for 25 bucks!
It's big!!! Like the Ocean!!!
and honestly, I just want to start cutting stuff so I can sharpen it. :D
So I got a Pacific Salt SE...
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Zac
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So I got a Pacific Salt SE...
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Fish Knife!?
For 25 bucks...The Bay of course!
Why did I get it so randomly?
1) it was 25 bucks in an auction that ended around 5 AM EST (I couldnt sleep but all the other bidders could!)
2) my uncle who is a dive instructor is using my Atlantic Salt SE Yellow over his fixed blade which he complained of rust issues so I imagine he will buy it from me
3) This is interesting
So my buddy works at a fish store and often needs to use a knife underwater but the big concern is rust harming the fish (this is an expensive fish store; killing a barracuda or $500 rare African fish would be bad). I told him about H1 and he was interested given it does not oxidize and rust. 95% of their fish are saltwater and he cannot use something like TufCloth because that will kill the fish. However, it is suicidal on knives. Also, FRN seems to be the best handle material for underwater usage (not wet, but fully underwater). My uncle agrees with me that the grip is rougher on the hands but that isn't something you worry about when using a knife underwater as the last thing you want to do is slip or lose grasp of the knife. So my buddy wants to see if the knife is left in with an inexpensive fish if the fish is harmed which since H1 does not seem to 'bleed' from any part, I do not think it will. This will be interesting...
Why did I get it so randomly?
1) it was 25 bucks in an auction that ended around 5 AM EST (I couldnt sleep but all the other bidders could!)
2) my uncle who is a dive instructor is using my Atlantic Salt SE Yellow over his fixed blade which he complained of rust issues so I imagine he will buy it from me
3) This is interesting
So my buddy works at a fish store and often needs to use a knife underwater but the big concern is rust harming the fish (this is an expensive fish store; killing a barracuda or $500 rare African fish would be bad). I told him about H1 and he was interested given it does not oxidize and rust. 95% of their fish are saltwater and he cannot use something like TufCloth because that will kill the fish. However, it is suicidal on knives. Also, FRN seems to be the best handle material for underwater usage (not wet, but fully underwater). My uncle agrees with me that the grip is rougher on the hands but that isn't something you worry about when using a knife underwater as the last thing you want to do is slip or lose grasp of the knife. So my buddy wants to see if the knife is left in with an inexpensive fish if the fish is harmed which since H1 does not seem to 'bleed' from any part, I do not think it will. This will be interesting...
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Michael Cook
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you can't go wrong with h-1. aside from it's rust free properties (excluding the lettering on the blade) the steel really is work hardened. After a few weeks of using mine, I have noticed significant improvement in edge retention (which to begin with on a PE atlantic salt was comparable to aus-8 or even ats-55 when sharpened on the grey corners of the sharpmaker stones) I've noticed mine holds an edge as long as some of the vg-10 or s30v :spyder: s i've used, with the added benefit of being rust free. if you don't mind scratches on a blade, you'll love that knife.
you can't go wrong with h-1. aside from it's rust free properties (excluding the lettering on the blade) the steel really is work hardened. After a few weeks of using mine, I have noticed significant improvement in edge retention (which to begin with on a PE atlantic salt was comparable to aus-8 or even ats-55 when sharpened on the grey corners of the sharpmaker stones) I've noticed mine holds an edge as long as some of the vg-10 or s30v :spyder: s i've used, with the added benefit of being rust free. if you don't mind scratches on a blade, you'll love that knife.
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H1 seems to show usage scratches easier than some other high end stainless steels. Purely cosmetic, but it seems to twist some anal retentive, safe queen, perfectionist's undies into a bundle. :pmnblade wrote:Can you be more specific about the scratches? :confused:
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I have the PE Pacific in black, and love the thing, it's earned it's place in my permanent EDC group, i don't often need a 4" blade, but those times that i *DO* it's there, ready to be used, since it's such a lightweight knife i often forget it's there, quietly sitting in my LR pocket
i've sharpened it enough to work-harden the edge to a quite usable hardness, i'd say up there with AUS-8, and unlike any other steel, it takes a super-fine edge quickly and easily, i'm sure that i could split *atoms* with this edge
H-1's ability to take a truly terrifyingly sharp edge is frankly, amazing, i can take a wedge of Cabot "Hunter's Cheddar" (Seriously Sharp!) fresh out of the fridge and cut very thin slices with the Pacific, and the slices stay together, typically using a standard knife on fresh-from-the-fridge Hunters Cheddar will cause the slices to disintegrate and crumble when cut, but not with the Pacific
the Pacific's a great knife, and i've rust-tested it for 2 weeks in a salt-water spray test chamber, *NO* rust (the Pacific was the first Spydie i rust-tested, and it passed with flying colors)
i've sharpened it enough to work-harden the edge to a quite usable hardness, i'd say up there with AUS-8, and unlike any other steel, it takes a super-fine edge quickly and easily, i'm sure that i could split *atoms* with this edge
H-1's ability to take a truly terrifyingly sharp edge is frankly, amazing, i can take a wedge of Cabot "Hunter's Cheddar" (Seriously Sharp!) fresh out of the fridge and cut very thin slices with the Pacific, and the slices stay together, typically using a standard knife on fresh-from-the-fridge Hunters Cheddar will cause the slices to disintegrate and crumble when cut, but not with the Pacific
the Pacific's a great knife, and i've rust-tested it for 2 weeks in a salt-water spray test chamber, *NO* rust (the Pacific was the first Spydie i rust-tested, and it passed with flying colors)
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yeah gotta love the Pacific Salt (heck I love anything with H-1)! the sides of the blade can get scratched with use.....from what i can recall i heard the spine of the blade had a Rc of 55? and I believe the Rc of the plainedge was in the low 60's and the serrated one even higher (due to the work/stress hardening behavior of the steel).....i'll let the experts chime in with exact numbers.... :rolleyes:
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