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Question: Why take a knife on a dive if you are not exp... - 6/9/2009 10:46:43 AM
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kavubob
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I have been diving since the late seventies and have had the privelege to dive around the world. I have always wondered why many divers always have a knife strapped to their leg (or apart of their BC) when they are NOT going to visit a shipwreck? What other use would the knife have? I can see using it to free yourself from a net that may be partially logged around a shipwreck or possible cutting yourself free from a kelp forest. But if you are going to make a dive where there are no wrecks and no kelp, why take a knife? I always think that the diver wants to look like James Bond? Or is it that it's better to have and not need it, then to not have one and need it?
Thanks for all replies.
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RE: Question: Why take a knife on a dive if you are not... - 6/9/2009 10:51:55 AM
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I've come across fishing line on shore dives in the ocean and in just about every lake I've ever dove. I'd rather have it and not need it than not have it and get entangled.
Of course the only big knife I have is the K-bar I had from my Marine days. What I bring on a dive is typically very discreet and tucked out of the way but in an accessible spot.
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RE: Question: Why take a knife on a dive if you are not... - 6/9/2009 10:59:08 AM
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Your question sounds like a troll but I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt. My knife saved me once when I got entangled in a fresh water lake. Reader's Digest version: Fishermen had roped a lot of old Christmas trees together and ballasted them for fish habitat. The trees were on an inclined bank above me and they slid down onto me. I got hopelessly tangled and had to cut my way out.
I always take a small pair of snips in my BC pocket and when I'm diving a lake I also take a knife.
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Ditto. Fishing line can show up on reefs, rocky bottom... - 6/9/2009 11:08:32 AM
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Also, it can be used to free oneself from entanglements involving kelp when other techniques fail, pry clams and scallops where allowed and cut duct tape onboard. Works as a tank banger, too.
BTW, for fishing line, shears or a Z-Knife often work better.
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RE: Question: Why take a knife on a dive if you are not... - 6/9/2009 11:10:42 AM
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I've never had to do this, but have kept it in mind as a just-in-case:
If the current's too strong and you're over sandy bottom and just have to get upcurrent to the anchor line or whatever, take knife in one fist, snips in the other, stab the sand hand-over hand and pull yourself along.
Might work? Anyone tried it?
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Two SMALL cutting devices, and one buddy + - 6/9/2009 11:15:14 AM
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plus a big honkin' knife if the mission dictates, like scallops.
I've been entangled once, had to cut myself out, shears did the trick. Took no time at all.
Trying to cut yourself out of kelp is like trying to swim out of quicksand, IMO. You can break the strands fairly easy, but swinging a knife around isn't all that effective to me. There's more effective ways to untangle than that.
I still have the big mama that was all the fashion ten, fifteen years ago.
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Agreed. (nt) - 6/9/2009 11:27:17 AM
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Arkie: What does "question sounds like a troll&quo... - 6/9/2009 11:27:26 AM
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Morning, Arkie. kavubob has been around since...+ - 6/9/2009 11:33:56 AM
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DocVikingo
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...04/04/07 and has 180 posts to his name. I can't recall him being involved in any troll activity.
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RE: Question: Why take a knife on a dive if you are not... - 6/9/2009 11:41:48 AM
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I know your question is about OW diving but a cave diver should always carry a z-knife and another small knife on the waistbelt. I always carry shears and a knife when lake diving and have had to cut fishing line off my fins before.
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RE: Arkie: What does "question sounds like a troll... - 6/9/2009 11:43:20 AM
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Arkie
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I didn't mean to offend. I'm just wary of posts questioning basic open water training.
Maybe I'm overly sensitive because my wife (who doesn't dive) gives me a rash of crap about wearing a knife on the calf of my leg. She teases me about trying to look like (with British accent) Bond - James Bond. I generally respond to her with references to cutting other diver's air hoses.
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I want a woman's pov on this one too. + - 6/9/2009 11:58:14 AM
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Besides the above reasons.. as a girl I could see it for
a perfect tank banger and security blanket feeling kind of thing?
I would only carry a blunt tip, but that's me; I would likely otherwise stab myself inadvertently.
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RE: Ditto. Fishing line can show up on reefs, rocky bo... - 6/9/2009 11:58:44 AM
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Also, it can be used to free oneself from entanglements involving kelp when other techniques fail, pry clams and scallops where allowed and cut duct tape onboard. Works as a tank banger, too.
BTW, for fishing line, shears or a Z-Knife often work better.
Yeah I've got a pair of shears I bring but sometimes, if I don't replace them regularly they don't cut as well as a knife.
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If you cut someone's hose, make sure it's ... - 6/9/2009 12:32:08 PM
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kavubob
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one of those relic double hoses and that you cut the one which their exhale comes out! No real damage done.
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RE: Question: Why take a knife on a dive if you are not... - 6/9/2009 12:32:55 PM
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You make a valid point, on 95% of all Caribbean reef dives you aren't going to need a knife.
Things I have used my knife for: cut fishing line, cut tangled rope wrapped on prop, removing scallops (back when I dove with a bigger knife) tip as a screw driver back on the boat(often), cut veggies/fruit to snack on during surface interval, splinter removal (surface), trim tags and raggedy weightbelts.
Things I never have used my knife for: cutting kelp (stuff just snaps if you bend it), drag myself along the bottom in a current (might work but to what point?? just surface and have the boat come get you, waaaaay easier), tank banger (works- I just always use something else).
Years ago I switched to a spyderco salt (folding blade) its been in my bcd pocket for over three years now, looks new. I recommend it hands down! One of the best pieces of gear I own- holds an edge, and doesn't rust.
Certainly the majority of use of blades has been topside, and I have yet to be in a position when it was life and death to have a blade, even the fishing line I could have sorted over time. That said I always carry one, and with the shift in baggage allowance having something a little smaller made sense.
