A little Salt update...

Nice users!

Have a slightly modified Salt 1 in my pocket as a type - cleaning up the edge on that H1 has the be the easiest out of all the steels I own, and it gets SHARRRRP.
 
I won't bother to post pics of my Salt because it still looks brand new. I carried it in my swim trunks for two years now just for fun. To the pool about every other week in the summer and also to Myrtle Beach. Never did anything but rinse out the sand and put a drop of oil on the pivot now and then. I think they are great.
 
I'm going to have to get a Salt now. After reading all this good hard use info I don't see how I can do without.
 
If you like the Endura, the Pac Salt isn't much of a stretch. :thumbup:

Dang, I just noticed you're right down the road from me. :D
 
Hi,

I got a pacific Salt for two years also and it's a workhorse.
IMHO Salt Series are a milestone in modern cutlery.
You got all the benefits of decades or refining the clipit concept
and an amazing steel impervious to salt and moisture.

This knives are ready for dirty jobs and mine never get cleaned.
It's so "confortable" to be able to close the blade and clip it back without a second thought.
H1 is quite strong also and it can be punished and use hard without chipping.

Reliable workhorses. Ready for the rainforest, the seashore or to be forgotten in a trunk...
From hunters to divers... all users I know are never been disappointed once they get "bite" by a Salt.

Now, I'm would love to get my hands on a new Mariner... So classic !
But I also think that a Vagabond in H1 would be a great enhancement to a very clever fixed blade design !

Cheers
Nemo
 
I went out and bought a Salt 1 SE because of this thread. :D Only had it for less then a month, and it has been used for light chores. I wish there was an easy way to get rid of the residual "rust" from the engravings. Anyone have any suggestions?
:p
 
Rust from the engravings?
Wha?

My Tasman salt has been with me for a couple of days now and its faring quite well. I have had to touch the blade up on a steel once or twice but it only took two or three strokes each side to bring it back to sharp. So far, I love it. I do think it would be neat if there was a Pacific sized Tasman. :)
 
DRod said:
Rust from the engravings?
Wha?
Click to expand...

If you take a look at the first pic, you can notice that the engravings have a yellowish tint to it. I remember reading that when people were doing rust test on the salt series of knives, a few had problems with it "rusting" where the H1 logo is at, as well as the engravings of where it says 'Spyderco' or "Seki-City."

Sal said that it was due to the transfer of metal from the machine that engraved the metal. So its not actually the H1 that is rusting, but rather it is the transfer from the tool that does the engraving that has "rusted." (Something along the lines of this)

So I just would like to clean it up, thats mainly it. :p
 
I have a lawn care business and use my Salt 1 SE every day.
Opening bags of fertilizer
Digging weeds out of the ground. Very hard on a knife.
Opening bags of mulch
Cutting small diameter branches
Cutting burlap and vinyl gound cover
Cutting twine and rope
Cutting open new products encased in way too much plastic

Use it a lot with gloves on. It is a true beater. Had it for about 2 years now. Don't think I've had to sharpen it yet.
Great knife
 
Last edited:
Colubrid, Pac Salt = Pacific Salt. If you don't have one of the early ones, it should already have the Ti clip. A magnet will tell you for sure. I just happened to have a SE Pac Salt that I wasn't carrying around all that much, so I swapped the clips. I would think Spyderco could sell you one, also. Maybe Sal can chime in on that? I'd also be interested to know if I can buy just a clip as a spare for mine. I'm sure to tear one up sooner or later. :D
 
truthseeker said:
Colubrid, Pac Salt = Pacific Salt. If you don't have one of the early ones, it should already have the Ti clip. A magnet will tell you for sure. I just happened to have a SE Pac Salt that I wasn't carrying around all that much, so I swapped the clips. I would think Spyderco could sell you one, also. Maybe Sal can chime in on that? I'd also be interested to know if I can buy just a clip as a spare for mine. I'm sure to tear one up sooner or later. :D
Click to expand...

well shoot, I would like to get a few just to repalce some of my non-salt Spydies.
 
Well, it's been about a year again so here are the latest pics of another Salt I. This one, like the others, is still going strong despite having the poop beat out of it constantly. No blade play, lock works great, nice edge holding, etc. I did notice a little haze on the blade after cutting some fiberglass wrapping off some valves about 3 months ago. The piping was in service at about 800 degrees F, and I have no clue what kind of horror was on that wrap. After another month or so of use, the haze kind of faded away and we're back to normal. I just keep feeding the pain to these things, and they just keep eating it up. Sal is going to be getting 60 bucks a year from me for a looooong time. :D


FYI, I've retired the other ones in this thread and sent them off to a really nice old-knives-home where they can live the easy life smoking cigars and drinking scotch. :D







Oh, someone asked me about the lanyard, also. It's yellow 550 cord that I got from countycomm.com with a cord end from the same place. They work really well, and they last me a good 2 or 3 months. :thumbup:
 
I've had my Pac Salt for ~3-4 years. It's been exposed to... salt. Lots of it. I carried it wade fishing, offshore fishing, kayak fishing, diving, etc. The blade and clip have held up well and show no signs of rusting. The pivot pin, however, has recently started to rust.

Any ideas how to correct this? Maybe hit it with some silicone spray and work it out? I'd post pics, but the knife is currently in a drawer 300 miles away.:rolleyes:
 
I've Edc'd a Pac Salt PE for over 2 years now and I'm almost sad to stay that I blame it for the end of my knife addicton. Its just so good and requires so little upkeep that I don't really need any other knives. I too have beat the heck out of this thing- it has been dropped several times (the only damage being small piece of FRN chipping off near the clip- the clip can now rotate in its socket a little bit) and the blade has been immersed in lime juice on an almost daily basis and sometimes put away dirty. Still remains easy to sharpen up to a basic utitily level. That said, I just received a SE version and I'm going to put it through its paces. I'm sure the serrations will help with all the lime cutting I do on a daily basis, but I do have concerns about how I will sharpen it down the road.
 
Solsticejk said:
That said, I just received a SE version and I'm going to put it through its paces. I'm sure the serrations will help with all the lime cutting I do on a daily basis, but I do have concerns about how I will sharpen it down the road.
Click to expand...

It's time to get a Spyderco Sharpmaker. The corners of the triangular rods are prefect for sharpening serrations. The dvd that comes w/ the sharpmaker will explain how it's done. Basically, five swips on the serrated side and one on the non-serrated side. Repeat as necessary.
 
I hope Spyderco someday re-releases the Catcherman with a PE H-1 blade. A knife like that begs for H-1. Sal, might it happen?
 
The Salt 1 (black, PE) is my EDC. I choose it over a 'basic' ZDP-189 William Henry and smaller fixed blade Busse, among other knives I own and could EDC.

If I'm going to be doing a lot of cutting I'd prefer the Aqua Salt (*shrug*), but, at twice the size, it's just not going everywhere with my like the Salt 1.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top