Nice knife for diving?

[Crush]

Titanium knives will never rust because titanium can't rust.

 

[parzdiver]

I just ordered the new Halcyon Explorer knife. I like the streamlined look and the slant to the sheath seems like a good idea.

 

[TimKy]

I'm old school. I dive a Ginsu tucked into the front of a white leather belt with a converted 3 liter pop bottle as my tank and a sippy straw reg. But that's only because I'm a hard core DIR diver.

Your mileage may vary.

 

[sabbath999]

I dive with a sawed off steak knife, and a sheath made out of sewn two inch webbing:

Great for cutting just about anything except steel leaders, totally useless for prying so if you are planning on dismantling a wreck or destroying the bottom to catch hiding lobsters or something you might additionally need a crow bar.

 

[NC Wreck Diver]

I have a titanium blunt tip on my HP hose, a S/S 420 alloy blunt on the left leg, and a S/S 316 alloy pointed on my right leg (both mounted on my inside calf). If I am spearfishing, I also carry a Riffe dispatch knife on my right forearm.

 

[parzdiver]

I have a titanium blunt tip on my HP hose, a S/S 420 alloy blunt on the left leg, and a S/S 316 alloy pointed on my right leg (both mounted on my inside calf). If I am spearfishing, I also carry a Riffe dispatch knife on my right forearm.

Armed to the teeth a bit? Where do you carry the axe?

 

[NC Wreck Diver]

Armed to the teeth a bit? Where do you carry the axe?

Well Parz...........knowing that you are in the water, I need all the weapons I can get! Just kidding.

It's the Jersey Wreck Diving thing. Dive like you are an underwater hardware store. I can't fit the axe, so I just have a sheath for a hatchet.

I liked your photos at Dutch. Does Bev know you have a good shot of her at the dock? I'll be at the student side under the IVS tent on Saturday. I'm trying for Sunday too, but I may have some conflicts, and Saturday may be my only day. I hope to see you around, if you ar going up to the quaribbean. Talk to you later.

 

[akirawut]

If you are in Canada (maybe you can order to USA?) you can pick a titanium dive knife up from MEC for dirt cheap: Wenoka Squeeze Titanium Knife - Mountain Equipment Co-op. Free Shipping Available.

 

[elmer fudd]

I'm looking for a good knife myself, but I suspect my criteria are a little different than most.

1) It should be cheap. I don't want to pay a lot for a knife that's going to get submerged in salt water and banged around. I want a functional, yet disposable knife.

2) It should have a nylon or preferably a plastic sheath and the sheath should have slots that fit 2" webbing.

3) It should be stainless steel.

4) I'd like a blade around 4 or 5 inches long. A pointy tip is OK as it allows me to hunt flounder if the opportunity arises.


Harbor Freight has a survival knife that's almost exactly what I'm looking for. $9, plastic sheath, stainless steel. Only problem is the blade is 8" long. That's obtusely big. I'll probably get a couple anyway just because of the price, but it would be nice to find something similar but smaller.

 

[pjhansman]

Titanium knives will never rust because titanium can't rust.

Not to nit-pick, but titanium is a metal.....and all metals "rust". The closest that you'll come to a truly non-rusting metal is Gold.

However.....it is true that under normal circumstances, oxidization (rusting) of titanium is a very slow process. The only downside is that it is also a relatively soft metal.

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