Hey Chinstrap, now that are cool reports of really putting (Salt..) knives to use!
/ As for H2 vs H1:
- As far as I know H2 is not an "upgrade", but Spyderco had to switch to H2 since the original H1 is not available anymore or something like that
- H2 should not be a "downgrade" too by any means though, but from all I read perform pretty similar to H1!
Not in my use, but from what others said:
- Sometimes the surfaces of "Salt" steel blades (H1, H2, LC200N, MC) are "contaminated" with other steels from production, and it is actually that "layer" of residual NON Salt steel that corrodes, NOT the Salt steel beneath itself.
So if you remove that "residual steel layer - rust" - the blade then should not rust anymore,