VG10 vs S35vn corrosion resistance?

Being stainless doesn't mean it won't rust. The only steel that ive never seen rust yet is LC200N, H1 and other variations that use nitrogen instead of high carbon.

In any case... It's possible that it wasn't cleaned and dried well enough. But also possible it's not vg10. It's more than likely the heat treatment. I'm not going to say it's a bad heat treatment tho. They may have chose to maximize edge retention over stainless properties. But I dunno. Maybe they just used a different piece of steel on mistake.

It's possible it's just really humid in your drawer. Do you have a humidity meter you could put next to your knife to verify?

Contact Kizer or just keep it oiled.
 
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It's interesting to note the original intent of the term stainless. I quoted more of this article in another thread:

In June 1914 Brearley met a cutlery manager named Ernest Stuart, of the cutlers Robert F. Mosley, whose persistence rivaled his own. Brearley and Stuart had gone to school under the same headmaster. Stuart doubted that a rustless steel existed but recognized that such a thing would be worth bothering about. He bothered by testing a piece in vinegar, after which he reportedly said, “This steel stains less.” Stuart was the one who first called it stainless.
 
Thanks everyone for getting back to me with your thoughts/experiences. I really appreciate it :thumbsup:
It definitely shouldn't be a clone as I purchased it from a reputable Australian dealer. So perhaps it has a faulty HT..
I will probably send it to Kizer for analysis
 
If it's a real VG 10 steel knife than the blade has something corrosive on it that hasn't been removed yet. VG 10 is great at resisting corrosion. We have all seen or heard of knives that weren't what they are supposed to be. One or the other is the OP's problem. It wouldn't be the first time a chinese vendor has told the knife company ordering it whatever they wanted to hear while delivering whatever they wanted to. Why do you think companies like Spyderco have labs that can identify steel and basic things like hardness, corrosion resistance and grain structure of the steel. If you don't have that capability and actually use it you have no idea what you really have. CRKT found that out along with some people who are members here. Buyer beware.

Joe
 
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