Stainless Butter Knives w/ rust spots **pics**

[Eli]

Originally posted by: CorCentral

Originally posted by: poncherelli2

Originally posted by: CorCentral

Originally posted by: WHAMPOM

Originally posted by: CorCentral
Now I know that the Dinnerware I have is cheap.......Cambridge/Stainless/China.

I paid about $70.00 for a service of 4 (it's 2 yrs old now). I have city Water and it's very decent and not rusty at all. I have a dishwasher and use liquid Cascade and have no steel items that I wash along with the dinnerware.

So why do the Butter knives have rusty spots on them?
Is it the Metal? Not real Stainless and just plated???

I'm just really curious why the butter knives have rust on them but no other utensil does.....

Here are the pics. Sorry for the nonCrop.
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Check with a magnet, if it sticks it is crap stainless.

I just checked.... and DAMN It sticks!!!!! For those of you out there that think that if it says STAINLESS STEEL?....... You'd better take a Magnet with you when buying the good shite!

OK, all of you guys with "newly" bought Stainless Utensils....... Break out your MAGNETS and post the brand names and if the magnet sticks or not!

$70. Cambridge (service/4) NO GOOD!

I have the same set except I got service 10 or 12, i don't remember ($70). I have a couple of those spots that I found were coming from leaving things in the sink- like within a few weeks of buying them. Once I stopped lettings silverware rest in the sink, I've had no problems since.

But it's stainless steel, you should not have any "rust" stains.
Not to this extreme....BUT.... think of gold at the bottom of the ocean for 300 years and finding a blemish on it after all the barnicales are cleaned off.

I'm just mad that they can place a "STAINLESS STEEL" stamp on this crap when it's not.
What's the Stainless content?....... 1%....... 10%?

It's not that it isn't stainless steel, its that there are different grades of it.

 

[wiredspider]

my set from kmart has the same problem, the best I've seen are "restaurant quality" ones at my parents place, the more expensive stuff from the store feels to heavy... I mean seriously, those forks look more like weapons than utensils.

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: wiredspider
my set from kmart has the same problem, the best I've seen are "restaurant quality" ones at my parents place, the more expensive stuff from the store feels to heavy... I mean seriously, those forks look more like weapons than utensils.

You say that like it's a BAD thing...

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: freesia39
i paid 5 bucks at ikea for my crappy silverware set for 4. it hasn't rusted at all. i've had these for four years now, and i've managed to lose a few forks, a knife, and a couple of spoons too...

i have the slightly more expensive ikea stuff that goes for 30 bucks for box of 20 i think. the big thick heavy built set of solid steel heftiness. no rust so far. and these things dont bend heh

 

[CycloWizard]

"Stainless" steel doesn't even necessarily imply corrosion resistance, let alone declare that it's corrosion-proof. There are at least four different series of stainless and IIRC, only two of them are corrosion-resistant. Some of these are magnetic and some are not - it just depends on the way that they are processed. The addition of nickel and chromium will help in different ways (nickel helps protect against corrosion, chromium makes it shiny), but these are also not guarantees that it will stay rust-free forever.

 

[CorCentral]

Originally posted by: CycloWizard
"Stainless" steel doesn't even necessarily imply corrosion resistance, let alone declare that it's corrosion-proof. There are at least four different series of stainless and IIRC, only two of them are corrosion-resistant. Some of these are magnetic and some are not - it just depends on the way that they are processed. The addition of nickel and chromium will help in different ways (nickel helps protect against corrosion, chromium makes it shiny), but these are also not guarantees that it will stay rust-free forever.

The first respectable post! (but I love you all ya' know)

I told my father that I was going to post in here about the rust problem and he said: No one here will know that it's the "Nickel" content that matters. I told him that "WE" come together sometimes and find the answers to many questions. I'll show him this thread later It's not that I did'nt believe my father, it's just that I wanted to see what you guys thought.

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Thanks CycloWizard!

 

[Injury]

Similar situation. Bought some cheap stuff from Target, dunno what brand they are, but it has small bits of rust in the serrated portions. Just figured it was a sloppy job coating after a bad cut. It's only on 2 of the 6 pieces and I really don't care because it's going in the recycle bin when I decide to invest in some quality stuffs.

 

[FlashG]

It?s called stainLESS steel for a reason. Cheaper grades tend to stainMORE than others.

 

[FlashG]

Originally posted by: FlashG
It?s called stainLESS steel for a reason. Cheaper grades tend to stainMORE than others.

A good grade is around 18/10. You can use a magnet to see if yours is 18/0.
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[imported_wonderwrench]

Originally posted by: FlashG

Originally posted by: FlashG
It?s called stainLESS steel for a reason. Cheaper grades tend to stainMORE than others.

A good grade is around 18/10. You can use a magnet to see if yours is 18/0.
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