Dive Knives!

BigDuffman

How big is too big!?

I'm going to buy a knife, looking through my options came across the standard wimpy sized BCD knives..then lo and behold stumbled onto a few 5" bladed rambo sized mofos that made me salivate! Unpractical but cool as fcuk.

Now question is to I want to look like a tosser or not

locum-motion

5 inches? Call that a knife?





This is a knife!:D

BigDuffman

I see you've played Knifey spoony before

bigfeller

I have a 5 incher (insert pun here) and a 3.5 inch t-rex in titanium. I keep the larger tied around my calf and the t-rex goes on my drysuit host.

I use the t-rex all the time - but wouldn't go out without 2 knives.

Peace

Honestly its not the size thats important. Once its sharp and you can get it into your hand when you need it then its grand.

Seeing as divers already carry too much kit its a good idea to keep things small when the opportunity arises.

locum-motion

BigDuffman wrote: »

I see you've played Knifey spoony before

I had to look that up!
From the Urban Dictionary:

1. Knifey-Spoony


A game in which two or more players compare knives; the player with the largest knife is the winner. However, any player may choose to use a spoon instead of a knife. Any spoon beats any knife, but a player with a spoon is disqualified if another player recognizes and announces his or her use of a spoon.
"That's not a knife. THIS is a knife!"
"That's not a knife, that's a spoon."
"Ah, I see you've played Knifey-Spoony before!"

Smiler

Peace wrote: »

Honestly its not the size thats important. Once its sharp and you can get it into your hand when you need it then its grand.

Seeing as divers already carry too much kit its a good idea to keep things small when the opportunity arises.

Ah yeah......and what if you run into a load of Dr Evil's henchmen underwater? You'll be shagged then!!!

Eh eh????

To be honest I bought a big stupid Scubapro knife a few years ago and when I walk around with it now on my leg I feel like a bit of a tool....I'm only recently diving again.

I think a small BCD one will be a future purchase

locum-motion

Smiler wrote: »

Ah yeah......and what if you run into a load of Dr Evil's henchmen underwater? You'll be shagged then!!!

Ah, sure you could go down the Bond route of a speargun in the hand and a DPV attached to your tank. You'd be grand then!

Poly

A commercial diver I knew always kept a stainless scissors in his drysuit, he said it is much more useful if you get tangled in nets.

seadeuce

Before purchasing any equipment ask yourself "What type will fit in with/enhance my current life-support system in diving?"

After all, I assume a knife would/should fit in this category.

I may be stating the obvious here but it's amazing how many divers I've seen buy an individual bit of gear without considering their overall configuration.

A knife is best located where you have IMMEDIATE access to it by EITHER hand.
IMO it should be within the safety triangle (from your neck to both hips).

BTW a good shears in your BC pocket is a good EXTRA bit of kit, once you have your knife.


Seadeuce

Fratton Fred

I would suggest one with serrations that act like a saw as well, handy for cutting larger stuff.

obviously nice and sharp in case of shark attack, but size shouldn't matter. When attacked by a shark, simply swim up close to your buddy, take your knife in your hand, cut him neatly at the top of his arm and swim away as fast as possible.

BigDuffman

All considerations taken on board. I still went for the big knife :P the child in me could not resist.

greened

Poly wrote: »

A commercial diver I knew always kept a stainless scissors in his drysuit, he said it is much more useful if you get tangled in nets.

I agree totaly. You can cut with a scissors underwater with one hand. You need your two hands free to use a knife underwater (unless you are stabbing your buddy!!!)