H-1 Will Not Rust! The Spyderco Atlantic Salt is a folding pocket knife made from H-1 steel.
It's been speculated the sheepfoot shaped blade originated with mariners who found the rounded tip especially beneficial when the knife was accidentally dropped (think working on a ship in pitching seas) as it couldn't injure anyone when hitting the deck. It's also been hypothesized that commanding officers on these ships preferred rambunctious hardworking sailors carry knives without pointed tips, especially while in port blowing off steam after months at sea.
Spyderco's Rescue knives are long favoured by seafarers and the design has since been embraced by rescue workers, EMT's and ranchers. Now available in a rustproof version, the Atlantic Salt is a modified Rescue made with state of the art non-rusting H1 steel. H1 is a precipitation-hardened steel containing nitrogen instead of carbon, which cannot rust.
Textured with a Volcano Grip pattern, the molded fiberglass reinforced nylon (FRN) handle comes in black or visible marine yellow equipped with a reversible titanium pocket clip for right or left handed use. We recommend threading a thong or lanyard cord through the lanyard hole for back-up retention around water, where once dropped, a knife is often irretrievable or lost.
- SKU
- SC89SBK-$$
- Age Restriction:
- 18+
- Blade Material:
- H1 Stainless Steel
- Blade Length (cm)
- 9.4
- Blade Thickness (cm)
- 0.3
- Closed Length (cm)
- 11.7
- Overall Length (cm)
- 20.9
- Edge Type:
- Spyderedge
- BESS Sharpness:
- 185
- Blade Shape:
- Wharncliffe
- Blade Finish:
- Satin
- Grind:
- Hollow
- Handle Material:
- FRN
- Lock Type:
- Back Lock
- One Handed Opening:
- Yes
- Pocket Clip:
- Yes
- Product Weight (g)
- 78
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