Well, I did it, I finally ordered one.

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TheEdge01

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Well I finally have a Spyderco Pacific Salt on the way. This purchase may be the last one I will be making for a while. I wanted to buy one more 120 dollar knife before slowing down since our budget will be changing soon, I went ahead and bought two instead. I went a tad over since I bought the Kershaw Link last week for 42 dollars and the Pacific Salt will run us about 89$. I have read a lot of positive reviews about the Salt series and I am looking forward to trying it out for myself. The one I ordered has black handles and non serrated satin blade.
 
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whp said:
Congratulations. I look forward to hearing how you like the steel.
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I have read different things about what work hardened means. Some claim it refers to the process it is produced, others claim it hardens with sharpening. Well I'm interested in trying it out for myself.
 
TheEdge01 said:
I have read different things about what work hardened means. Some claim it refers to the process it is produced, others claim it hardens with sharpening. Well I'm interested in trying it out for myself.
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There is no evidence sharpening h1 at home work hardens it. However cutting the serrations work hardens the knife, the serrated h1 is higher hrc than the plain edge one.
 
Lapedog said:
There is no evidence sharpening h1 at home work hardens it. However cutting the serrations work hardens the knife, the serrated h1 is higher hrc than the plain edge one.
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I read somewhere that H1 is actually hardened by being pressed under tons of pressure. This is the reason the serrated steel is harder that the plain edge since the serrations are located on the outer surface of the blade.
 
I went with the opposite - choosing the Atlantic Salt, fully serrated, in yellow. (I'm not really a fan of yellow; but since I'll be diving with it, I figured I should go with the more visible color.)
 
hhmoore said:
I went with the opposite - choosing the Atlantic Salt, fully serrated, in yellow. (I'm not really a fan of yellow; but since I'll be diving with it, I figured I should go with the more visible color.)
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I started to go with the yellow, but I figured the black suited me more.
 
Congrats for the purchase!
As a side note, I believe one of the reasons to buy H1 steel and try it out is to see its performance in Serrated Edge. The PE one will get you as far as 420 or 440A in edge holding, and won't improve no matter what sharpening you do to it.

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It's factory grinding that hardens the steel to its usable, durable edge and HRC.
SE H1 is the king of steels to me, and I've only had 2 PE Salts out of 14 Salt knives, I however believe you'll be happy with your Pacific and will enjoy the advantages of a thin, lightweight and rustproof workhorse from Spyderco! :thumbsup:
 
ThePeacent said:
Congrats for the purchase!
As a side note, I believe one of the reasons to buy H1 steel and try it out is to see its performance in Serrated Edge. The PE one will get you as far as 420 or 440A in edge holding, and won't improve no matter what sharpening you do to it.

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It's factory grinding that hardens the steel to its usable, durable edge and HRC.
SE H1 is the king of steels to me, and I've only had 2 PE Salts out of 14 Salt knives, I however believe you'll be happy with your Pacific and will enjoy the advantages of a thin, lightweight and rustproof workhorse from Spyderco! :thumbsup:
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I read a post on Spyderco forums claiming that Sal Glesser said H1 edge retention is equivalent to AUS 8.
 
Work hardening is from forming, bending, stretching, extruding etc.. on cold metal. Tool hardening is forming an emboss, dimple, rib, flange
etc..on cold metal. Most tool hardening also work hardens metal.

Grinding edges-serrations can harden metal, but is not work hardening.
 
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