H1 lives up to the hype

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lambertiana

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This past summer my son had a job working for a pool service business. He spent each day servicing pools around town, and in course of each day he regularly had to open bags of pool treatment chemicals. Some of those are powerful oxidizers. He started with his Native, but at the end of one day the blade was covered with rust. So I got him a Dragonfly Salt. After that, he didn't have a speck of rust, and he said that he often did not even bother wiping the pool chemicals off the blade. All in all I think H1 really shines in corrosive environments. And that Dragonfly Salt has become his favorite knife.
 
I also have nothing but positive remarks for H1. I've taken blades on multiple trips to the Caribbean for a week at a time with minimal opportunities to wash off the blade and the only sign of any corrosion is on the etched H1 logo. The edge always stays sharp with no signs of rust or corrosion. I still can't believe I can go swimming for hours in salt water and the edge doesn't suffer at all.
 
Yes. It's nice to have one knife that will NOT rust.
I have a P-Salt and I need to carry this one more often.
rolf
 
I've had a Salt I as a knife while diving and snorkeling for five years now and it is in perfect shape. I intentionally did not dry it after my first dive and let it sit overnight and the only rust was in the etching which is apparently leftover steel from the machining. I kick myself all of the time for not picking up a Caspian Salt when they were available, that looked like the best dive knife ever.
 
H1 is some fantastic stuff. It is what got me into collecting Spydercos and knives in the 1st place.
 
I have been using the salt knives for several years now. I am on the ocean kayak fishing almost every day and mine are constantly soaking in the brine and fish blood. I often bring it in and just throw it in the sink at the end of the day without even rinsing it. Next morning i stick it in my waistband for another go. The knives are completely corrosion proof and unbelievably tough. I have a lot of Spydercos that I absolutely love but the serrated Pacific Salt remains the king.
 
lambertiana said:
open bags of pool treatment chemicals.
did not even bother wiping the pool chemicals off the blade. .
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I'm surprised he still has pants or skin for not cleaning the blade.
HTH is nasty stuff.



But as to the H1 and water corrosion. I love it. Pool water. Salt water. Not a speck of rust.
 
I have been sea kayaking off the New England coast for four years now. An Atlantic Salt has been in the PFD pocket all that time. Never the slightest hint of any rust.
 
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