Dive knife or line cutter for my BCD

[Dr. Lecter]

Anyone diving a Zeagle Stiletto BC, if so where do you mount your trilobyte

Get one with a flexi pouch and you can low-profile mount it on any of the major webbing pieces.

 

[hijax]

Thanks for the replies. Already had a Trilobyte on my radar so with your recommendations, that's a lock. In terms of the trauma sheers, isn't there a possibility of them puncturing the BCD?

 

[Dirty-Dog]

How? They're blunt tipped...

 

[diversteve]

What the Dr. said...

 

[hijax]

How? They're blunt tipped...

I can see your point if they're closed but if opened, the bottom aren't completely blunt, at least from what I see in this picture:

Amazon.com: ADC Medicut Shears, 7-1/4", Black: Health & Personal Care

Not having used them before, do they lock in place?

 

[diversteve]

It's a friction fit - more so than scissors so they stay closed. I don't know that particular one but be sure there's stainless steel pivot also - my shear blades were fine after a year but the pin rusted closed so I tossed them. These: Blue Reef Shears Cutter with Holster at LeisurePro

 

[Dr. Lecter]

If you put the shears inside a sheath, they'll stay put fine and not poke anything. Just stuffing them in a pocket and hoping for the best would indeed not be very smart.

 

[hijax]

... Just stuffing them in a pocket and hoping for the best would indeed not be very smart.

My precise thinking and concern. Better to ask here than to find out the hard way.

 

[jm]

Innovative Scuba www.innovativescuba.com carries a product they call Sea Snips. It is just trauma shears and a sheath. I zip tie the sheath to my BC such that the Velcro opening on the sheath faces toward my body so it doesn't accidentally get opened. They work very well and are much cheaper than a dive knife.