Salt 1 spyderEdge ! Very aggressive !!!

softrockrenegade

softrockrenegade

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Just got a salt 1 in full spyderEdge as per a local forum members recommendation and I love how aggressive the serrations are !!! My question is if all the salt knives have serrations this aggressive or did I just get a crazy awsome knife ??? Here us a comparison shot with a delica ...
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I believe the serrations are hand ground so depending on the particular artist doing the work they can vary, but I could be wrong. :D
 
I'm not sure if they're ground more aggressively, but I noticed that serrated H1 knives seem to have more of a polish on the serrations than knives of other steel.
 
Jeeze !!! I have such a love for the spyderEdge but every time I post a thread In this genre it's a friggin ghost town lol!!!
 
Those teeth look nasty. You got to let us know how you like the way they preform/cut in edc
 
Perhaps it is one of the characteristics of H1 getting harder as serrations are being ground.
 
My spyderhawk and ladybug salt have serrations closer to your delica. Looks like you've got an extra mean salt there.
 
I'm quite interested in spydie serrations.
the H1 serration pic is interesting indeed. How do they cut?

Thank you for posting!
 
First, the most accurate way to compare serrations on knives with different grinds is on the "back" (generally right) side of the blades. Not saying that's the case here, but serrations on hollow grinds tend to look less aggressive than those on flat saber grinds even if the actual notches are the same depth when viewed from behind. On the other hand, yes, some models have more aggressive serrations than others. Also, since serrations are cut with a specially shaped wheel which gets dressed at intervals, a blade ground just after the stone is dressed will have somewhat more aggressive serrations than one of the same exact model ground just before it was dressed.
 
Thanks for that info Deacon !! This thing cuts like a friggin chainsaw !!! Very impressive !!!
 
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Blownnova said:
I believe the serrations are hand ground so depending on the particular artist doing the work they can vary, but I could be wrong. :D
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No you're definitely on to something to be sure. Because there are distinct differences between Golden CO USA Earth serrations and the ones that come from our Japanese brethren. And Deacon is right about the tool wear in the manufacturing process. Every serrated blade made has it's own fingerprints to be sure.

I advise the author of this thread to get himself a pair of Spyderco 701 Profiles and learn to sharpen your serrations with them. I learned how to use them about 5 years ago and I've never looked back. As much as I love the 204 Sharpmaker and use mine almost daily I still pretty much exclusively use my 701 Profiles on all my serrated, Spyderedged blades.

Most of the serrated H-1 Salt blades have really looked good and work very well in my experiences with them. Most people have preconceived notions about serrated blades. And I will agree that there are some really junky SE blades on the market but Spyderco's are truly way ahead of most of their competiton and they've taken the serrated blade to a much higher level as this brother has discovered.
 
Nice catch SRR. I need to get myself one of those now. The serrations look very pronounced on that, loving those teeth
 
Me nope, I was just stating what I remember Sal posting about the edge retention of h1. He said pe h1 seems to be on par with aus8 and se h1 to be the best edge retention of all se.
 
They look like the serrations did on my first generation Endura. I'm guessing they have more than one wheel, and depending on which one they got sharpened on the serration patterns will be deep or shallow.
 
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