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Gin-1 Stainless Spydie
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Spyderco web site should tell you anything you want to know about it's composition.
Anecdotally, I have a Navigator which is GIN-1. I would rate it as an intermediate quality steel, in the same range as 440-C or AUS-8 in terms of usability. Good stain resistance, easy to sharpen, edge holding is between fair and good.
As with any blade steel heat treatment has as much or more to do with performance than the type of steel. GIN-1 that is done well will easily out perform much fancier steels that are less well done, and Spyderco has a reputation for getting it right almost all the time.
Mike
Anecdotally, I have a Navigator which is GIN-1. I would rate it as an intermediate quality steel, in the same range as 440-C or AUS-8 in terms of usability. Good stain resistance, easy to sharpen, edge holding is between fair and good.
As with any blade steel heat treatment has as much or more to do with performance than the type of steel. GIN-1 that is done well will easily out perform much fancier steels that are less well done, and Spyderco has a reputation for getting it right almost all the time.
Mike
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I have had a Spyderco police with a Gin-1 blade for 6 years and it has been an excellent knife. It stays sharp a long time and when it does get a little dull, it does not take much to get it really sharp again.
Keith,
Keith,