My Dive Knife Is Bigger Than Your Dive Knife!

[Mike Boswell]

I carried EMT shears for a while but kept losing them due to the lousy holster design. So now, I have gone back to carrying nothing, which has served me well for many years. When you see fishing line, nets, and other entanglement hazards, I avoid them.

 

[OldNSalty]

Question: For those with expensive cutting implements..... do you ever use them? Or do you fear dropping it or losing it so it always stays sheathed?

My knife, old and paid for, stays sheathed almost all the time...but that is because I don't have a need to pull it. I can't imagine cost being a consideration as to rather I am going to free myself of an entanglement or not.

 

[ozziworld]

Question: For those with expensive cutting implements..... do you ever use them? Or do you fear dropping it or losing it so it always stays sheathed?

I view my cutting implements as disposable gear. A $5.50 R. H. Forschner utility knife and disposable EMT shears are perfect. When one is lost or not returned, I'm only out 10 bucks or less.

The R. H. Forschner utility knife is an extremely sharp disposable knife. Depending on what you are cutting, it can potentially be a single use knife.

As much as I appreciate a good knife with the design and metallurgy that goes into it, a knife should not be expensive enough that it's user would feel any apprehension about losing it or dropping it.

There is a balance between utility and cost that everyone has to determine for themselves what is right for them and their circumstances.

I have found the knife for me twenty five years ago, with me on every dive, use it occasionally and keep it sharp always.

$45 Tekna Knife one piece stainless steel. If there is any apprehension now about losing it, it is because of it's sentimental value.

 

[Splitlip]

I carried EMT shears for a while but kept losing them due to the lousy holster design. So now, I have gone back to carrying nothing, which has served me well for many years. When you see fishing line, nets, and other entanglement hazards, I avoid them.

Wow!

I have not been without a knife (except for the pesky TSA stuff) since my Dad gave me a Barlow at ~age 11. And that is on the surface.

I would never consider diving without a cutting tool. I used a knife when I was solo around dive 100 and my first stage was entangled in a birds nest of monofiliment.

I carry my shears as well as a Spyderco Salt with bolt snaps cave tied to them. Both clipped off in my wetsuit pockets.

 

[fnfalman]

Question: For those with expensive cutting implements..... do you ever use them? Or do you fear dropping it or losing it so it always stays sheathed?

I view my cutting implements as disposable gear. A $5.50 R. H. Forschner utility knife and disposable EMT shears are perfect. When one is lost or not returned, I'm only out 10 bucks or less.

The R. H. Forschner utility knife is an extremely sharp disposable knife. Depending on what you are cutting, it can potentially be a single use knife.

Do you use disposable BC? Disposable regulators? Disposable fins? Disposable mask?

By the time you spend all that money on your rig, and you'd yet worry about $60 for a decent knife?

I want my knives to cut and cut well because heaven forbids if I were ever to have to use it, I won't have to worry if it's gone dull or rusted out. That's why my dive knives (real ones and not the funny haha I posted earlier) are made by Spyderco.

 

[_Blue]

I have a giant 12" knife I bought when I was 15 because it was super cool. I almost never wear it but it stays in my gear bag and I put up with the funny looks and raised eyebrows I get when I decide that I do need to wear it. I figure it's better to have an older model/less fashionable piece of safety equipment (that works) than to get into trouble because you were too embarrassed by how something looks. Let's try to remember that function trumps fashion, safety is up to the individual, and different locations/conditions dictate different equipment choices.

 

[Aquatic Eagle]

I dive this knife and I love it.

 

[NC Wreck Diver]

I order this as a Christmas present for my husband 2 years ago, it won't be delivered until 2012. So if it ever arrives it will be a gorgeous (and hopefully useful) knife.

Saltwater Randall Knife

I hope he doesn't drop it...................oh, I forgot, you have that covered.

 

[Ana]

I hope he doesn't drop it...................oh, I forgot, you have that covered.

wow I'm shock that you care

Well let's see, most of his diving is on hard bottom, most of his diving is from our boat, I can predict that most of his dives will be on the same spot if he drops this knife, because he'll know that I will forever make fun of him for dropping it.

 

[NC Wreck Diver]

wow I'm shock that you care

Well let's see, most of his diving is on hard bottom, most of his diving is from our boat, I can predict that most of his dives will be on the same spot if he drops this knife, because he'll know that I will forever make fun of him for dropping it.

That's cool. I do care. That's part of the diving community. Have fun and help with a little team work. Like yourself, I've been diving a long time. I was new once and I was trained to help others as I would help myself. We are from different camps, no problem. If you want to bust on me, take your best shot...........just leave people that haven't done anything to you, out of it.

I hope you and your husband have a great diving career on your boat. Don't be shocked when I tell you both to stay safe and have fun.