What are the rest of the metal parts made of?

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Let me start by saying that I'm a noob here. I just got my first
Spyderco knife, a Delica. So here's my question: If a Spyderco
knife blade is VG10. Or ZDP189, or whatever, does this affect what
the frame, lock and other internal steel is made of?
Or is there a standard frame steel and if so what is it?
 
The blade material does not effect the rest of the components. Liners, screws and back locks are usually made of stainless steel regardless of the blade steel. The main exception to this rule is when the handle material is titanium.
 
I believe H-1 blades use H-1 for all the other components as well (screws, liners, clips, pivots, etc.). There may have been a model or two in the very early days of H-1 that didn't do this though, I can't recall at the moment.
 
IIRC, lockbars on midlocks are matched to the blade, although not necessarily the same steel. Aside from the lockbar, steel parts on knives with H-1 blades are not H-1. There an other rustproof steels that are less expensive and work fine for those parts, they're just not suitable for use as blade steel. As noted, the clips on H-1 knives are titanium.
 
This was an interesting read, as I was wondering about this as well. I have a Tasman with the H1 blade and I was really putting it through the wringer yesterday.

Cutting vines, sawing through roots and small branches and digging out weeds - the SpyderEdge blade performed great. I knew that the blade would remain rust free, but just the liners gave me pause.
 
420J, really? I didn't think it was that corrosion resistant. Doesn't it defeat the purpose to make the insides of the knife out of less resistant metals since that is where the water will stay after use (not so much on the blade itself)? :rolleyes:

That being said, I don't really use my knives around all that much water and keep them really dry...
 
kniferbro said:
I'm pretty sure for the most part they use 420J for liners etc.
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bengaiser said:
420J, really? I didn't think it was that corrosion resistant. Doesn't it defeat the purpose to make the insides of the knife out of less resistant metals since that is where the water will stay after use (not so much on the blade itself)? :rolleyes:
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Of course the H1 models don't use 420J for the liners ;) kniferbro is referring to the rest of the spyderco line-up.
 
Tim_McD said:
This was an interesting read, as I was wondering about this as well. I have a Tasman with the H1 blade and I was really putting it through the wringer yesterday.

Cutting vines, sawing through roots and small branches and digging out weeds - the SpyderEdge blade performed great. I knew that the blade would remain rust free, but just the liners gave me pause.
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The Tasman doesn't have liners!
 
420j stainless sounds about right. As for the H1 series I don't know, I know whatever the Para 2 has will rust. I have seen small rust spots on mine, it just wiped off and there was no staining but still. For a general answer it'll be some kind of lower quality stainless steel, and for the H1 stuff its gonna be some rust resistant alloy of sorts.
 
I guess out of all those H-1 models, there aren't any with liners in them. Could have sworn there was at least one.

I'd be interested in finding out exactly what is being used for all those screws, pivots, pins, barrel screws, sheath rivets, back spacers and lock springs though.
 
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