Quiet Carry Waypoint? Or something else around saltwater?

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I am wondering about this knife as something to use for surf fishing mainly. With Vanax SuperClean blade steel, it looks more promising for general utility than Spyderco's LC200. Is this a smooth opening framelock similar to the WE/CIVVI options or, it is better or worse?

General thoughts about this knife, or something else around saltwater when surf fishing or general utility with lots of sweat exposure?

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I choose Carribean serrated for quickly dealing with rope or the PM2 salt!
 
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It'll do fine.

I wouldn't go with a we/civivi or anything else with bearings. Crevices aren't that fun for knives that will get cruddy
 
LC200N is a fine steel as long as you are not cutting a lots of highly abrasive material. Spyderco has largely transitioned their Salt knives to Magnacut.

As far as I know Spyderco and Quiet Carry are the only two production companies making folders with marine grade hardware.
 
I haven't had a problem with victorinox around water.

While not totally inert. It doesn't rust if you say, clean it that day.

You get liner locks that are not civivi fast. But are one handed operations.

 
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For saltwater, I generally go: 1) Cheep (disposable) and 2) fixed blade. I do a fair bit of offshore fishing (tuna and billfish mostly) and have yet to see a knife that held up very well for very long, regardless of what it was made of. Galvanic corrosion transforms pretty much everything into trash, and remarkably fast.
 
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For saltwater, I generally go: 1) Cheep (disposable) and 2) fixed blade. I do a fair bit of offshore fishing (tuna and billfish mostly) and have yet to see a knife that held up very well for very long, regardless of what it was made of. Galvanic corrosion transforms pretty much everything into trash, and remarkably fast.
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Try a Salt in Magnacut or LC200n. I have carried various Spyderco Salt knives on fishing, snorkeling and kayaking trips in saltwater with zero corrosion. My Manix salt was left in swim trunks soaked in saltwater for a week with no corrosion.
 
Cementite said:
For saltwater, I generally go: 1) Cheep (disposable) and 2) fixed blade. I do a fair bit of offshore fishing (tuna and billfish mostly) and have yet to see a knife that held up very well for very long, regardless of what it was made of. Galvanic corrosion transforms pretty much everything into trash, and remarkably fast.
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Isn't Titanium and LC200/Vanax very low corrosion around saltwater? I get sacrificial anodes and similar things around saltwater but, I wonder about your experience with these two options.
 
I believe Kunwu make several knives in Vanax and Titanium. Check out the KUNWU S-TAO II
 
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I don't do any salt water fishing (or any fishing of any kind, for that matter) but the Quiet Carry Waypoint seems like too nice a knife to mess up gutting fish, cutting bait or cutting nylon line or netting.

Spyderco has offered a vast array of "Salt" designated knives using H1, H2, LC200N & MagnaCut suitable for salt water & fishing use.

See: Spyderco Salt Knives.

There are a few other Spyderco knives that aren't specifically designated "Salt" models that are nonetheless suitable for salt water & fishing use.

Two of these are the:

-- SIren (LC200N folder)
-- Waterway (LC200N fixed)

These are variations of the same knife designed by Lance Clinton, who Spyderco describes as "a lifelong knife enthusiast and professional kayak fisherman."

While the Siren has been discontinued & the Waterway likely soon will be, both are still available on EB for around $150.

Between the two, the Waterway is probably better for salt water fishing because it's a fixed blade (nothing to gunk up) & because it uses a specially bonded waterproof handle that minimizes the risk of galvanic corrosion.

So, FWIW, if I were to do any salt water fishing, my pick would be the Waterway.
 
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I have the Waypoint LC and Drift LC from QC and love them both. I think the oem is in Taiwan and they're very well built, imo.
 
I have a Waypoint, a Drift and a couple of the Chase. I wadefished, swam in saltwater pool and snorkeled for a week straight in Belize this summer with one of the Chase. It is LC200N and not a speck of rust. Of course, they don’t have any of those in stock right now. Quiet Carry makes a pretty good knife for the saltwater!! I swim in my saltwater pool all the time with one of the three versions in my pocket. You won’t be disappointed.
 
I do love my Waypoint. Has had bbq sauce smudges on the blade for 2 weeks now that I just wiped off for the picture.. Not the best size/shape for a sporting utility knife imo. But it is completely rust proof and makes a damn fine edc knife.

And the action on mine is more Sebenza hydraulic feeling that anything..
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Isn't Titanium and LC200/Vanax very low corrosion around saltwater? I get sacrificial anodes and similar things around saltwater but, I wonder about your experience with these two options.
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No experience with those two, but I do know that titanium is very cathodic (noble) on the galvanic series. In a seawater environment, that's "good for titanium, but bad for any other metal anywhere near it" ... because although the titanium will likely survive, it will effectively "eat" any more cathodic metals (which includes pretty much everything -- see the galvanic series) anywhere nearby. It's kinda like leaving a pencil line on a prop shaft ... your prop shaft might be made of the most "corrosion resistant" SS or monel, but it's no match for graphite, and you will very likely have a groove and crack in your propshaft along that pencil line before too long. Add vibration and it's goodbye prop!
 
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