Seriously, how much of a worry is it ?
How many if your blades actually rust ?
(Excluding cheapies you may use and high carbon steel)
Seriously, how much of a worry is it ?
Just like some people desire more edge holding than others, some require more corrosion resistance than others. Some of us spend our days in offices, some of us spend them in a kayak.500Nitro wrote: ↑Mon Oct 22, 2018 1:10 pmSeriously, how much of a worry is it ?
How many if your blades actually rust ?
(Excluding cheapies you may use and high carbon steel)
markg wrote: ↑Mon Oct 22, 2018 7:35 pmI always joke that I love marshmallows, graham crackers, and chocolate however I don't like smores...
I LOVE the Salt knives and I LOVE the Yojimbo, but I would not really care too much for a Yojimbo Salt.
S30V is known for its corrosion resistant already, not sure a Salt version has a ton of application given the target audience for the knife.
There was a recent thread here about M4 rusting through the DLC coating. Those coatings apparently have some porosity or are least semi-permeable membranes. There's also a current Salt thread where users brought up that the black coating on their H1 blades made the opening and closing action less smooth because of the added dimensional thickness of the coating. Beyond the dimensional change, having a third party apply a coating would almost certainly void the warranty.
haha. no. i’ve had this idea for a while now regarding the matriarch and i’m just applying the same logic to the yojimbo. it just makes sense to me that a self defense blade be as low maintenance as possible. it’s the same reason people started carrying glocks and why so many other manufacturers started imitating their designs.
DLC is not going to help all that much with rust. I have had numerous M2/4 blades from another company that are coated with a different coating and have never had an issue with rust with them (possibly the exposed edge but that is no big deal).ugaarguy wrote: ↑Tue Oct 23, 2018 2:52 ammarkg wrote: ↑Mon Oct 22, 2018 7:35 pmI always joke that I love marshmallows, graham crackers, and chocolate however I don't like smores...
I LOVE the Salt knives and I LOVE the Yojimbo, but I would not really care too much for a Yojimbo Salt.
S30V is known for its corrosion resistant already, not sure a Salt version has a ton of application given the target audience for the knife.
I bought a Spydiechef so I could have an essentially rust proof knife to carry clipped in my shorts where it's going to get sweated on when I'm exercising or recreating outdoors in the summer. A defensive knife like the Yojimbo is likely to be carried by its target users essentially any time that they're clothed. LEOs in the summer in all their gear sweating through their pants in hot southern climates, troops in all their gear sweating through their uniforms in desert and jungle environments, and Marines and Sailors working in their native environments are all end users who I think would value the additional corrosion resistance of an LC200N or H1 blade in the Yojimbo. I suspect that those same users and use case scenarios are why Spyderco offers fully blacked out versions of several of the Salt series back locks.
I'd personally love to see a Yojimbo or similar knife done as an RIL / frame lock in the same materials as the Spydiechef. As good as the Caribbean should be, the fact that the Spydiechef doesn't have liners to potentially trap moisture and/or reactive contaminants makes it even an even more fool proof option.
There was a recent thread here about M4 rusting through the DLC coating. Those coatings apparently have some porosity or are least semi-permeable membranes. There's also a current Salt thread where users brought up that the black coating on their H1 blades made the opening and closing action less smooth because of the added dimensional thickness of the coating. Beyond the dimensional change, having a third party apply a coating would almost certainly void the warranty.
I think I've helped to illustrate that there is indeed a niche for a Yojimbo Salt. However, I do wonder if it's too small a niche to warrant actually producing such a knife.