Do I even need a dive knife

[FredT]

Please be aware that a dull knife and unloaded gun share a property. They are both best used as a really bad club! Keep your knife sharp with the best edge the metal will take!

FT

 

[ItsBruce]

I'm going to move my knife to the inflator hose and see how I like it there. I'll let you know.

 

[Scubar]

I carry a 4" blunt tip on my BC and a line cutter on a lanyard. I have never had to use the knife but the line cutter I have use a lot on shore dives where there is a lot of monofiliment fishing line. I do think you should have a knife in case you encounter something that cannot be handled with a line cutter. For me I think the Knife and Line cutter are the perfect combo.

 

[Bratface]

I carry Trauma shears inside of their sheath attached to my BC. (Use them at work, too--:nurse: we can cut your clothes off in 10 seconds or less!) It's true, they will rust at the rivets, but they will remain sharp. I've never had to use them, but I trust myself more with shears than a knife. Topside I keep my Boy Scout knife in my save-a-dive kit. I use that for the tools and to cut up food.

 

[Nemrod]

"A BFK is a good idea. If you ever NEED a knife you can do anything except eye surgery with a large knife, small knives bring serious limitations along with them. If you exceed the limitations of your knife under water your wife gets to spend your life insurance."

I like you.

Authur had Excalibur, not a pair of scissors and I got my ol' SeaHawk, wear it like a sword on my waist because it is to long to fit on my leg. Weighs a ton, cmee hea little sharkie, sharkie. It ain't to impress anyone, goes through steel cable, chopped the head off'n a gator who took a like'n to me, great for skinn'n a bass or even a bear if it was to come down to it. LOL. Hey ma, I am getting a chill, bring me that polar bear rug over this way and turn up the fire!!!!!!
N

 

[DiverBuoy]

Hi,

Just a question. I've got a line cutter, if I get some shears, do I even need a dive knife? I don't see any need for any of the larger knife's, so figured that a line cutter and shears would be more than enough.

sure why not. Just don't do what I did today and perform a show and tell for your beautiful daughter's 2nd grade classroom in a major metropolitan elementary school with your 8 inch titanium still mounted on your BC! Remember to leave it in the car.

 

[james croft]

You can tell a lot about a man by the size of his knife.

 

[FredT]

Just don't do what I did today and perform a show and tell for your beautiful daughter's 2nd grade classroom in a major metropolitan elementary school with your 8 inch titanium still mounted on your BC! Remember to leave it in the car.

Why? Does the school have a problem with tools?

 

[Nemrod]

WOW, all schools as far as I know have a zero tolerence policy concerning any sort of weapon. You are lucky not to have gone to jail. There are mandatory sentences for that. I am pretty sure it is a felony. Same goes with carry on luggage. Be careful there--we live in a strange time where the forces of darkness have come out of the shadows and walk amongst us.

Changing subjects---

My knife is no stick'n tool, it is a weapon sir!!!
Thirteen plus inches of razorered steel is hardly a tool.

Seriously, a good six inch blade with a sturdy grip and line cutter with one edge serrated is all the average diver would need. I cannot imagine diving solo, as I do, without a capable knife or even if not solo in low viz it is easy to loose a buddy and if you get entangled with no one to help a good knife is essential. Scissors are good but how effective would they be at prying or sawing? True, a large knife is not needed in a quarry that has been cleared for diving but in the ocean or rivers and lakes you can run into many dangers. N

 

[StSomewhere]

You can tell a lot about a man by the size of his knife.

Yes, but its an inverse relationship. LOL! J/K!