Caribbean Question

[shane1]

I spend a lot of time near the ocean and on boats in the summer. I have researched the Caribbean and I am getting inconsistent info on the parts. Can someone please tell me what they are made of to be corrosion resistant? The scales, dentent, screws, etc? I also noticed that in some photos and videos the screws are matte silver and some are black. Thanks,

[sal]

Hi Shane1,

Welcome to our forum.

We are always testing and improving our products. We call it CQI or Constant Quality Improvement. The coatings of the screws on the Caribbean model was the latest improvement to reduce the possibility of Galvanic corrosion.

sal

[shane1]

Thank you. Also, anyone sharpen these with a wicked edge? Do you need to remove the blade to fully sharpen it?

[LibeRANTarian]

Thank you. Also, anyone sharpen these with a wicked edge? Do you need to remove the blade to fully sharpen it?

I didn't even try to do it on my KME without removing the blade.

[sal]

No problem sharpening on my Sharpmaker without removing blade.

sal

[Evil D]

No problem sharpening on my Sharpmaker without removing blade.

sal

Absolutely no chance I'd own a sharpener that requires me to take the knife apart to use it. That sounds like the kind of sharpener the government would design

[Matus]

Back to the rust - if you swim with it in ocean for hours and days, you will find rust inside which will come from the pivot and screws. Nothing crazy, but those parts will not resist the salt water without some slight rusting. I would personally suggest to simply flush the knife with (non salty) water once you get back from the beach and you should be fine.

[JRinFL]

No problem sharpening on my Sharpmaker without removing blade.

sal

Absolutely no chance I'd own a sharpener that requires me to take the knife apart to use it. That sounds like the kind of sharpener the government would design

Requiring three work crews, disassembly team, sharpening team, and the reassembly team which would not be the same ones as the disassembly team. There would also be pre-planning committees, fact-finding junkets, planning committees, environmental impact studies on disassembly, a pause for government shutdown, renewed EPA study, disassembly oversight committee, actual disassembly, selection committee for sharpening system choice, selection process, pause while all the vendors not selected sue, numerous hearings, original selection upheld, sharpening, picture taking ops for Congress critters, and the whole process starts again for the re-assembly process. Five years later, a Superfund is setup to clean up the mess created by the sharpening.

[sal]

Hey Jim,

I do all of that with the Sharpmaker except for the oversight committee.

sal

[Bill1170]

No problem sharpening on my Sharpmaker without removing blade.

sal

Absolutely no chance I'd own a sharpener that requires me to take the knife apart to use it. That sounds like the kind of sharpener the government would design

Requiring three work crews, disassembly team, sharpening team, and the reassembly team which would not be the same ones as the disassembly team. There would also be pre-planning committees, fact-finding junkets, planning committees, environmental impact studies on disassembly, a pause for government shutdown, renewed EPA study, disassembly oversight committee, actual disassembly, selection committee for sharpening system choice, selection process, pause while all the vendors not selected sue, numerous hearings, original selection upheld, sharpening, picture taking ops for Congress critters, and the whole process starts again for the re-assembly process. Five years later, a Superfund is setup to clean up the mess created by the sharpening.

You, sir, win the internet today.

[on_the_edge]

No problem sharpening on my Sharpmaker without removing blade.

sal

Absolutely no chance I'd own a sharpener that requires me to take the knife apart to use it. That sounds like the kind of sharpener the government would design

Requiring three work crews, disassembly team, sharpening team, and the reassembly team which would not be the same ones as the disassembly team. There would also be pre-planning committees, fact-finding junkets, planning committees, environmental impact studies on disassembly, a pause for government shutdown, renewed EPA study, disassembly oversight committee, actual disassembly, selection committee for sharpening system choice, selection process, pause while all the vendors not selected sue, numerous hearings, original selection upheld, sharpening, picture taking ops for Congress critters, and the whole process starts again for the re-assembly process. Five years later, a Superfund is setup to clean up the mess created by the sharpening.

If you don't work for the govt. (or maybe in mid-level corporate management), you definitely missed your calling in life.