[LT] No-steel-pocalypse! Lifespan of iron & steel equipment?

[johndallman]

Originally Posted by WingedKagouti

If ship construction is similar to real world TL3-4, there should be a decent amount of nails being used to hold them together.

At Earth TL 3-4, it was common to use copper nails or wooden pegs ("treenails") simply because iron or steel nails corrode so fast in seawater. I haven't seen anything in this thread to indicate that the culture has stainless steel or other means of comprehensively protecting steel from corrosion.