I am making a saya for a co-worker's Takeda SS petty and took a close look at the knife in the process and am amazed and shocked by what I saw. The core steel is darkly patina'd like most professional chefs who are not knife nerds and just own one SS-clad carbon j-knife. However, it has also been corroded to the point where it looks like a box cutter / utility knife. What I mean is the cladding doesn't even seem attached to the core. Where they meet on the bevel there are gaps between them and a big step down and the core steel looks like it has been corroded a bit back under the cladding and just all over so it is a super thin, flattish blade jutting out from a still normal shaped cladding. I'm assuming this isn't a standard Takeda thing and that it is [negligent care and] an extreme level of corrosion over time. Do you think I'm correct in this or could it be something else? Also, should I say anything?!
It's strange to me that my coworker was so concerned that I take good care of her Takeda while I have it for one day to make the saya, pointing out the hefty price tag as a sign of its preciousness, while she lets it slowly corrode away into a box cutter.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/58co4osnp21hn2u/takeda%20corrosion.jpg?dl=0
This pic doesn't do it justice but it's the best I could do :/
It's strange to me that my coworker was so concerned that I take good care of her Takeda while I have it for one day to make the saya, pointing out the hefty price tag as a sign of its preciousness, while she lets it slowly corrode away into a box cutter.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/58co4osnp21hn2u/takeda%20corrosion.jpg?dl=0
This pic doesn't do it justice but it's the best I could do :/