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DLC has no corrosion resistance properties ? Who told you that ?? I have a bike with DLC coated front fork tube ...quess what ? No rust after several years ? I do not have a knife with DLC but I have HSS knive with TiN coating ....no way that will ever rust ...
I read that information on Bladeforums (the hyperlinked thread in my post) and then read some company product descriptions of their DLC coatings to verify. I have not found any information indicating that DLC provides corrosion resistance. If you find different info, I'd be glad to know about it.
In contrast to your fork example, I own many things which are not rusty and do not have a DLC coating. Correlation does not necessarily indicate causation.
The point of my post was that I purchased a knife once thinking that it had a protective coating and it turned out that it had a decorative coating. I posted because I was disappointed when I discovered that, and maybe by mentioning it, the information could save somebody else confusion or disappointment in the future.