Getting of the rust of my Tenacious

My experience with 8 chrome/moly has been somewhat uneven.

In general, it has 12-13% chromium, just enough to call it "stainless".

It blemishes less than tool steel would. But in practice, it's not as rust resistant as I would expect from a stainless steel.

Edge holding has been an issue, as well, but that's a different thread.

If you're going to spend a lot of time in this wicked humidity, I have a couple suggestions.

The best thing to do would be to force a patina on the blade. You can do this with lemon juice, ketchup, mustard, anything with a high citric acid content.

There is also a black blade version of the Tenacious you could look at.