Atlantic Salt or Pacific Salt?

Which Salt folder should I get?

  • Spyderco plain edge Atlantic Salt with yellow handles

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  • Spyderco plain edge Pacific Salt with yellow handles

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silenthunterstudios

silenthunterstudios

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I have owned the regular Salt with PE and black scales, the Pac Salt with serrations and yellow scales, and bought an ATL Salt PE with yellow scales for a buddy of mine. I was going to get another Pac Salt with PE and yellow scales, but I really liked the look and feel of my buddys ATL Salt. The regular Salt is too small for my needs, and the Tasman Salt is not what I am looking for at all. Both are blunt tipped, though the Pac has more of a useful nose on it for what I will use it for. I can't get both, I am going to be getting the big FB Salt too later on. I will be using it for fishing, boating etc. It won't be used for bait, my Mora will serve that function, but I will be on moderate to rough seas. It won't be an EDC, it won't sit in my tackle box either.
 
Go for the Atlantic - it would fill in the gap of the other Salts you have tried (and also is different from the FB Salt you plan to acquire). If you have large hands, the Atlantic would be a good fit.

Perhaps I'm biased - this morning I decided it was time to change my EDC, and I chose...a yellow plain edge Atlantic Salt.
 
I'm about to get a Pacific Salt, myself. I have the regular Salt, and I like the blade shape, but I want a little more length, so the Pac is just right IMO.
 
Don't forget there's the Saver Salt coming soon. Basically a 79mm Rescue in H1.
 
You can't go wrong with either, but I think the Pacific Salt is just a bit more useful with its pointier blade.

In fact, my current EDC is a yellow plain-edge Pacific Salt.
It's perfect for summer clothing (shorts or swim trunks).
 
Have you considered the Spyder-Edged Atlantic Salt? I have a yellow one and it's a great go-to for trimming insulation and for cutting roots and plastic. The serrations can wear down (mine did), but it's easy to recut new ones with a Sharpmaker rod and sharpen 'em up.
 
thombrogan said:
Have you considered the Spyder-Edged Atlantic Salt? I have a yellow one and it's a great go-to for trimming insulation and for cutting roots and plastic. The serrations can wear down (mine did), but it's easy to recut new ones with a Sharpmaker rod and sharpen 'em up.
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I really don't like serrations, I thought I needed them on the boat, but I have used plain edge knives with equal success.
 
silenthunterstudios said:
I really don't like serrations, I thought I needed them on the boat, but I have used plain edge knives with equal success.
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Ditto. It's unfortunate, too, 'cause my buddy has a brand new serrated Pac Salt he doesn't want. Something tells me I'm going to own a serrated Salt, anyway....:o
 
Yep, now I own a SE Pacific Salt. Crap. What's wrong with me? I still have to get a PE Pac Salt. :D
 
My PE Pacific Salt is in the shop in Colorado at the moment, but I like it because my favorite Spydies are the Enduras and the Pacific is an Endura in all but name.

The major difference is the point is "dropped" a bit more aggressively.

I have been on the water most of my adult life. A point on the blade has been much more useful than not. From a Buck 110 to the Pacific Salt, there hasn't really been a time where I have cut something, even in rough weather on a tossing deck, where I said to myself, "Wish I had a sheepsfoot right about now."

Use your head and the pointy end of the knife won't wind up anywhere it shouldn't.
 
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