How to tether things to my BCD

[RIHappyDiver]

Or at the very least a groiny, none of that toys crap

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"All the way with BFK."

Gotta love em.

I haven’t had one in a LONG, LONG time, but they are fun.

Erik

 

[NYCrecdiver]

Can anybody recommend a good dive knife?

If you dive where there's entanglement hazards get a dirt cheap trauma shears instead. Put a thin layer of silicone on, let it soak in fresh water after every dive, followed by air drying and it will last for a very long time. Don't rub it dry as that will disturb your silicone layer.

 

[johndiver999]

Vaseline is cheaper and works as well. I use it on my knives all the time.

 

[Eric Sedletzky]

I thought they made stainless trauma shears?

 

[NYCrecdiver]

I thought they made stainless trauma shears?

Yes but doubt that it's 316 SS. Lower grade still rusts in salt water. Especially the pin used to hold both halves together.

 

[Eric Sedletzky]

Yes but doubt that it's 316 SS. Lower grade still rusts in salt water. Especially the pin used to hold both halves together.

Or if it’s Chinese stainless, then nobody has a clue what the alloy really is. You said “cheap” so that would be a prime indicator.
Rinse real good in fresh water and then WD-40 it.

 

[NYCrecdiver]

Or if it’s Chinese stainless, then nobody has a clue what the alloy really is. You said “cheap” so that would be a prime indicator.
Rinse real good in fresh water and then WD-40 it.

No WD-40 for things you take in the water. Thats a pollutant.

 

[RXTdiver]

Vaseline is cheaper and works as well. I use it on my knives all the time.

What does that do for your knife?

 

[pauldw]

This is why freediving is better than SCUBA diving--you can carry your knife between your teeth.

 

[johndiver999]

What does that do for your knife?

Keeps it waterproof and generally free from any rust. Kinda yucky if you are going to slice apples on the surface interval, but I don't mind a tiny bit of it in a fish head when I am scrambling its brain.