Any stainless rescue folders available?

[chasehood]

Hello all,


Earlier today I was having a discussion with the new manager that just started at my branch. I noticed he had a crkt tanto necker sitting on his desk. I install security systems and we have tools everywhere so a knife isn't too strange to have in an office. Anyways I got excited because the only other guy that I could talk knives with just got fired two months ago. So my new manager Jedd and I started talking and he told me he is a knife nut too. I got excited and pulled out my new pm2 to show him and show him that I've got a little bit to talk about. He told me about a spyderco he had back in the day when he was a firefighter/EMT in tucson. He told me it was perfect because it was all stainless. I asked him it it had a sheepsfoot blade or some kind of rounded tip. He said no and that led me to question why he thought that was the perfect knife for his job. I thought with no traction and no safety tip it sounded like a poor choice. He then told me why. He said because it was stainless it allowed him to take it to the hospital, wash of any bodily fluids and throw it in the auto clave. I thought that was genius. Any of you guys know of any stainless rescue/EMT folders out there? Any of those public servants out there see a need for this?

Ps I'm new and just got my first spyderco 3 weeks ago. Can't wait to get more.

[Doc Dan]

The only all stainless knife Spyderco has produced that had a blade without a point was the Byrd Pelican. Of course, I could be wrong, as the company has produced many models. The Delica comes in all stainless, with either a plain edge or serrated edge.

[Blerv]

If you don't mind spending a chunk of money I think you can still get the Mariner Salt from Japan in PE. Maybe SE too. Someone else will have to comment how it would hold up in a commercial sanitizer. It's not considered "normal use" but might be just fine.

[The Deacon]

If it didn't have a sheepsfoot tip, then it wasn't marketed by Spyderco as a "rescue folder". Your manager's knife could have been an all stainless Police, Endura, or Delica, all of which are still in production, or any one of a number of other all stainless models that have been discontinued over the years.

As far as all stainless "rescue folders" Spyderco has produced the Mariner and all stainless versions of the C14 Rescue and C45 Rescue Jr. Regarding sterilization after exposure to bodily fluids, FRN handled knives can be autoclaved, and have the advantage of cooling faster afterward.

Bottom line is, you manager's idea of the perfect rescue folder simply does not jibe with that of the majority of Spyderco's "Save and Serve" customers. The FRN versions of the C14 and C45 Rescue are still strong sellers while the all stainless versions went over like lead balloons and were quickly dropped from the lineup.

[Doc Dan]

Deacon is much more knowledgeable about these models than I am. I was not aware that the Rescue knives he mentioned came in all stainless. Spyderco makes several rescue knives, but not all stainless. The Spyderco FRN scales are great, but you would have to scrub out all of those nooks and crannies in the FRN scales that give wonderful grip, but are great places for tissue and fluids to hide. I understand the want of an all stainless in that regard, having worked in the medical field and rescue. The perfect knife would be the old Mariner Salt. It was all stainless, H1 blade, would not rust, had a sheepfoot blade with serrations. You might find one of those somewhere.

[zhyla]

Even the regular (AUS-8?) Mariner would work fine and can be had used for not that much. I didn't know you could autoclave FRN but the stainless handles sure are easier to clean.

[chasehood]

FRN can be put in the auto clave? That is wild! Li assumed it was the police model in stainless. He described it as long and thin with a combo blade. He is not looking for one but it just peaked my interest on the subject.

[JNewell]

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[JD Spydo]

The only all stainless knife Spyderco has produced that had a blade without a point was the Byrd Pelican. Of course, I could be wrong, as the company has produced many models. The Delica comes in all stainless, with either a plain edge or serrated edge.

Yes there was an all stainless handled RESCUE model made during the ATS-55 era. Actually there were 2 of them with stainless handles and sheepsfoot blades. There was the C-45 and the C-14 both were offered in the late 90s in full Spyderedge with ATS-55 blades. I know I still have both of them and wish they would do another run of the stainless handled RESCUE models.

They were available for quite a while through that one Japanese source up till about the late 2000s along with the plain edged Harpy and a few other hard to find Spyderco models.

The Stainless Handled RESCUE models were very obscure because I only know of 3 other people besides myself who actually had one. It was probably Spyderco's most ridgid folder that they ever made in my opinion. It was truly a tank of a folder and the blades had extremely thick spines.

I don't see them on Ebay or any other knife source very often>> I only seen one on Ebay all of last year and it was a C-45 model. If you could ever find one I highly recommend buying it because you won't find a RESCUE type blade with the bulk and ridgidity that the Spyderco Stainless RESCUE had.

[LC Kid]

Hi Folks!


AFAIK there were at least a couple of SS Rescue models made, and the almighty SS Mariner as well. :spyder:

What I didn't know was about the possibility of the FRN to be autoclaved. I mean the high pressure heat of the process really doesn't look like being any friendly with a plastic material.

And if the FRN can be autoclaved, how about G10? :rolleyes: