Product Description

The Spyderco Dragonfly 2 Salt C28SYL2HB is the compact corrosion-immune hawkbill — H-1 nitrogen-alloyed steel in a 2.30-inch hawkbill profile with a full serrated edge, Yellow FRN handle, and the Dragonfly 2's ultracompact carry format, delivering a blade geometry purpose-built for cutting rope, line, webbing, and fibrous materials in marine, water, and high-humidity environments where conventional stainless would corrode and most salt-resistant steels would not be found in a hawkbill configuration.

The H-1 blade is a nitrogen-alloyed precipitation-hardened steel that is virtually carbon-free — the absence of carbon in the alloy means H-1 cannot form the iron carbides that rust requires as an initiation site, making it functionally immune to corrosion in saltwater, marine, and high-humidity environments where every other steel in this session, including LC200N, CPM MagnaCut, and M390, will eventually show surface oxidation under sustained exposure. H-1's corrosion immunity comes at a performance tradeoff — its edge retention is noticeably softer than CPM-S30V, M390, or LC200N, and it requires more frequent edge maintenance between uses. In a full serrated hawkbill dedicated to line cutting and rescue applications in marine and water environments, H-1's corrosion immunity is the primary performance specification — the blade that never rusts is the right choice for a knife that lives aboard a vessel, in a PFD, on a dive rig, or in any carry environment where salt exposure is continuous and unavoidable. The hawkbill blade profile is the defining geometric feature of the C28SYL2HB — an inwardly curved blade that creates a hooked cutting geometry where the edge faces inward rather than forward, producing a blade that is specifically optimized for hooking and slicing through rope, line, webbing, and cordage with a single pulling stroke rather than a sawing motion. Combined with the full serrated edge, the hawkbill geometry makes the Dragonfly 2 Salt the most specialized line-cutting and rescue-cutting configuration in the Spyderco Salt lineup. The Yellow FRN handle is the most visible color in the Salt series — located instantly when deployed and needed in marine, water rescue, and dive environments.

• Blade: H-1 nitrogen-alloyed steel, hawkbill profile, satin finish, full serrated edge — virtually carbon-free nitrogen alloy with functional corrosion immunity in saltwater and marine environments; hawkbill inward curve creates a hooked cutting geometry purpose-built for hooking and slicing rope, line, and cordage with a single pulling stroke; full serrated edge maximizes line-cutting efficiency through the hawkbill's hooked geometry
• Handle: Yellow FRN (fiberglass-reinforced nylon), textured bidirectional grip, compact Dragonfly 2 profile — FRN is lightweight, chemically inert, and unaffected by saltwater, UV, and marine exposure; Yellow is the highest-visibility color in the Salt series, located fastest in water rescue and marine carry environments
• Deployment / Lock: Back Lock via Spyderco Round Hole — the Dragonfly 2's back lock provides a secure lock that resists accidental closure; Spyderco's Round Hole allows ambidextrous one-hand opening across a wide range of grip positions and hand sizes
• Carry: Confirm exact weight from platform specs, tip-up right-hand wire clip, compact Dragonfly 2 profile — the Dragonfly 2 is one of Spyderco's smallest production folders; designed for PFD pocket carry, dive equipment clipping, and marine carry where minimum size and maximum corrosion immunity are the carry priorities

Ideal For

Marine, diving, kayaking, and water rescue carry buyers who need a compact corrosion-immune line cutter in a hawkbill configuration — the C28SYL2HB's H-1 steel, hawkbill geometry, and full serrated edge combine to produce the most specialized line-cutting tool in the compact Salt folder lineup, in a package small enough to fit a PFD chest pocket or clip to dive gear without adding perceptible weight or bulk. Rescue and safety carry buyers who want a dedicated line-cutting tool as a secondary carry piece alongside their primary EDC — the Dragonfly 2 Salt hawkbill is purpose-built for the single task of cutting rope and line under emergency conditions and carries small enough to be present in any marine or water rescue kit without competing with a primary folding knife for pocket space. Spyderco Salt series buyers who want the hawkbill geometry in the most compact available format — the C28SYL2HB is the smallest hawkbill in the Spyderco Salt lineup and the right configuration for buyers who want maximum blade geometry specialization in minimum carry footprint.

H-1 steel that cannot rust in any marine or saltwater environment, hawkbill geometry that hooks and slices line with a single pulling stroke, full serrated edge that maximizes cutting efficiency through rope and cordage, Yellow FRN that is found instantly in any water rescue situation — the Spyderco Dragonfly 2 Salt C28SYL2HB is the compact corrosion-immune line cutter at $95. Add the Spyderco Dragonfly 2 Salt C28SYL2HB to your cart today and get same-or-next-business-day shipping from Columbia, Louisiana, backed by Spyderco's lifetime guarantee. Questions? Call 888-225-9775 — we carry these knives daily.