the sound of it.LC200N was developed for space applications, where performance requirements are extreme and the cost of failure ridiculously high. So you are paying for that level of performance. You are also paying for it being a low usage alloy. Not many people need the specific performance that it gives. You could call it a "Boutique steel" .
What are you doing that AEBL is corroding?
I live a couple of miles from the beach, have dozens of knives in various stainless steels, and have not had any corrosion issues on any of them.
I guess HT also affects this
Oh sorry I mean AEBLAccording to my research, LC200N stainlessness is independent of its heat treatment, and entirely dependent on its alloy composition.
I have only had it twice from one maker but it was corroding along the tang where the handle is.
Oh sorry I mean AEBL
That's rightOkay so the LC200N knife is not rusting at the handle, it's AEB-L?
Yes it does.One possibility comes to mind, which is galvanic corrosion due to possible contaminant particles of a foreign alloy.
If it actually is acidic skin oils, you might try
This is very possible because this particular maker also works with 3VStainless steel is "stainless" because of a tightly adhering oxide layer which is only a couple of atoms thick. The layer prevents oxygen and water from contacting the iron. If the layer gets contaminated, it becomes an imperfect barrier and corrosion can occur. This can occur if tools and abrasives which have been used on non-stainless steels are subsequently used on stainless steel. Non-stainless particles can become embedded in the stainless steel surface. If they do, they create a pathway for moisture/oxygen.
I was wondering. Is this AI? Did someone drug my drink? Why are Knerfang and Mavid Dary moving in colorful slow motion?