Trying to locate an older Benchmade H2O help pls

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henryk

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Looking for a good saltwater knife and came across this one , the yellow folder from BM. Can anyone tell me if it is still being made? Went to website and did not see listed. Thanks.

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The knives in the pic are fixed blades. If you want a folder look up benchmade 551H2O or benchmade 111H2O. Or google benchmade H2O and you should see all their marine environment offerings.
 
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Sadly the fixed blade no longer comes in this style. Only a big hook. Thanks, though.
 
You might try searching "benchmade H2O" on sites where people sell used goods.
 
henryk said:
Sadly the fixed blade no longer comes in this style. Only a big hook. Thanks, though.
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I might get slammed for this but if you are looking for a salt water knife you are better off looking at Spyderco. They have a lot of truly rust proof knives. They use steels like H1 and LC200N that will not rust in salt water. Benchmade really doesn't have anything to compare with Spyderco in this regard. There H2O knives are more rust resistant than your average knife but still not rust proof and wont hold up to salt water. Love Benchmade but they don't have anything really that will hold up to salt water.
 
luke86 said:
I might get slammed for this but if you are looking for a salt water knife you are better off looking at Spyderco. They have a lot of truly rust proof knives. They use steels like H1 and LC200N that will not rust in salt water. Benchmade really doesn't have anything to compare with Spyderco in this regard. There H2O knives are more rust resistant than your average knife but still not rust proof and wont hold up to salt water. Love Benchmade but they don't have anything really that will hold up to salt water.
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I'm not slamming you, but I don't think that's entirely true. If you will rinse the knife out at the end of the day you shouldn't have any issues. Now, if you want something that is 0 maintence I agree that the Salt series delivers that.
 
bluemetalchurch said:
I'm not slamming you, but I don't think that's entirely true. If you will rinse the knife out at the end of the day you shouldn't have any issues. Now, if you want something that is 0 maintence I agree that the Salt series delivers that.
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I've seen a few youtube videos of guys using them in salt water and even with a rinse had some rusting on the liners of a folder. They don't use special liners or hardware on the H2O models. Spyderco salt proofs the entire knife.
 
luke86 said:
I've seen a few youtube videos of guys using them in salt water and even with a rinse had some rusting on the liners of a folder. They don't use special liners or hardware on the H2O models. Spyderco salt proofs the entire knife.
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The Salt's are great in that they have no liners and the backsprings etc, shouldn't and don't rust. I'm just not a fan of plain edge H1. When they come out with an LC200 model I may pick one up.
 
bluemetalchurch said:
The Salt's are great in that they have no liners and the backsprings etc, shouldn't and don't rust. I'm just not a fan of plain edge H1. When they come out with an LC200 model I may pick one up.
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H1 is definitely not the best with edge retention. But I have found that it gets considerably better the more it is sharpened because it is work hardened. Also a course edge helps this out significantly as well. They are offering several knives now with lc200n.
 
luke86 said:
H1 is definitely not the best with edge retention. But I have found that it gets considerably better the more it is sharpened because it is work hardened. Also a course edge helps this out significantly as well. They are offering several knives now with lc200n.
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Yea, but not an uber lightweight model that I'm aware of. The Chef and Carribean come to mind but I'm looking for super light in swim trunks. :)
 
bluemetalchurch said:
Yea, but not an uber lightweight model that I'm aware of. The Chef and Carribean come to mind but I'm looking for super light in swim trunks. :)
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Yeah you will have to wait on the lightweight ones in lc200n for a bit. I do think they are coming eventually though.:)
 
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