On 4/15/2015 8:11 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
Electric Comet writes:
On Tue, 14 Apr 2015 01:38:14 -0700 (PDT)
whit3rd wrote:

Silver steel is an old (or British) name for tool steel, i.e.
hardenable high-carbon steel, O1 or A2 are typical.

i guess that explains the lack of rust

Why would you think that? It's high-carbon
steel, not stainless.



And FWIW certain grades of Stainless will rust too, especially those
that a magnet will stick to.