There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
If your knives are stainless "plated", just throw them out. It's likely the "cutouts" are just stamped.
I used to use opinel and laguille knives for cheese because of the French "heritage", but laguille are utter garbage now. I'd probably recommend messermeister or wusthof if you want something functional and solid quality. Bu any knife made of "german steel" will be perfectly fine if you want fashion or you want to save some money
Yes, less surface area means less sticking.
As far as stainless plating. There ARE numerous cheese and other type knives coming out of France and China. They are flimsy junk.
I am well familiar with the difference beween austentite, ferrite, matinsite and I know how to work between the different types. I am not a knife maker, but I've taken classes and I've done jewelry work, no I know a little about chemical compostions and about tempering quenching, hardening, etc. but none of that is pertainent. Austenite and Martinsite has little to do with rust resistance, it is more closely related to hardness and ductility. I know full well that martinsite is magnetic. The guys from Apogee tried to claim it was NOT magnetic. I (me, not them) was the one who said it IS magnetic under most conditions. But magnetism has nothing to do with rust, nor of stainresistance. Why would you bring that up????
As far as your issue with rusting. There is a BIG difference between RUST and STAIN. I was going by YOUR description.