Can someone with some H1 knowledge chime in on this? Nutnfancy is saying online that H1 can rust and has a photo of said rust. Now I do remember a post on here about rust appearing on H1 blades but it was from transferred material onto or around the blade. Not from the blade itself. Maybe there is more to his comment, and he will explain, but I know a tonne of people follow what he says as gospel so I wanted to get the facts straight.
Taking what he said as is, is he right or wrong?
I've read many times that H1 cannot and will not rust. Is this true or false? I'm talking as in ever. Worse case scenario, rust forced in a laboratory or something. Can t rust? Or is it impossible?
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:rolleyes: Nutnfancy you silly man. H1 won't rust from exposure to any normal substance including saltwater. I promise. There may be some strong acidic chemicals that will eat it but I still suspect they would not cause "rust". What he has there is either residue left from the grinder or from the engraving. That usually happens on mine and disappears within a few days use. If he's just seeing it then that knife hasn't seen any hard exposure.
Hopefully he will do a bit more testing and confirm what we already know and correct his error. You need to be responsible with what you say when you have a large audience like that.
Surfingringo wrote:Hopefully he will do a bit more testing and confirm what we already know and correct his error. You need to be responsible with what you say when you have a large audience like that.
Surfingringo, you rock! The H1s don't rust :) and live really close to a big ocean. :)
Yeah, I live on the gulf coast and routinely expose my Spyderhawk to salt water and sweat and have yet to see any detrimental effects. I did mirror polish it and remove the H1 logo though. Been carrying that knife for at least 8 years now. IWB or in a pocket or in my swim trunks at the beach and NOTHING. It's pretty hot and humid here. There's also a thread somewhere in which someone had a salt knife on a boat for over a year without cleaning it and instead of rust it started to grow algae or something similar. The H1 Logo is actually known to rust if you don't clean it before exposing it to saltwater. I also have a sandblasted salt knife that doesn't rust either.... just saying
Mountains of evidence out there suggest H1 CAN'T rust, and science seems to support it. Surface rust may result from exposure to something that CAN. This seems like a bit of sensationalism to me, in the face of what we already know.
Since rust is an iron oxide, I do not see how anyone can claim H1 will rust. Corrosion may be a different story, if some chemical were applied to the blade, but even then it is not going to be red rust.
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I fish the beach with a Ladybug H1 SE HB in the side pocket of my board shorts that are wet before the first cast. I bleed and gut fish with it and wash it in the ocean. I've tossed wet boardies in the laundry sink and forgotten about the knife for days more than once till beloved wife finds it prior to washing. :rolleyes:
NO RUST on the blade or hardware! :cool:
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I live in Hawaii by the ocean and have owned many H1 blades over the years and have never had any of them rust.
I've experienced the "H1" logo having some surface "rust", but as Lance explained this is surface residue and not the actual H1 steel. I have a Caspian Salt permanently attached to my BC and have had my Pacific Salt in many pairs of boardshorts, on boats, in kayaks, and no problems here. Spyderco has an absolutely fantastic product line with the salt series.
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Well I left my Pac Salt submerged in my boats livewell in salt water for a week to see what would happen. Kind of boring but nothing happened. No rust no fuss. I carry mine daily and use it at work in the rain, mud, dirt and sweat all over it. The only thing I have had to do is flush out the crud with water and sharpen the blade occasionally. Me thinks these interweb warriors are just looking for "click time" so they can make $$$. One of the reasons I don't waste my time on Facebook or YouTube.
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