KA-BAR USMC Fighting/Utility knife

[Hickdive]

Why not just get a green river and a pair of trauma shears? You'll be able to cut through anything you could ever get tangled in and you won't end up weeping if/when you drop it or it rots through.

Green River Diving Knife - offshore workers store

 

[Couv]

Because:
Yellow handle (no hammer butt)...can't imagine cutting someone's hose with a yellow knife.
Light weight
Measurements are in cm (Not Mike approved)

 

[DA Aquamaster]

I looked on the Aqualung website and the 12.5" long 7 inch bladed "Master" knife appears to be a standard item in their technicaldiving section. I suspect many techncial divers are cringing at the techncial association of the knife.

Now as a sometimes vintage diver, I am almost tempted as it would be the ultimate in double hose cutting and man eating shark stabbing technology.

 

[Couv]

A couple of years ago I was taking pictures of my eBay bound equipment. One of my sons (10 at the time) saw my first dive knife. It's a black handled, steel butted-hose cutting marvel (Voit or White Stag) and begged me not to sell it. "Dad, you mean you are not going to pass that down to me…you know, like a father to son thing." ….and to think, he has never even seen one episode of Sea Hunt. How could I even think of such a thing as selling his inheritance?

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[sambolino44]

Okay, a couple of things. The humongous knife is very very cool.
But, seriously, unless you are pulling a James Bond...

I don't get the James Bond reference. Buford Pusser, maybe, but I don't see 007 carrying a big knife. He didn't drive a big car, but it was powerful, nimble and sophisticated. High tech. He didn't use a big gun; he was chided by a superior for favoring a .32 over a .380 because it fit better under his tux. I don't remember exactly what he carried in Thunderball, but I think it was about the size of that Ka-Bar. But that was just the standard size for a dive knife in those days.

Commander Sir James Bond, of the Royal Naval Reserve, would seem to be more likely to favor a Sykes-Fairbairn than a USMC-issue item.

 

[sambolino44]

So I went ahead and got a used dive knife from my LDS. It's stainless steel, smaller than a K-Bar and larger than a steak knife. I also included a picture of: the line cutter I wear on my left shoulder strap, the Dacor knife I just bought, a bad job of trying to make a dive knife out of a butcher (butchers cut steak, right?) knife (note too-short handle and surprisingly functional line hook), and the "steak knife" that came with my wife's DSS BP/W.

 

[vshearer]

The modern adaptation of the knife as a tool instead of a weapon and as well that most divers today are twice a year pretty fishy vacation divers has acted to de-evolve the dive knife into a useless little sissy finger nail clipper.

Watch ebay for a USD Sea Hawk or similar. Also, do a search on ebay for the Tekna knife, a medium size double edge all stainless stiletto that is highly regarded and quite lethal if used as a weapon.

L to R, Tekna, Scuba Pro, Sea hawk, Vulcan:

A modern reproduction of the Vulcan divers fighting knife may also be available--maybe.

N

Oh man, I am going to have to get that full collection.

 

[sambolino44]

Thanks!