Tonight I just started a corrosion test on two Victorinox SAK's...
subject #1 is one of my "Frankenstiened" Signature Lites, it's the one i pulled the scales off of and swapped them with my Minichamp, the Minichamp now has the Ruby scales that were previously on the Signature Lite, and the SL has the MC's plain red Celidor scales
I also put in one of my hacked Bantams, I rounded off the tip and droned the blade, to make a "My First Victorinox" for my nephew once he shows enough responsibility to own a knife, for now, it's the second knife in my 2 knife corrosion test
the testing chamber is a 2.5 gallon glass aquarium with glass top, it's filled with approx. 40 Oz of seawater from York Harbor Beach, Maine, and there's a "bubblewall" spraybar creating a highly corrosive saltwater spray
this is the same test chamber I used in my Spyderco Pacific Salt and Salt 1 tests, neither Salt series showed any sign of corrosion, however other knives in with the Pacific didn't fare so well....
a cheapo Sheffield Hawkbill from Home Despot showed signs of corrosion in ONE HOUR, and was out of the running at 6 hours, a cheapo butterfly knife lasted 24 hours before failing....
it's a nasty, nasty environment for *any* knife (except perhaps for H-1 steel based knives....), it'll be interesting to see how long it takes before rust appears....
test started at 11:00 PM EST....
subject #1 is one of my "Frankenstiened" Signature Lites, it's the one i pulled the scales off of and swapped them with my Minichamp, the Minichamp now has the Ruby scales that were previously on the Signature Lite, and the SL has the MC's plain red Celidor scales
I also put in one of my hacked Bantams, I rounded off the tip and droned the blade, to make a "My First Victorinox" for my nephew once he shows enough responsibility to own a knife, for now, it's the second knife in my 2 knife corrosion test
the testing chamber is a 2.5 gallon glass aquarium with glass top, it's filled with approx. 40 Oz of seawater from York Harbor Beach, Maine, and there's a "bubblewall" spraybar creating a highly corrosive saltwater spray
this is the same test chamber I used in my Spyderco Pacific Salt and Salt 1 tests, neither Salt series showed any sign of corrosion, however other knives in with the Pacific didn't fare so well....
a cheapo Sheffield Hawkbill from Home Despot showed signs of corrosion in ONE HOUR, and was out of the running at 6 hours, a cheapo butterfly knife lasted 24 hours before failing....
it's a nasty, nasty environment for *any* knife (except perhaps for H-1 steel based knives....), it'll be interesting to see how long it takes before rust appears....
test started at 11:00 PM EST....
