You test knives the way they ought to be - by DOING it!

Great review, and WELL worth reading! Thanks for the pics too, looks like you had some fun ;-)

For what its worth, I've found regular old Break-Free CLP to do extremely well as an anti-rust agent. I wipe it on the blade, then wipe it off on a cloth. Haven't had a blade rust yet. And no, it doesn't make food taste funny - at least not that I've noticed.