My Dive Knife Is Bigger Than Your Dive Knife!

[BDSC]

I pretty much dive in the Caribbean and off the coast of NC. Not once in 19 years of diving have I ever needed a knife. It stays at home in the equipment box.

 

[aquaregia]

I've got a set of EMT shears on my belt and another in my pocket. I wear a 1/4" x 6" ScubaPro knife on my left inner thigh for Crocodile Dundee impressions. I've used it to anchor line in the sand and to cut sandwiches.

 

[pwl]

The knife was one of those "I am going to kill a great white shark with my machete" kind of knives. It reached from the bone knob in his ankle to his knee, probably 18 inches from hilt to SHARP tip. It had a huge round ball on the top, inch and a half across at least...

maybe he'd found excalibur in the cave ?

OK, spill the beans. What are you diving with?.

my normal concern is not to stab myself (bc/buddy/etc) with anything (which is not entirely unlikely), so i go for one of those line-cutter thingies and a blunt-ended, serrated knife (called "remora" or something)

it's got me out of the various lines & tangles i've encountered in my neck of the woods...

 

[ozziworld]

Fortunately, I have never had a "knife emergency" while diving. I have several knives big and small but the one I have with me on every dive is an old tekna one piece stainless steel with skeletonized handle. It is small and is easily kept sharp. It has a spear point, some serrations and is 1/4" thick. I keep it attached to the power inflator of my bc.

fnfalman, that is a great looking knife. is that a custom knife and sheath?

I wish they made this in stainless steel

http://countycomm.com/eodrtool.htm

or it's little brother

MID Breach EOD Robotics

I just found this. It is in stainless steel is it does cost more than the above and I would definitely remove the handles.

http://www.thefind.com/sports/browse-boker-plus-cop-tool

 

[dwhthediver]

I carry a small McNett blunt tip ziptied to the low pressure inflator, and EMT shears ziptied to the right side harness strap

 

[BioLogic]

I carry EMT shears, as my most likely risks are lines of various description and perhaps the need to cut webbing. One big bonus of these is that I can carry them at my waist. Isn't it a problem to carry a tool as a hedge against entrapment then carry it way down your leg -- where it might be quite hart to get to in a case of entrapment?

 

[drbill]

Back in the 60s when I first starting diving in the landlord's realm (off SoCal vs Midwest), I bought the biggest @ss dive knife I could so I could use it on Jaws when he got too close, or on my buddy before I fled. Big mistake.

I now prefer shears since my aging hands can grip them more effectively than a knife handle, but occasionally carry a small knife on my harness as well.

 

[RJP]

Different environments = different tools.

Or, as one might say "Different strokes..."

:shocked2:

 

[fisher2]

wehn i skin dive i carry a coldsteel recon tanto i found in the water and cleaned up it gets strapper to the front of my leg

 

[sjmueller61990]

cold steel makes some great knives, i would also check out sog, benchmade, ka-bar, boker might have some that would do well under the water, just have to be sure to check the composition of the metals in the blade and if you have the optional choice for like a TiNi coating, definatly get it