https://www.bladehq.com/item--Spyderco-Snap-It-Salt-Knife-Yellow--33027
Looks like a good deal on a good safety knife
Not sure it can deal with salt water immersion. Anyone have experience with it?
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Posted: Aug 22, 2018 - 12:33 PM
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Posted: Aug 22, 2018 - 01:13 PM
No experience with that knife, but even $60 seems pricey for what I would expect a beach cat sailor would use it for. I'd more likely buy a cheap $10 knife and view it as essentially disposable.
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Posted: Aug 22, 2018 - 01:27 PM
Same money. better choice:
https://www.amazon.com/Le…less-Steel/dp/B000XU9NXW
I never sail without it
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Posted: Aug 22, 2018 - 04:46 PM
Great link!
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Posted: Aug 24, 2018 - 09:22 AM
I have had mine fully immersed in saltwater many times with no staining or rusting of any part of the multi-tool. I got the sexy carbon fiber upgrade for Christmas one year and it failed in just a few months. The stainless version is bulletproof. -
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Posted: Aug 25, 2018 - 08:44 AM
That looks more like a multitool than a safety knife, safety knife should work with one hand ideally, is it posible?. I got this one and it seems reliable. Too early to speak about corrosion. I have it in my pfd pocket with a lanyard.
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Posted: Aug 25, 2018 - 09:19 AM
That multi tool does have 1 hand blade access
Shows it to 2x in the video
Looks pretty good
I am tempted
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Posted: Aug 25, 2018 - 10:46 AM
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Posted: Aug 26, 2018 - 09:33 AM
My SS leatherman tools have certainly rusted when exposed to salt water. Useable but they will rust IMO.
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Posted: Aug 26, 2018 - 10:12 AM
As an alternative, I picked 2 ozark trail multitools from Walmart for my fishing bag. The knife will need sharpening and I have no delusions of longevity. However, I picked them up for about $3 a piece, so if I get more than a season for each, I’m happy. I do keep them dry, so I wouldn’t recommend this for in a pfd or on the boat where it is regularly damp.
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Posted: Aug 26, 2018 - 02:37 PM
Good call Philip
being attached to my boat (et al), under water with no way to get unattached is not how i want to go out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAGHFr4xzK4
if you wear a hook ... this seems like a good tool
Edited by MN3 on Aug 26, 2018 - 02:37 PM.
