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Thanks for the good vibes, and useful insight regarding good blade maintenance; I'll be sure to source the recommended 'waxy' compounds when I get home. A few days ago, my team and I were pressed into the dive system. The first dive was very muddy (and poor visibility) and I spent a lot of time digg...

For what it's worth, an image of the H2 blade where the contamination was the most significant. On a closer inspection with my camera, it doesn't appear as though there is any pitting.

As promised, the blade has been cleaned up with the mild household abrasive paste 'Vim', and a 3M 'Scotchbrite' pad. See the photo attached. I believe the result is satisfactory, but only re-immersion on the jobsite will be proof of case. When in the sat system a couple of months ago, and on discove...

This is good input, thank you The Mastiff, Sal, and cabfrank. And it's good news here since my experience with my H2 steel will be ongoing locally for another few weeks; I'm currently on the jobsite in the Persian Gulf. In a couple weeks I'll be joining the saturation system, so for now I'll work at...

Hi Sal and Mastif, Thanks for the advice. Since the blade was brand new, there was and still is no reason to sharpen the factory blade; it is still acting as my emergency knife on dives. In this case contamination from foreign sharpening tool debris can be ruled out, besides the fact that the old h2...

Hi Mike (et al), The saturation environment isnt necessarily any more corrosive than any other environment, however, I would say the consistant demand of the knife is perhaps more significant. As Naperville provided, the sat duration is a month, dives are around 6 hours on bottom, and as many as 25 ...

Thank you to all for your accurate descriptions of these great tools and your experience(s) with them. My own experience with Spyderco has been limited to a rotating field of H1 Atlantic Salts, and until quite recently an addition to my quiver with the H2 variety. For over 25 years I've worked as a ...