Please make an uncoated Aqua Salt

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ddran

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I'm not sure how to reach spyderco, I tried their website but there is no option for contacting them to recommend a knife. The only thing stopping me from getting one is the coating. Anybody else feel this way? Also maybe make the handle in a darker green(no neon green please) or brown:thumbup:.
 
Keep an eye out for the original run of the aqua salt. Those were available with yellow or black handles.
 
There's a yellow SE on the big auction site.

Yellow FRN is easily dyed a darker color. There's a how-to YT vid dying a DF Salt dark green.
 
ddran said:
Thanks, would totally get it but not a serrations guy.
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When it comes to H1, there is no other way to go than serrated, the performance of SE versus PE H1 is night and day...plain edge H1 performs like Gerber garbage mystery "steel".
 
Yeah, everything I've read says to get the serrations on an H1 blade. I have a Tasman SE, and it's pretty freaking awesome! :D
 
John_0917 said:
When it comes to H1, there is no other way to go than serrated, the performance of SE versus PE H1 is night and day...plain edge H1 performs like Gerber garbage mystery "steel".
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Yea, but I want to use the knife when fishing. Don't think serrations would be useful.
 
ddran said:
Yea, but I want to use the knife when fishing. Don't think serrations would be useful.
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Surfingringo swears by serrated H1 blades for fishing.

I keep a Dragonfly Salt SE and Tasman Salt SE in my fishing tackle boxes.
 
John_0917 said:
When it comes to H1, there is no other way to go than serrated, the performance of SE versus PE H1 is night and day...plain edge H1 performs like Gerber garbage mystery "steel".
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Have you actually experienced this, or are you just repeating internet hyperbole?

In my experience, plain edged H-1 holds an edge at least as well as AUS-6. Granted, that's not as impressive as most of Spyderco's other steels, but it's not all that shabby either, and some folks may consider having a totally rust proof plain edged knife worthwhile.

I'd say it's more a case of, if you want a serrated blade, it doesn't make much sense to go with anything other than H-1.
 
ddran said:
I figure the coating would rub off into the fish.
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What kind of fish do you encounter that's tough enough to rub off a TiCN coating? Armored dino sharks?! :eek:

I'd be more worried about the non-stick coating of the frying pan rubbing off first. ;)
 
Believe it or not I encounter deformed sea beasts that have scales and shells forming in odd places, following the Fukushima disaster.
 
The Deacon said:
Have you actually experienced this, or are you just repeating internet hyperbole?

In my experience, plain edged H-1 holds an edge at least as well as AUS-6. Granted, that's not as impressive as most of Spyderco's other steels, but it's not all that shabby either, and some folks may consider having a totally rust proof plain edged knife worthwhile.

I'd say it's more a case of, if you want a serrated blade, it doesn't make much sense to go with anything other than H-1.
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I have, yes...I own a serrated Pac Salt, serrated Tasman and a plain edge Salt 1. There is a lot written on here about it and my experience, as well as some others seems to (sadly) prove it to be true. The edge retention on the Pac Salt is pretty good, I have only had to sharpen it a couple of times, it wasn't really dull but I was taking it on a tropical vacation so I wanted it in top shape (I have a Sharpmaker so serrations are easy to sharpen). The Salt 1 is a different story, I also use it as a travel knife, mainly for hotel room eating etc, the edge retention is pretty bad. I took it on a 5 day trip to Chicago last month and used it to cut up food for snacks in the hotel and the like, it was very sharp before the trip but was more or less dull (wouldn't slice paper) by the time I got back.

Short version: plain edge H1 is easy to sharpen but doesn't hold an edge worth much for long, serrated H1 holds an edge significantly better.
 
Yeah but the more you sharpen the plain edge, the harder it gets, the longer it stays sharp. That's a property of the H1 steel, or so I'm told.
 
Spyderco Dude said:
Yeah but the more you sharpen the plain edge, the harder it gets, the longer it stays sharp. That's a property of the H1 steel, or so I'm told.
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That's a common misconception, at least as far as I can tell. My plain edge H1 has not had any noticeable improvement over time...My suspicion is that manual sharpening does not put enough strain on the structure of the steel so as to cause work hardening like mechanical grinding does.
 
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