I have an older Salt 1 that is pinned construction. The 2012 Spyderco Catalog says that they are now screw construction. Not sure which type would be strongrer.
No manufacturer makes a better (stronger) pinned knife than Spyderco.
I confess - I batoned with my Salt1
Thanks!BadFish wrote:Wow that's a beautiful spoon
Generally, I just carve them to "test" out a new knife. The process really teaches you a lot about a knife because the spoon requires a lot of different sorts of cuts and often puts me way outside my comfort zone (i.e. requires me to cut toward myself, and make highly controlled precision cuts).Evil D wrote:Very nice spoon unit. Do you use stuff like that or is it just for decoration?
When I get them done, I usually take a few pictures and give them away...sometimes they see use in the kitchen. This one is really big and won't fit even in MY big mouth, but it will likely see use stirring pots of chili, and has already been used to scoop sugar for making my kids cool-aid. As luck would have it, this spoon is QUITE close to 1/4 cup. Perhaps some day, I will carve a set of measuring cups?
In desperate effort to somehow be on topic with this post, I batoned the log in half that I carved this spoon/scoop from :D
Big apologies to phillipsted for draggin this thread off topic...I'll start a thread in off topic for anyone interested in my off topic droning about carving...
Thanks,
Ken (my real name)
...learning something new all the time.
Ken (my real name)
...learning something new all the time.
I, too have batoned H1, so I am proud that you can admit it. You are one of us. I, however, beat the crap out of mine "for science" (the lock was ruined, but I was just givin' 'er to see what H1 and FRN could take - both very good and strong materials). The knife and blade were fine after - I could defeat the lock with my hands, but it stayed open and worked great except for that. I would only baton if I had to, but it's nice to know what's up with steels, etc.
- best wishes, Jazz.
- best wishes, Jazz.