DEEPLOU
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I also had a friend who was still new to diving... she was taking an advance class...
Items listed she needed was a dive knife.... (a knife I thought??).. I told her she would be best off getting a pair of sheers and attaching them to her inflator hose.
She goes to the LDS...they ended up selling her a Titanuim Knife ($160) and said the sheers would not suit the dive class requirements. I call BOGUS, cus she never ONCE used the knife nor even took it out of the case for the class.
bad LDS sells what ever they can get away with to newbies.
Working P/T at a LDS, when students come in to get gear for class dives, I tell them they need "a cutting instrument".... the cheapest knife is $39 but a shears for $15 will do the trick, sometimes even better.
BTW: the aim is to never need to use either.