I went to Costa Rica for vacation in Sep. I had to choose which knife to bring along in my luggage. I took my blue 93mm CE Rscue with the sky blue "kydex" neck sheath I made.
I say kydex but it is not really kydex. My wife works as an occupational therapist and they have some sort of plastic sheet that they use for making splints and braces. I don't know what it is called but it comes in different colors and thicknesses. I got a thin light blue sheet for my blue Rescue and it looks good but works great. Better than Kydex in my opinion because it stays tight and has a sort of soft texture.
Anyway, I brought the Rescue with me everywhere I went for a week. I was in the sea at least once a day. Snorkling, swimming, fishing, kayaking and sailing. I was in the jungle in very hot and humid conditions with the knife clipped inside my wasteband getting sweated on for hours.
As long as I rinsed it off after letting it get exposed to sea water, it had no problems. I let it sit for a few hours with salt water on it and it only had very light brown specks on the surface. A little rubbing and it was gone. The VG-10 steel seems very rust resistant and yet it is a very good steel in terms of getting and edge and keeping it. My love for VG-10 grows!
I dropped the knife once while snorkling and I found it quick because the bright blue stood out against the tan sand. It made me think that that yellow Salts might not be the best color since it would blend into the sand more. Still, any bright color is better than a dull one. The key is getting color that is not common to nature. A bright blaze orange might be the best all around color for finding the knife.
The 93mm Rescue is also big enough to use as a weapon in case you have to defend yourself against man or beast. I never needed to thank god but I felt better going with knife that could be used as a weapon if needed. It looks like a tool not a weapon so even if I was caught with it at some stage of my trip, I would probably have been able to retain it. A More agressive looking knife might be taken.
To my surprise, sand was not an issue at all. For whatever reason, the lock or internals seem to shed sand and grit. I have had some knives that were magnets for grit but not the Rescue. It really is a trouble free and reliable design.
Overall, I have been pleased with my Rescue over the years as a water and boating knife. If I were to only have one knife, I would prefer a knife with more a of tip. Something like a Pac Salt might be the best all around knife if I were to only have one. Normally, I have a choice of knives so I can pick what will suit my needs best.
The Rescue makes a great water and boat knife and I really don't see the need for H-1 unless you don't rinse off your knives or are around salt water all day. For the guy like me, who only goes to the sea once in a while and doesn't spend the night on the boat or in the wild, VG-10 is fine.
On a scale of 1-10, I give the Blue 93mm CE Rescue a solid 9 as a water knife. It is hard to find a better folding knife for boating, snokling and anything around water. If you need a knife that is highly rust resistant, light and strong, safe, secure and inexpensive, the Rescue is hard to beat. You can pick up a used one off E-bay or on this site for $30-40 and I can't think of a better way to spend that amount of money on a folding water knife.
I say kydex but it is not really kydex. My wife works as an occupational therapist and they have some sort of plastic sheet that they use for making splints and braces. I don't know what it is called but it comes in different colors and thicknesses. I got a thin light blue sheet for my blue Rescue and it looks good but works great. Better than Kydex in my opinion because it stays tight and has a sort of soft texture.
Anyway, I brought the Rescue with me everywhere I went for a week. I was in the sea at least once a day. Snorkling, swimming, fishing, kayaking and sailing. I was in the jungle in very hot and humid conditions with the knife clipped inside my wasteband getting sweated on for hours.
As long as I rinsed it off after letting it get exposed to sea water, it had no problems. I let it sit for a few hours with salt water on it and it only had very light brown specks on the surface. A little rubbing and it was gone. The VG-10 steel seems very rust resistant and yet it is a very good steel in terms of getting and edge and keeping it. My love for VG-10 grows!
I dropped the knife once while snorkling and I found it quick because the bright blue stood out against the tan sand. It made me think that that yellow Salts might not be the best color since it would blend into the sand more. Still, any bright color is better than a dull one. The key is getting color that is not common to nature. A bright blaze orange might be the best all around color for finding the knife.
The 93mm Rescue is also big enough to use as a weapon in case you have to defend yourself against man or beast. I never needed to thank god but I felt better going with knife that could be used as a weapon if needed. It looks like a tool not a weapon so even if I was caught with it at some stage of my trip, I would probably have been able to retain it. A More agressive looking knife might be taken.
To my surprise, sand was not an issue at all. For whatever reason, the lock or internals seem to shed sand and grit. I have had some knives that were magnets for grit but not the Rescue. It really is a trouble free and reliable design.
Overall, I have been pleased with my Rescue over the years as a water and boating knife. If I were to only have one knife, I would prefer a knife with more a of tip. Something like a Pac Salt might be the best all around knife if I were to only have one. Normally, I have a choice of knives so I can pick what will suit my needs best.
The Rescue makes a great water and boat knife and I really don't see the need for H-1 unless you don't rinse off your knives or are around salt water all day. For the guy like me, who only goes to the sea once in a while and doesn't spend the night on the boat or in the wild, VG-10 is fine.
On a scale of 1-10, I give the Blue 93mm CE Rescue a solid 9 as a water knife. It is hard to find a better folding knife for boating, snokling and anything around water. If you need a knife that is highly rust resistant, light and strong, safe, secure and inexpensive, the Rescue is hard to beat. You can pick up a used one off E-bay or on this site for $30-40 and I can't think of a better way to spend that amount of money on a folding water knife.