barleycorn Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 carbon steel does rust-only stainless steels I think we established that 9 years ago. jb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzijlstra Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Yes, to confirm my experience. I have two favorite pocket knives, one is an Opinel made from carbon steel and the other from Laguiole which is stainless. While the Opinel blackens easily and loses its edge quickly it regains it with a couple of wipes on a steel. The Laguiole, although undoubtedly beautiful and has a hard-wearing edge, once lost it takes work to regain a good edge. Wish there were still people who came round to do sharpening. I have an Opinel! Awesome little knife, only a ten centimeter blade, but I've had it for over 20 years now and it is still as sharp as when I first got it. It is getting black though, I considered putting it in some cola as I know that clears rust, but I am not sure the blackness is in fact rust? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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