*What is the most corrosion resistant steel?*

well, i can't really answer the most stain resistant steel, but i've heard good things about boker's new x-15. also very cheap steels tend to be very resistant to corrosion, because they have less carbon. AUS-6 is an example of this.

hope this helped,

Pete
 
There are diving knives made out of some long-named (numbered?) steel that I can't remember. Way more stainless than even AUS-6.
 
Maybe the answer's too easy, but wouldn't 440A or even 420J2 be pretty rust-resistant? I think it's common to make dive knives out of 440A, for instance.
 
Reading Joe's Steel FAQ is one of those things I've been "gonna do" for months. Just scanned it now for the 420 reference. Makes it easy to understand the choice of handle material for the EDC and Paragee.
 
CPM 440V, of all the steels I have, this one from Spyderco has resisted rust like nothing else I have ever seen!

Please note I am not infering that Spyderco invented or makes this steel, just my CPM 440V knives are all Spyderco knives. I know where this steel came from.;)
 
The only knife that I have really put through the corrosion test is the SAK. Not sure what they use, but it is extremely corrosion resistant. I had one which was used in salt water and then lost for about 10 years. Couldn't open it at first, but after applying a lot of WD40, it works fine and there wasn't a spot of rust on it.
 
Hi Rogue. In our testing with "Q Fog", The cobalt based metals were rust free. That would be Talonite, Boye Dendritic Cobalt and Stellite. They are not steel.

The best steel that we tested I don't want to mention yet because we are still testing edge retention and it is a little known steel.

440C was the next best we tested as long as it was heat treated properly.

I'ved hear good things about nitrogen steels like X15tn. We've not had an opportunity to test this steel in "Q Fog" yet.

sal
 
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