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Spyderco H1??
- Thread starter Morkte
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I believe the lock bar is NOT H1, but is treated in such a way that it will NOT rust. I've had my Tasman Salt in the Atlantic Ocean a few times and it hasn't rusted out on me yet. If you're worried about rust, I'm 99.999% sure you'll be fine. That is, unless you work in a vat of chlorine tablets.
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I don't know what they make the lockbar out of, but I picked up a Salt I this spring to use as my swimming knife.
I've had in in the Pacific twice, in the Russian River twice, and in both oxygen- and chlorine-treated swimming pools numerous times.
As in, 5 different cholrine-treated pools, for anywhere from 15 minutes to 3 hours at a time, and over a dozen times total already.
Typically, when I'm done swimming, I leave it in my trunks for 1-4 hours, then drop in in a nightstand drawer. A couple times, since I was away from home, I just left it in my trunks for a few days.
I think I dried it once.
It shows absolutely no signs of rust or corrosion on the blade or lockbar. It still looks brand new save for a couple light scratches and one chip in the blade
(from hitting concrete when I was cutting low to the ground - user-error, nothing to be concerned about toughness-wise.)
For me, it fits the bill perfectly, and I have no idea what it would take to actually take to make corrosion begin.
Color me impressed.
I've had in in the Pacific twice, in the Russian River twice, and in both oxygen- and chlorine-treated swimming pools numerous times.
As in, 5 different cholrine-treated pools, for anywhere from 15 minutes to 3 hours at a time, and over a dozen times total already.
Typically, when I'm done swimming, I leave it in my trunks for 1-4 hours, then drop in in a nightstand drawer. A couple times, since I was away from home, I just left it in my trunks for a few days.
I think I dried it once.
It shows absolutely no signs of rust or corrosion on the blade or lockbar. It still looks brand new save for a couple light scratches and one chip in the blade
(from hitting concrete when I was cutting low to the ground - user-error, nothing to be concerned about toughness-wise.)
For me, it fits the bill perfectly, and I have no idea what it would take to actually take to make corrosion begin.
Color me impressed.
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You're safe. I had this little guy clipped to my side the entire time I was on vacation in a Chlorine-filled pool (with way too much chlorine over the course of 4 days of constant swimming) and when I was in the Ocean immediately afterward (including some snorkeling). Very handy little knife and the only rust I noticed was on whatever they used to fill in the "1" on the laser-engraved "H1" on the side of the blade. It wiped off (along with the dark coating that was used to fill it, so now the "1" is like a matte finish) and I never had an issue after that.
It got so full of sand and salt that it got pretty gritty, but a quick rinse in the hotel sink and it was back to normal.
It got so full of sand and salt that it got pretty gritty, but a quick rinse in the hotel sink and it was back to normal.