Nathan the Machinist
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Nathan somewhere I read that you said your special treatment of 3v makes it more stain resistant. Also I seem to recall you referring to Aeb-l as semi - stainless. How much difference is there between them with your treatment regarding stain resistance?
A side effect of keeping the carbon in the martensite (where it belongs) is it doesn't react with all the chrome, leaving much of that chrome free. This wasn't the purpose of the Delta protocol but it is a welcome side effect.
AEBL is not the most stainless SS but it does have the best edge stability. While it is more stainless than even Delta 3V, it isn't truly stainless. Nothing really is, but it's on the low end of stainlessness for the stainless steels.