trilobite ,cold water z- cutter ?

[kevsil]

im lookint to get some sort or line cutter from the videos ive seen the trilobite seems nice and looks like itll cut through just about anything i would need it to but the replacement blades dont seem very common at least i havent seen them around but the dive rite z cutter has standard utiity knife hlades which are everywhere but just wondring if anyone have any experience with either of these 2 knives of another lne chtter they really like

 

[rhwestfall]

they (e-z cut) come with a couple extras, and you can buy or order them from the same folks you bought the body from. What is the issue? Solid device.

I also own a "cold water" z-cutter.... One on the harness (trilobite) and one on the waist/thigh (z).

Even in fresh water, I am getting some rusting in my "z-knife". The "e-z cut" is, as original, sharp and ready...

 

[kevsil]

they (e-z cut) come with a couple extras, and you can buy or order them from the same folks you bought the body from. What is the issue? Solid device.

I also own a "cold water" z-cutter.... One on the harness (trilobite) and one on the waist/thigh (z).

Even in fresh water, I am getting some rusting in my "z-knife". The "e-z cut" is, as original, sharp and ready...

the only issuse i have with the trilobite is the replacement blades are a bit pricey i think i saw 2 blades for 5$ not including s&h while the z cutter i can get a mmassive pack of blades from home depot for like. 5$

 

[fisheater]

How often are you cutting stuff underwater to be that worried about the cost of replacement blades?

 

[rhwestfall]

How often are you cutting stuff underwater to be that worried about the cost of replacement blades?

+1

Must play "fruit ninja" as a passtime.....

 

[kevsil]

How often are you cutting stuff underwater to be that worried about the cost of replacement blades?

pretty often a couple of the spots i dive are also good fishing spors so there are alot of fishing lines and sinkers snagged on old lobster pots and rocks that i collects but with the blades being as thin as they are i figured they would dull out quicker just being exposed to the salt water along with normal use

 

[scubamarketing]

I cut through harness webbing and bungie all the time with my trilobite. I use it for projects around the house. Still on the original blade. In salt and fresh water. The blade holds up just fine and I have the extras that came with it. Awesome device.

 

[buddhasummer]

+1 on the trilobite. I agree compared to other blades trilobites are expensive but in the scheme of diving costs it's still relatively inexpensive. It's an awesome cutting device well worth the $2.50 per blade in my opinion. Personally I'd just buy a load of spares at the same time as device purchase, which is what I did.

 

[teknitroxdiver]

I don't think you need special blades for the trilobite. I haven't handled one but from watching the video I'm 99% sure that's just a regular carpet knife blade.

 

[buddhasummer]

I don't think you need special blades for the trilobite. I haven't handled one but from watching the video I'm 99% sure that's just a regular carpet knife blade.

I don't think it is. I've looked at numerous hardware stores but have been unable to find them anywhere.

---------- Post added February 24th, 2014 at 08:44 PM ----------

Although would seem strange, and expensive, that they would use proprietary blades. I'll look into it some more. Cheers.