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Days like today remind me how much I love my Pacific Salt. I have prettier folders. I have folders with super steel and fancy handles of titanium, wood and micarta. I have folders with better fit and finish. But none of them get loved on like the Pacific Salt. Partly because they are too nice to subject to what I put my salts through. More importantly though, because most of them just couldn't handle the torture...even though many of them are perceived to be higher quality knives made of "better" materials. Nope, as far as I'm concerned, when it comes to real world hard use of a folding knife, the Salts rule.
I had a pretty good day fishing today but I forgot my pliers so the Pacific Salt had to handle all hook extractions. Sometimes I will use the spyder hole on the closed knife to push the hook free and sometimes I use the blade to wedge or cut it out. Pliers are much preferred, but I'm forgetful and the Salt has helped remove many a hook.
Near the end of my morning I had a Jack hit my lure and just swallowed the thing whole. It was too deep to extract so I just cut the line and threw him in the hole with the lure still in his mouth. Shortly after that I got into some small snapper and the Salt became hook extractor and gill cutter.
So once I got back to the house, I parked my kayak over by my cleaning station. Now when I get in I have usually been on the water for 4-6 hours and I've probably done 10-12 miles. I'm tired! So I want to get the fish and kayak cleaned up as quick as possible and find a seat and some AC. If I come in with just a couple of small fish that I only need to gut and scale, I don't bother going into the house and collecting cutting boards, fillet knives and scalers etc. I just lay them on the tailgate of my truck and dress them with the Pacific Salt which handles that work just fine. I use the spine of the closed knife to scale them and because of the simple washerless design I have never had an issue with the pivot getting gummed up with scales or fish gunk. (At least not to the point that I couldn't blow it out with a water hose).
As I was wrapping up, I remembered that I still had that big jack with one of my lures stuck in his gullet. By this time his mouth was stiff and shut (like full on lockjaw) so to open it I inserted the blade and twisted it to lever his mouth open. Once I got enough space I used the knife in the closed position to put more force and lever it wide open so I could get to the lure. Once I had enough room I cut the lure out and took care of the Jack.
I finished up at the cleaning table at about 10:30 this morning. (I usually hit the water at 4:30) Came inside, showered up and sank into the couch for a nice nap. The Pacific Salt is still laying in the kitchen, unwashed and covered in salt and fish. It is none the worse for wear after today's adventures and it will probably just sit there dirty all night until I stick it back in waistband tomorrow for another go.
I had a pretty good day fishing today but I forgot my pliers so the Pacific Salt had to handle all hook extractions. Sometimes I will use the spyder hole on the closed knife to push the hook free and sometimes I use the blade to wedge or cut it out. Pliers are much preferred, but I'm forgetful and the Salt has helped remove many a hook.
Near the end of my morning I had a Jack hit my lure and just swallowed the thing whole. It was too deep to extract so I just cut the line and threw him in the hole with the lure still in his mouth. Shortly after that I got into some small snapper and the Salt became hook extractor and gill cutter.
So once I got back to the house, I parked my kayak over by my cleaning station. Now when I get in I have usually been on the water for 4-6 hours and I've probably done 10-12 miles. I'm tired! So I want to get the fish and kayak cleaned up as quick as possible and find a seat and some AC. If I come in with just a couple of small fish that I only need to gut and scale, I don't bother going into the house and collecting cutting boards, fillet knives and scalers etc. I just lay them on the tailgate of my truck and dress them with the Pacific Salt which handles that work just fine. I use the spine of the closed knife to scale them and because of the simple washerless design I have never had an issue with the pivot getting gummed up with scales or fish gunk. (At least not to the point that I couldn't blow it out with a water hose).
As I was wrapping up, I remembered that I still had that big jack with one of my lures stuck in his gullet. By this time his mouth was stiff and shut (like full on lockjaw) so to open it I inserted the blade and twisted it to lever his mouth open. Once I got enough space I used the knife in the closed position to put more force and lever it wide open so I could get to the lure. Once I had enough room I cut the lure out and took care of the Jack.
I finished up at the cleaning table at about 10:30 this morning. (I usually hit the water at 4:30) Came inside, showered up and sank into the couch for a nice nap. The Pacific Salt is still laying in the kitchen, unwashed and covered in salt and fish. It is none the worse for wear after today's adventures and it will probably just sit there dirty all night until I stick it back in waistband tomorrow for another go.
I just realized what a bad influence he is!!! I found myself looking at kayaks the other day !!! I'm 65 and live 700 mi from the Gulf now!!!! ( I do sneak down there from time to time though )