How to break steak knife for DIR knife

[CephBirk]

I know a lot of DIR divers use a broken-off steak knife as a cutting device. How do you cut off the tip? I just bought a knife but can't figure out how to break it off... Wire cutters didn't work...

 

[Lorenzoid]

hacksaw

 

[tursiops]

hacksaw

...plus Dremel for smoothing, rounding.

 

[tomfcrist]

Or you can not be a cheap bastard and buy a good knife...and a z knife.

 

[Divin'Papaw]

I far prefer these on my harness....

EEZYCUT Trilobite Line Cutter

DGX Titanium Tek Line Cutter w/Waistbelt Sheath

Affordable (compared to other over-priced and over-sized dive knives), very well made and more functional than a broken steak knife.

 

[Lorenzoid]

...plus Dremel for smoothing, rounding.

or a metal file for us Neanderthals who lack power tools

 

[lowviz]

I know a lot of DIR divers use a broken-off steak knife as a cutting device. How do you cut off the tip? ...

You sure that you don't mean DIY divers?

Clamp the tip in a vise and bend the handle back and forth until the blade breaks. Clean it up with a grinding wheel. (nobody does this anymore)

 

[tbone1004]

You sure that you don't mean DIY divers?

Clamp the tip in a vise and bend the handle back and forth until the blade breaks. Clean it up with a grinding wheel. (nobody does this anymore)

when the cut off ones are about as cheap as the non-cut ones, yeah, I just buy the pre-cut ones

 

[boulderjohn]

Maybe I got bad information, but wasn't the origin of this idea Bill main's because he wanted a blunt-tipped knife and they didn't make them then?

 

[Lorenzoid]

when the cut off ones are about as cheap as the non-cut ones, yeah, I just buy the pre-cut ones

DGX DIR Knife w/ Waistbelt Sheath