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I've enlarged a couple of areas from the last photos.

http://tessie.co.uk/photos/closeup1.jpg

http://tessie.co.uk/photos/closeup2.jpg

With the naked eye, I hadn't noticed that little defect above the tooth. Spotted it in one of the pics and enlarged it for a better look. It seems to be the ...

It is my scientific curiosity that makes me wonder if it is really rust.

Fair comment - I'm happy to send it to Sal if he wants to have a look at it, although from Creepo's comments I wonder if it's just an older example with a few issues that have subsequently been fixed.

Lots of folks have ...

Here are a couple of closer shots - best I could get with my basic digital camera.

http://tessie.co.uk/photos/IMG_1674.JPG

http://tessie.co.uk/photos/IMG_1675.JPG

http://tessie.co.uk/photos/IMG_1679.JPG

http://tessie.co.uk/photos/IMG_1680.JPG

What do you reckon?

(Apart from my needing ...

Thanks for all the comments and interest. The knife sits in the cabin most of the time, so it's not constantly wet, and in fact over the Christmas and New Year period it's been up at the house so it's been in a warm dry environment.

It doesn't look to me as if it's marine growth or algae, and it ...

Thought it might be of interest to post these pics of my H1 Spyderco Tasman Salt, after 3 years of daily use on a sea fishing boat. I keep it open and close at hand in the cabin in case of accidental rope/limb entanglement.

As I said, I am posting the pics out of interest, not because I am in any ...

You really need to take the great advice given above, and not rack up your credit card bills any further.

Having said that, my vote goes for the Manix 83.

Thanks for the contest.

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