Spyderco Atlantic Salt Rust Free Serrated Edge Knife

by Spyderco

Product Features

• Features a blade ground from H-1 steel, an exclusive material that provides excellent cutting performance yet is completely impervious to rust
• Hollow-ground serrated edge (SpyderEdge) blade
• High-strength back lock mechanism with David Boye Dent ensures safe, secure blade lock-up
• Black injection-molded fiberglass-reinforced-nylon handle with textured pattern for a positive grip
• Black titanium pocket clip supports left or right-side, tip-up carry

Product Description

H-1 is an extraordinary Japanese steel that uses nitrogen instead of carbon to create its steel matrix. The result is an austenitic steel that does not require heat treatment, gets harder and tougher with use and is absolutely impervious to rust! Spyderco's Atlantic Salt combines this amazing blade material with a sheepfoot folder design to yield a versatile mariner's knife that is completely at home in the water. The Atlantic Salt's sheepfoot blade allows safe, efficient cutting and its large 14mm Round Hole makes one-handed opening easier with gloved or wet hands. All other steel components of the Atlantic Salt have also been specially treated to make them impervious to rust and pitting. The black fiberglass-reinforced-nylon handle has Volcano Grip texturing to ensure a slip-free grip, and a strong back lock mechanism with David Boye's locking lever dent provides secure, reliable blade lock-up. A reversible black titanium pocket clip supports left or right-side tip-up carry and a hole through the clip attachment screw also allows attachment of a lanyard when using the knife around water.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B003788UNG
• Item model number: C89S
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,710 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars True Commercial Dive Knife, May 30, 2008

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B. R. Kmack (New Orleans, LA) - See all my reviews
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This is a real commercial deep-sea dive knife. In the Gulf of Mexico, commercial divers regularly dive to inspect/repair/construct oil platforms. This is the knife that 90% of them carry on their harness.

These divers are not scuba divers. They wear surface supplied gear (heavy helmets with a hose attached to the surface air supply) and dive as deep as 1000' of sea water.

The Atlantic Salt plain edge or serrated edge models are both common pace among divers. I own 4 various models and colors (black and yellow). The steel used in the salt series is in fact virtually rust proof. Where other steel will rust and seize quickly in the offshore environment, the Spyderco Salts will last a long time if properly rinsed after each dive.

One word of caution: as soon as you purchase one of these, place the knife on its side on a hard flat surface and use a heavy mallet to tap the hinge. This simply tightens up the opening action preventing the knife from accidentally opening while you are in the water working. I do this periodically when I feel the knife action is too loose. Nothing more dangerous than an open knife when you don't expect it.

Dive Safe.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Spyderco Atlantic Salt, July 9, 2009

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Mak M. Wood - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spyderco Atlantic Salt Rust Free Serrated Edge Knife (Sports)

I found out about the Atlantic Salt on KK's cool tools web blog. The knife is totally rust proof, made for divers, boat workers, anyone working around the water. I do not work around the water, but I love this knife. It's designed primarily as a rope cutter with the serrated blade and the rounded tip is for boaters so they don't stab their foot if the knife is dropped. I do not miss having a pointed tip at all. I have come to prefer the rounded tip - it's much safer.

I love the yellow handle; it's very light, and the clip keeps it secured in my pocket. It's a little larger than I would normally carry, but with the clip you will not notice it at all. I put a short lanyard through the hole at the end of the knife which makes it real easy to pull it out of my pocket. I find myself using the blade all the time. It is super sharp. The serrated blade will make short work of any cutting job. The blade opens easily with the large opening hole. I am left handed and many knives are not left hand friendly. This one is. I am very pleased to carry this knife daily.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Knife, January 25, 2011

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Chase - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Spyderco Atlantic Salt Rust Free Serrated Edge Knife (Sports)

I love this knife! I don't care what people say about it, it is great! No rust, nice cool yellow handle. The blade looks cool too! It comes really sharp also. It is 8 1/4 inches long, so it is pretty big! I would recommend it for anyone!

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