ZDP and rust

spyken

spyken

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does anyone have any experience to share? I have been EDC-ing my Calypso CF ZDP for the past 3 months, and I must say it is the only Spyderco that I've owned that rusts very very easily. There are light rust/corrosion spots (surface, not pitting) on the spine of the blade after I go through a 7-8 hour hike, or if I clip it to my shorts and go biking / walking for a couple of hours. I've used Autosol (similar to Flitz) to clean it no less than 6 times already.

seems like ZDP is a rust-magnet.

anyone else have similar experience, or is it just the humidity in Singapore?
 
I also read that on someone else's kershaw zdp something, you might want to swing over to their forum to find out.
 
spyken said:
does anyone have any experience to share? I have been EDC-ing my Calypso CF ZDP ...
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... light corrosion spots only on the edge after wet use on a canoe tour (I dried and inspected the CalyJr on the following day, my fault maybe).
 
Sherlockbonez,

Absolutely right sir. I'm still in good hope for a Calypso Jr. H-1 :cool: (BTW it was fresh water and not salt-water)
 
My ZDP-189 picked up a couple of blotches after I mistakenly wore it at the beach rather than subbing in my Pacific Salt, but in the end, I really don't care.

Most of my knives are carbon alloys of one type or another and not stainlesses. Perpetually shiny "users" kinda bug the hell out of me anyways. I prefer the character marks and patina myself.

The ZDP-189 does not rust if you look at it funny, it's just at a level of corrosion resistance where you cannot afford to be lazy about drying it off.

Even my VG-10 Endura is not a carefree specimen. I think the H-1 offerings are the only way to go if you want to completely neglect a knife and have it still look somewhat brand new.
 
H1 scratches easily, and it never looks brand new. My vg-10 cento also had a few blotches, but it doesn't bother me asboats pointed out, I like the dings on my knife!
 
It will rust, but not as bad as my ATS-34 or ATS-55 blades did. I went paintballing all day last saturday(95deg/90%hum- or somewhere around there) and my Endura had some light rust spots on it. I wiped them off with some break free. My VG-10 Kris, G-2 Endura, and 154CM CQC-8 were ok.



Blades
 
Dosen't ZDP have a very high chrome content? I'm surprised to hear about rust. No signs on my ZDP Delica
 
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