I've been looking forward to the new Spyderco Assist Salt rescue folder and it's out now! The previous models in the Assist line were VG-10 and this one is H-1!
3.68" hollow-ground blade of H-1 with a blunt tip and thickness of 0.118"
The SpyderEdge blade is mostly serrations but the front inch is plain edge
Weighs just 3.9 ounces with the FRN handles
Street price of around $90
Carbide glass breaker
Survival whistle
Rope cutter
"ASSIST™ SALT
The Spyderco Assist is a multi-function, purpose-designed rescue tool and indisputably one of the most extraordinary folding knives ever made. So what could possibly make it better? The answer is to make it a proud member of the Salt Series with a 100% rustproof H-1 steel blade and lock bar and a high-visibility yellow FRN handle. The Assist Salt faithfully includes the other defining features of this design, including a blunt-tipped Combination-Edge blade, a recessed carbide glass breaker, a reversible wire clip, a built-in survival whistle, and the capability to scissor cut rope using the handle’s ergonomic SAVER™ SALT finger grooves. Even the best gets better!"
The following pictures depict a regular VG-10 model but the capabilities are the same:
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I handled one at the brick and mortar and other than missing the hood, best version yet. My knife guy said "I don't know why they call it assisted though?" He is so nice I showed him the whistle and glass breaker and why they call it the Assist
