What's your knife preference for diving. a.k.a. show off your knives.

How often do you carry and use a knife or a cutter


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Yes, I was using it for scale. Super useful unless you need to cut something....

It looks like an old US Divers model or a Dacor with Solingen steel. Send it to me and I will send it back with an edge like a razor blade. Unless it is made in China; their steel is bad.
 
Yes, I was using it for scale. Super useful unless you need to cut something....
That's cool. I've found singles but never in a clip before.

Just to stay on topic, I use 2 trilobite line cutters, each in their own pocket I added to my wetsuit sleeves, and a pair of EMT shears.
 
That's cool. I've found singles but never in a clip before.

Just to stay on topic, I use 2 trilobite line cutters, each in their own pocket I added to my wetsuit sleeves, and a pair of EMT shears.
I found a full clip once about five years ago. This was a full case of sixteen that was mostly buried in the sand. The singles found on the bottom have a really nice green patina.
The advantage of a BFK is it is a pry bar with a big pommel that you can whack with a rock.
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Nice display. I'm jealous.

I have a smaller blunt tip knife that I use primarily for light prying, if I think I'll need it. I've been known to dive with a screwdriver too for thorny oysters.
 
In my local dive environment kelp is abundant. Abandoned fishing nets and monofilament fishing line festoon the wrecks.

I believe a knife is an essential safety tool.
I carry one knife, and a second line cutting tool, on every dive.

My knife philosophy is constantly evolving.
Here’s my current criteria:
  • My knife must be accessible, and deployable, by either hand.
  • My knife must be accessible and deployable with only one hand.
  • My knife and cutting tool must be located on alternate sides of my body.
I currently use a non-folding traditional flat-tip dive knife in a click-locking sheath, which is mounted on the lower part of my backplate’s left shoulder webbing.

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Almost always carry my Benchmade h20, i use their knives for hunting etc as well, they have the worlds best warranty. For deep or night dives, the U.S. divers 7in is coming out.....the magnum among tools. <TG>
 
In my local dive environment kelp is abundant. Abandoned fishing nets and monofilament fishing line festoon the wrecks.

I believe a knife is an essential safety tool.
I carry one knife, and a second line cutting tool, on every dive.

My knife philosophy is constantly evolving.
Here’s my current criteria:
  • My knife must be accessible, and deployable, by either hand.
  • My knife must be accessible and deployable with only one hand.
  • My knife and cutting tool must be located on alternate sides of my body.
I currently use a non-folding traditional flat-tip dive knife in a click-locking sheath, which is mounted on the lower part of my backplate’s left shoulder webbing.

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When I was there in the early 1970's they taught us to wear our BFK on the inside of the calf so that it did not snag the kelp.
 
I have the one on the bottom of that page. I do not dive it.
If you bought it from me a few years ago off eBay, PM me. I think I found some of the original paperwork that came with it. I'll be happy to send it out to you.
 

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