Quote Originally Posted by Brontosaurus View Post
I wouldn't keep a King 8000 in water 24/7. At one point I had some spontaneous oxidation occurring on a razor while honing with a coticule. Turned out it was contaminants in the tap water (the city had been doing some street work in the days prior to this). Most curious, although it only happened one time.
Probably rust from the iron pipes. If they used a hydrant that had not been turned on in awhile or did a water line repair then they didn't flush it very well if at all. Dry stack hydrants are notorious rust collectors but any vertical pipe coming up from the main will hold rust until such time as it drains back for what ever reason.

Oh and my King floated for a long time :<0) Was safer from chips in there I'll tell you that.