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I just bought my first Spyderco with H1.

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I haven't been much of a Spyderco user as I have recently only carried a Benchmade. I was looking for a small (super lightweight) knife to carry and was leaning towards a SE and Spyderco seems to cover this area way better than any other knife company. I just ordered an H1 SE Dragonfly II. I have read that H1 steel is great with the fully serrated edge.

What can I expect out of this?
 
It holds an edge very well in serrated form, is quite pleasantly resistant to chipping and rolling, and you can get it as wet and salty as you like and you won't see any corrosion whatsoever.
 
I just ordered one as well, serrated DF II H1... actually, purchased three, 2 will be XMAS gifts for the watermen in the family; I could not resist at $24.95 from one of our forum sponsors.
 
Alnamvet68 said:
I just ordered one as well, serrated DF II H1... actually, purchased three, 2 will be XMAS gifts for the watermen in the family; I could not resist at $24.95 from one of our forum sponsors.
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!@$#/\&*! That email from BladeHQ went to my Spam folder! The Fates conspire!
 
bluemetalchurch said:
I haven't been much of a Spyderco user as I have recently only carried a Benchmade. I was looking for a small (super lightweight) knife to carry and was leaning towards a SE and Spyderco seems to cover this area way better than any other knife company. I just ordered an H1 SE Dragonfly II. I have read that H1 steel is great with the fully serrated edge.

What can I expect out of this?
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Welcome to the club. The se salts are some of the best pure users made! :)
 
Surfingringo said:
Welcome to the club. The se salts are some of the best pure users made! :)
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Gringo, I have to say I enjoy your fishing pics, especially since you do it from a kayak. I fish the OBX in the summers in a Montauk 210 Whaler, and have a tough enough time wrangling 30 lb tuna. I could, and would, never do ocean fishing from a kayak. Bravo Zulu to you.:thumbup:
 
I picked the Salt I up just before a vacation the the Dominican Republic earlier in the year, and although I did not put it through an hard cutting tasks it absolutely would not rust. I would spend hours on end in the ocean and/or pool 8 days straight an not a spec of rust. The knife doesnt usually see EDC because I have so many other options, I want to preserve that for when I know it will be underwater.
 
I didn't get the bladehq deal either. :(

I'm selling mine if any of you are interested.
 
I saw your sale thread. Have you considered RIT dying the scales orange or black?
 
bluemetalchurch said:
I haven't been much of a Spyderco user as I have recently only carried a Benchmade. I was looking for a small (super lightweight) knife to carry and was leaning towards a SE and Spyderco seems to cover this area way better than any other knife company. I just ordered an H1 SE Dragonfly II. I have read that H1 steel is great with the fully serrated edge.

What can I expect out of this?
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That's interesting because in the early 2000s Benchmade was using H-1 before Spyderco started using it. It was used in one of their diving knives>> I believe it was the model 100SH20 if my memory serves me well. I had one once and traded mine for a Spyderco hawkbill I'm still using.

Spyderco's serrated H-1 is awesome and I highly encourage you to get a full Spyderedged hawkbill ( TASMAN, Spyderhawk if you can find one) or even a ladybug Hawkbill that everyone's raving about.

Spyderco's H-1 Salt Series are all truly geared and made for hard use. Not too many collector pieces out of that series with the possible exception of the Spyderhawk and Caspian Salt. You won't regret getting a Spyderco H-1 blade at all.
 
...and for those who missed Blade HQ's sale on the Dragonfly H1, here's your chance to redeem yourselves...yep, BHQ is at it again with the Saver Salt in yellow for $24.95. They're in stock now as I post this.
 
The Salt line is great. I have a PE Tasman and I love it: no rust even with salt water, great design and good edge retention (and I read that it improves with use, but still not sure about it).
 
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