" fired this volley in
:

So if the fresh cut ends do not rust, why did they bother to galvanize
it?

Umm.... If I knew that, then I'd not have asked!

I'm going to do another 'wet' experiment, this time with salt in the wound.
It could be this stuff was prepared for a marine environment, although I
don't recall the use of gavanizing from when I was in the Navy.

Lloyd