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Okay, so my blade rusted! What the hell!
Er. Okay, the cat is out of the bag. Let me explain. I (me, myself, and I) let my blade rust. A little. It has since been cleaned up.
I make this more of a PSA. Spyderco made me a fine folder in the endura 4 zdp blade that I put in my edc. But it's been about 100 degrees here for a few months, I carry this blade in my rotation. I tend to consider myself meticulous in sharpening a blade, and pretty good in maintaining one. (I'm still learning and improving)
I had a topic in the general maintenance section about a similar issue with my kershaw bump. Trying to evaluate the steel. A tool is only as good as its user, and I need some serious work on remembering to oil my blade. Don't get complacent in thinking that your blade will always be there where you need it, and carry it not using it every day. Then expect it to not develop some rust if you haven't been treating it right.
If you use a blade like this in EDC, oil it often. This was my mistake. The rust has been removed from mine, and I'm tying a piece of string to my finger.
Lots of blades here are great, but know their limitations.
Yeah, that's a provocative title... I know. No one reads a PSA without the threat of a flame war >
If it helps, the ZDP 189 is awesome stuff. Holds a great edge at a smaller angle (ANGLE IS WHERE YOU SEE THE PERFORMANCE DIFFERENCE PEOPLE!!!) and is generally amazing stuff. I do not for a moment regret buying this knife.
That is all.
Er. Okay, the cat is out of the bag. Let me explain. I (me, myself, and I) let my blade rust. A little. It has since been cleaned up.
I make this more of a PSA. Spyderco made me a fine folder in the endura 4 zdp blade that I put in my edc. But it's been about 100 degrees here for a few months, I carry this blade in my rotation. I tend to consider myself meticulous in sharpening a blade, and pretty good in maintaining one. (I'm still learning and improving)
I had a topic in the general maintenance section about a similar issue with my kershaw bump. Trying to evaluate the steel. A tool is only as good as its user, and I need some serious work on remembering to oil my blade. Don't get complacent in thinking that your blade will always be there where you need it, and carry it not using it every day. Then expect it to not develop some rust if you haven't been treating it right.
If you use a blade like this in EDC, oil it often. This was my mistake. The rust has been removed from mine, and I'm tying a piece of string to my finger.
Lots of blades here are great, but know their limitations.
Yeah, that's a provocative title... I know. No one reads a PSA without the threat of a flame war >
If it helps, the ZDP 189 is awesome stuff. Holds a great edge at a smaller angle (ANGLE IS WHERE YOU SEE THE PERFORMANCE DIFFERENCE PEOPLE!!!) and is generally amazing stuff. I do not for a moment regret buying this knife.
That is all.
It's been 100° plus 20 of the last 35 days here and the M4 Military in my back pocket hasn't rusted even without being oiled. Maybe the 10% humidity here helps with that. 
