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I spent about ten days after Christmas in Kauai with my family. I had planned on doing alot of hiking and snorkeling, so I knew I had to plan my knives accordingly. I settled on my Kershaw Outcast, Spyderco Pacific Salt and my ECOS kiridashi neck knife. I threw in my Spyderco Salt 1 as a backup should anything happen to my pacific salt, but it did not even leave my suitcase.
The Outcast worked well on my hikes. There were a bunch of nasty storms while we were there and the high winds knocked down alot of trees over some of the trails. The outcast did very well in clearing some of the limbs to allow us to pass over or under the trees. The only thing is that it held up the worst in terms of corrosion, I had to give it a good cleaning once I got home even though I thought I had been keeping it dry and oiled. I'm glad I didn't remove the black coating like I had been contemplating. The outcast also proved itself in deconstructing some coconuts throughout the trip. I figured out a way to discretely mount it on my pack, and I think it might replace my hatchet on alot of my trips around here now. I was really happy with this knife
My pacific salt PE was the star of the show for me. I had it with me everyday, and it lived most of the vacation clipped IWB to my board shorts. Snorkeling, body boarding, or even just swimming, it stayed clipped and didn't really rust at all. I would rinse it with fresh water when I got out if I remembered, but it held up great and would be my daily EDC now if Detroit didn't have a pesky 3" ordinance. I really fell in love with a bigger blade for EDC.
My ECOS kiridashi was also on me the entire time. I figured the 1095 would not hold up well to salt water, and I put it into my waterproof pocket along with my ID and cash whenever I was going to get wet. It did not end up rusted at all (which surprised me when the outcast got pretty bad). I had it rigged up for neck carry with some 550 cord, although now that I'm back at home it's back to its home on my key ring. I liked neck carry, especially because I was often just wearing a light button down so the knife was very accessible. Its a great size for EDC stuff, and as I said it held up to the corrosive environment remarkably well. For those of you familiar with ECOS, this is one of his very early pieces.
All the knives I brought served me very well.
The Outcast worked well on my hikes. There were a bunch of nasty storms while we were there and the high winds knocked down alot of trees over some of the trails. The outcast did very well in clearing some of the limbs to allow us to pass over or under the trees. The only thing is that it held up the worst in terms of corrosion, I had to give it a good cleaning once I got home even though I thought I had been keeping it dry and oiled. I'm glad I didn't remove the black coating like I had been contemplating. The outcast also proved itself in deconstructing some coconuts throughout the trip. I figured out a way to discretely mount it on my pack, and I think it might replace my hatchet on alot of my trips around here now. I was really happy with this knife
My pacific salt PE was the star of the show for me. I had it with me everyday, and it lived most of the vacation clipped IWB to my board shorts. Snorkeling, body boarding, or even just swimming, it stayed clipped and didn't really rust at all. I would rinse it with fresh water when I got out if I remembered, but it held up great and would be my daily EDC now if Detroit didn't have a pesky 3" ordinance. I really fell in love with a bigger blade for EDC.
My ECOS kiridashi was also on me the entire time. I figured the 1095 would not hold up well to salt water, and I put it into my waterproof pocket along with my ID and cash whenever I was going to get wet. It did not end up rusted at all (which surprised me when the outcast got pretty bad). I had it rigged up for neck carry with some 550 cord, although now that I'm back at home it's back to its home on my key ring. I liked neck carry, especially because I was often just wearing a light button down so the knife was very accessible. Its a great size for EDC stuff, and as I said it held up to the corrosive environment remarkably well. For those of you familiar with ECOS, this is one of his very early pieces.
All the knives I brought served me very well.
I used to live North of Ka'Pa past the heli pad. Near a place called Secret Beach.
Anyway, the next time I go I will try to make it in the summer, there were some regions of the interior of the island we couldn't get to due to flooding, and we got stuck in Hanalei one night when they closed the road to princeville. Spent the night at Tahiti Nui, it helps that we had made friends with one of the owners, Christian. Great place, great mia tais, and they just started up their luau again, and we were at the first one. I really loved that place.