Does Spyderco warranty LC200N rust?

[benben]

I nailed my Caribbean to a tree for 9 weeks

That made me laugh! I very well remember that experiment.

[Netherend]

I have yet to see LC200N rust. My wife let mold grow on her salt for several weeks after using it to cut apples and other food for the kids without cleaning it . I cleaned the knife off and still did not find any rust on the blade. LC200N is awesome.

[Danke]

I have yet to see LC200N rust. My wife let mold grow on her salt for several weeks after using it to cut apples and other food for the kids without cleaning it . I cleaned the knife off and still did not find any rust on the blade. LC200N is awesome.

Here you go.



Very new, removed with Flitz and never came back. Likely suspect is the dirty belt issue that has been raised before.

[Wedly24]

Danke, I’m hoping that’s what it is. Sal mentioned Flitz too. Gonna try that. Here’s the best pic I could get in good light after I scrubbed most of the surface stuff off.

[Danke]

Always entertaining salt test.

[u.w.]

wow - that is interesting.
I am curious to learn if further incidents happen.

I say interesting because I run with my PacSalt LC200n on a very regular basis (though for the past 4 or 5 weeks now I've been exclusively carrying the NC LW Salt)
AND
rinse it off in the ocean (Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic) all the time. It might be my preferred way to clean that knife (though windex and/or simple green work well too lol).

I haven't seen a speck of corrosion on my LC knives across years of use, carrying while ridiculously sweaty and rinsing in the sea.

Makes me wonder if perhaps you have some other type of metal on your knife blade, and that is what rusted. By that I mean like, "dust" from grinding blades, or sharpening, etc... So some type of metal that would rust on a type that is highly prone not to.

u.w.

[Wedly24]

I wonder if this will be a one and done situation- surface contamination from grinding possibly? I had a very similar situation with an LC200N UKPK shortly after getting it- rusted after cutting food. Once I cleaned that up, hasn't happened again...

This - just surface "contamination" from the grinding wheel with another, less corrosion resistant steel - is what can very occasionally happen from all I read here.
So I'd be rather positive that the issue will not return with the knife of op too.

The two LC knives I use extensively never show any sign of rust, not even after cutting salty/acid food and not cleaning the blade for quite a while

I ”had” the original yellow LC native for years. I took it to the beach many times and never had issues with rust. I was worried something was wrong with the steel. Now I'm thinking it’s just this. I’m going to polish out the spots and try it out.

[Netherend]

I have yet to see LC200N rust. My wife let mold grow on her salt for several weeks after using it to cut apples and other food for the kids without cleaning it . I cleaned the knife off and still did not find any rust on the blade. LC200N is awesome.

Impressive ! Still functional , just with some battle scars to give it character
Here you go.



Very new, removed with Flitz and never came back. Likely suspect is the dirty belt issue that has been raised before.