At Unsponsored HQ we love all outdoor gear. We also love gadgets and sharp things. The Spyderco Pacific Salt with a black H1 blade has just landed at HQ ready for review.

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We have been using Spyderco knives for years and have found them extremely reliable, extremely sharp and can hold their edge.

This one is made from H1 steel. I’ll let Spyderco give you the detail on the steel.

Spyderco’s C91 Pacific Salt is designed to offer reliable high performance with a never-rust H-1 steel blade. Now it’s available with a black coated blade, lessening the steel’s reflective qualities and subduing the blade’s presence. Spyderco’s Salt Series shines in fresh and saltwater staying rust-free even if put away wet. Hollow-ground, the H-1 blade is PlainEdged and coated in long-lasting black carbonitride. It’s similar in shape and size to Spyderco’s bestselling Endura model but with more rounded tip.

All internal steel parts are treated as well making them impervious to rust and pitting. The blade’s hole is enlarged to 14mm for easier opening/closing with gloved, wet or cold hands. Textured in a Volcano Grip pattern, the black fiberglass handle has a grippy texture and is fitted with a black Titanium pocket clip that reverses position for both left and right-handers. The addition of a lanyard hole offers a backup method of attachment (thong or lanyard cord) for use around water where once dropped, a knife is often lost or elusively hard to retrieve.

This Spyderco Pacific Salt is totally black. Some might say that this is a bad idea for a knife that will be carried in a PFD. However I always add a lanyard of some sort and the one to be placed on this knife is super bright!

The knife is available with a range of different blade setups. This one is fully serrated (SpyderEdge), but there is also a non serrated version available.

The knife is also available in a “normal” colour i.e. steel blade and yellow handle.