Henkels knife rusted, wtf?

[Nocturnal]

I bought a Henkels knife on Saturday from Macys. I used it a few times and now it has a bunch of rust spots on it. Does this sound normal for a high end Henkels knife or does it sound like its defective?

 

[dman]

You put it in the dishwasher?

/can't afford Henkels, so, dunno.

 

[Nocturnal]

Nope, washed it by hand and dried it.

 

[FleshLight]

Was it the Five star line or that mass market crap?

 

[Nocturnal]

Yeah it only cost like $39.99. It wasn't that expensive. Should I have spent the money on a $199.99 knife?

 

[UbiSunt]

Just wet it and wipe and the rust should come off. Make sure you hand dry it as well.

 

[TitanDiddly]

Try rubbing it down with a paste of baking soda and water. Then rinse/dry.

 

[isekii]

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
Yeah it only cost like $39.99. It wasn't that expensive. Should I have spent the money on a $199.99 knife?

Does the Knife Rack have 1 guy or 2 guy ?
1 guy on the Knife Rack is the cheap crap.
get the double stick figure dude ones.

 

[Nocturnal]

It isn't normal though, right? Should I just spend the money on some higher end stuff?

 

[Nocturnal]

I got the one from Macys. It just came in regular packaging. It was a single Santoku 8" knife.

 

[mobobuff]

I've owned lots of knives, both quality and crap cheap, and NONE of them have ever rusted. A few knives I used constantly to remove my ingrown toenails, and those were always getting wet and treated with rubbing alcohol and exposed to open flame for long periods of time. Never had a rusty knife.

I'm thinking it's defective.

 

[z0mb13]

while we are talking abou knives, are ceramic knives much better than steel knives??

 

[jiwq]

Originally posted by: z0mb13
while we are talking abou knives, are ceramic knives much better than steel knives??

yeah, just as long as you don't drop em

 

[MrChad]

Was it a Henkel International knife?

 

[bozack]

the pro s are the only good henckles knives IMHO....

wusthof classic are also nice along with messermeister and global....

the henckles shouldn't have rusted but they all can if defective,

personally I would at least go with pro s but those are $$$

 

[Baked]

Should've bought some Ginsu Knives.

 

[TuxDave]

I bought the budget 'one man' Henkel's knife and it hasn't rusted. Maybe you got a defective one...

 

[NutBucket]

I'd get a different one. Even the cheapies shouldn't rust.

 

[Nocturnal]

Ok honestly I figured it out that I have to hand dry it. The only reason why I didn't hand dry is because I have many knives here at home and I NEVER hand dry them. I put them on the dryer thingy and let it air dry. The drives I have HAVE never rusted out of the blue. I thought you could just put them out and let them air dry. I guess not. Thanks guys.

 

[Apex]

It really depends.

Two ends of the spectrum for steel used in knives:

1. Stainless. No rust, but soft, dulls easily
2. High carbon. Hard, and holds an edge well, but will rust

Most knives are a blend between the two, with the vast majority leaning more towards stainless. This being said, the best knives tend to lean more towards high carbon steel, and do require a bit more attention and care. There's no perfect blend. It's all a matter of compromise.

If you want to know more specifics (and technically more indepth and accurate) on steel, here's a good chart of steels and what goes in them:

http://www.spyderco.com/edge-u-cation/steelchart.html

 

[Schrodinger]

Go stab someone in anger... you will hardly notice the rust with all the red blood on it :Q

 

[rahvin]

High carbon steel rusts, it's actually a sign of a potentially good knife blade. You need to lightly oil the blade.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Apex
It really depends.

Two ends of the spectrum for steel used in knives:

1. Stainless. No rust, but soft, dulls easily
2. High carbon. Hard, and holds an edge well, but will rust

Most knives are a blend between the two, with the vast majority leaning more towards stainless. This being said, the best knives tend to lean more towards high carbon steel, and do require a bit more attention and care. There's no perfect blend. It's all a matter of compromise.

If you want to know more specifics (and technically more indepth and accurate) on steel, here's a good chart of steels and what goes in them:

http://www.spyderco.com/edge-u-cation/steelchart.html

A stainless alloy doesn't necessarily mean it's soft. ATS34 is a hard stainless steel with good edge retention.

 

[hevnsnt]

Originally posted by: Apex
It really depends.

Two ends of the spectrum for steel used in knives:

1. Stainless. No rust, but soft, dulls easily
2. High carbon. Hard, and holds an edge well, but will rust

Most knives are a blend between the two, with the vast majority leaning more towards stainless. This being said, the best knives tend to lean more towards high carbon steel, and do require a bit more attention and care. There's no perfect blend. It's all a matter of compromise.

If you want to know more specifics (and technically more indepth and accurate) on steel, here's a good chart of steels and what goes in them:

http://www.spyderco.com/edge-u-cation/steelchart.html

good info.. thanks!

 

[Apex]

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: Apex
It really depends.

Two ends of the spectrum for steel used in knives:

1. Stainless. No rust, but soft, dulls easily
2. High carbon. Hard, and holds an edge well, but will rust

Most knives are a blend between the two, with the vast majority leaning more towards stainless. This being said, the best knives tend to lean more towards high carbon steel, and do require a bit more attention and care. There's no perfect blend. It's all a matter of compromise.

If you want to know more specifics (and technically more indepth and accurate) on steel, here's a good chart of steels and what goes in them:

http://www.spyderco.com/edge-u-cation/steelchart.html

A stainless alloy doesn't necessarily mean it's soft. ATS34 is a hard stainless steel with good edge retention.

ATS-34 is a very good "stainless" that, as you said, holds an edge rather well, and has reasonably good toughness, much like BG-42 (which has twice the manganese and more vanadium for better edge holding). However, ATS-34 is also one of the more succeptable to rust stainless products. Again, it's always a compromise.