Aquatic blades

[xX_Blade_Xx]

Looking for a fixed blade and folding knife. Both blades that can take on a lot of water without rust. At least until i can clean them up later. My price range is 100$ but that is a little flexible, just not much. I would like them to be along the lines of a tactical blade. The fixed blade from four to six inches. The folder preferably at three and a half inches but theres flexibility there. Thanks guys.

 

[cpio]

You might want to look at a Spyderco folder in H1. H1 is a precipitation-hardened steel which has very little carbon in it and is hardened mostly with nitrogen. It can withstand some of the worst conditions that will cause even the most corrosion-resistant steels to rust. It can take and hold an edge about as well as 420HC or 440A, which should be adequate for working underwater. As far as fixed blades go.....Underwater Kinetics makes some diving knives in your price range made out of some proprietary alloy called Hydralloy. I don't know what it is composed of, and they seem to be using a lot of creative license with the marketing, but they claim that it will hold an edge about as well as a 420 stainless and will exceed the corrosion resistance of a 316 stainless steel. I hope this helps.

 

[xX_Blade_Xx]

I will definitely check out Spyderco. Need to get my hands on one of their knives anyway. Thank you. Any more suggestions are more than welcome!

 

[Blade-fiend]

Spyderco has many salt water knives and these 2 seem to fit what you are looking for. The fixed blade is the Warrior and it has a 5.7" blade and also comes in all black. The folder is the Pacific Salt and it has a 3.8" blade and again it also has an all black option.

 

[9blades]

The spyderco salt series as mentioned above. BenchMade also makes a number of aquatic knives 110H2O, 111H2O, 915 triage, and 551H2O Griptilian. and I believe kershaw makes a fixed dive knife.

 

[olybears57]

915 triage is excellent as an aquatic EDC, not much of a tactical folder though because of the blade shape.

 

[Veracious Coyote]

I have a Spyderco Salt 1 and carried it at the beach. I swam in the ocean with it for over an hour and 0 rust, just as a I expected. It was pretty cool to not worry about it. I didn't use it but it was nice to know it was there. When I got home though I had to take it apart to get some of the sand out.

 

[RamZar]

Spyderco knives with H-1 steel are extremely corrosion resistant (there's no such thing as a corrosion-proof).

Here's a list of them: http://www.spyderco.com/catalog/list.php?blade=H-1

Here's a list of all Benchmade knives that use the corrosion resistant N680 steel. Of note are their H2O knives.

http://www.benchmade.com/products/product_list.aspx?material=N680

 

[TEFL0N_D0N_81]

Spyderco knives with H-1 steel are extremely corrosion resistant (there's no such thing as a corrosion-proof).

Here's a list of them: http://www.spyderco.com/catalog/list.php?blade=H-1

Here's a list of all Benchmade knives that use the corrosion resistant N680 steel. Of note are their H2O knives.

http://www.benchmade.com/products/product_list.aspx?material=N680

Have you seen any cases of H-1 steel actually corroding/rusting? I'm just curious.

 

[Cereal_killer]

Have you seen any cases of H-1 steel actually corroding/rusting? I'm just curious.

Never, and I've looked. Also H1 steel is very easy to polish to a high shine (as in 20 minutes wih a dremil buffer and you can see your self), I have 2 salt series knives (a dragonfly and a ladybug) and I've polished both of their blades to smooth out any pores that might help corrosion take hold, just added protection against rust.

 

[XeroReversion57]

When I go snorkeling for crab/stingray gigging I have a Spyderco Pacific Salt IWB and a Kershaw Sea Hunter on my calf. Should be right in your price range.