Maybe make a deal with your wife, you will put down the James Bond knife if she puts on the Halle Berry/Ursula Andress bikini.
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What in the world is "troll activity"? (-) - 6/9/2009 12:33:33 PM
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Cut bad guy's air hose! (+) - 6/9/2009 12:46:24 PM
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Just like Mike Nelson...
I always carry a knife in my BC pocket as part of my safety equipment, you never know when you might need a sharp tool.
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RE: Question: Why take a knife on a dive if you are not... - 6/9/2009 12:50:34 PM
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That would be a two knife current. These are common in inlets and some rivers. Currents near the bottom are generally less than the free stream, so the drag is less there too if you can keep your chest as close to the mud as possible. Don't waste energy kicking in this situation, your arms will actually work better than your legs here.
The method works well when navigating in heavy surge too.
Insert knife(s) in bottom when surge is going the way you don't want to go, remove when it is going your way. Swim cross surge only in the pauses between waves when necessary. It's possible to travel extended distances to and away from shore with very limited energy/air expenditure using this method. BTDT a lot when subsistence diving off the FL east coast.
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RE: Question: Why take a knife on a dive if you are not... - 6/9/2009 12:53:51 PM
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The short answer is "yes", I might need a pair or shears or a knife.
The one piece of equipment I consider useless on a scuba dive is a snorkle. I realize that divers are taught to always wear a snorkle in BOW classes but they are annoying the way they dangle from the mask strap. They are less annoying if they are carried by slipping them under knife sheath straps (creating a purpose for strapping on a knife) but they are still just a PITA to me. If I need to conserve air on a surface swim to and/or from a site I simply inflate my BC, roll over onto my back and leasurely fin backwards.
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RE: What in the world is "troll activity"? (-) - 6/9/2009 1:05:29 PM
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quote:
What in the world is "troll activity"?
It is a post that is intended to incite a heated discussion or a post that could be considered tongue-in-cheek.
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RE: Question: Why take a knife on a dive if you are not... - 6/9/2009 1:32:10 PM
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Here you go. Measuring device.
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RE: Question: Why take a knife on a dive if you are not... - 6/9/2009 2:16:15 PM
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I have had my knife attached to my BC for years and have used it on almost every dive , as a tank banger.
But I always thought it was to fight off a GDGW , no ?
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RE: I want a woman's pov on this one too. + - 6/9/2009 2:20:16 PM
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ORIGINAL: landshark girl
Besides the above reasons.. as a girl I could see it for
a perfect tank banger and security blanket feeling kind of thing?
I would only carry a blunt tip, but that's me; I would likely otherwise stab myself inadvertently.
Hi Lisa,
I strap a knife on my right calf wherever it is permitted. I also carry shears in a pouch on my harness strap, in case of entanglement in monofilament.
I have used my knife to help remove a turtle caught in some netting in Cuba. I have used it a few times in current to find some purchase (never inserting it anywhere where it could damage corals, sponges etc.). It makes a handy tank banger on occasion. And yes, it has occurred to me it could be used in defence if being hit on by over-aggressive fish (I wish I had it when I was being targeted by a rabid triggerfish last year in Indo - if I could have, I would have turned that fish into sushi ;^) I will admit I feel a bit nekkid without it...
So there you have it, a woman's pov.
J.
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RE: What in the world is "troll activity"? (-) - 6/9/2009 2:43:32 PM
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I've used mine a few times to cut lines, anchor myself in a current and once to break up an abandoned fish trap on Davis Ledge in the Keys, never to attack the troll under the bridge on a wreck.
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Knife story from an old diver ... + - 6/9/2009 3:04:28 PM
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I have a friend who has been diving for over 50 years, has way over 5,000 dives, and owned a large dive shop until he retired. He still dives and loves to talk diving. One time when we were having coffee, I asked him if or how often he had used a dive knife for an emergency.
He said just once, when he first started diving, and it had saved his life.
As a kid he had saved his money until he had enough to buy his first set of dive gear. After he bought it, he had only $35 left. The guy who sold him the gear told him he needed a dive knife. The only one available was an expensive one (over $35 ... 50 years ago) but the seller said he would sell it to my friend for the $35 he had left since he had just bought the other gear from him.
Shortly after my friend got his gear and started diving, a pickup truck went into a nearby lake, to a depth of about 90 ft or so. They contacted him and one of his dive buddies to try and find the truck and hook up lines so they could pull it out. (Remember that this was back in the days before our present certifications, requirements for commercial diving, etc. etc.)
They used a line to connect to the truck and another line tied to the diver. One stayed above tending the lines and my friend got the job of doing the dive. He went down, got the line on the truck with no problem and started back up. About half way back up, and getting low on air, he got stuck and realized that the line connected to him was snagged on the truck and he was hopelessly stuck and unable to get the line untied from himself. He was uable to ascend any further and didn't have enough air to go back down and try to free the line from the truck.
But he had his new knife so he easily cut the line and ascended with no problem He said he's never needed a knife in an emergency since then, with several thousand dives. But that one time saved his life!
DSAO -- and ALWAYS CARRY AT LEAST ONE CUTTING TOOL
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RE: I want a woman's pov on this one too. + - 6/9/2009 3:13:56 PM
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quote:
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Besides the above reasons.. as a girl I could see it for
a perfect tank banger and security blanket feeling kind of thing?
I would only carry a blunt tip, but that's me; I would likely otherwise stab myself inadvertently.
Hi Lisa,
I strap a knife on my right calf wherever it is permitted. I also carry shears in a pouch on my harness strap, in case of entanglement in monofilament.
I have used my knife to help remove a turtle caught in some netting in Cuba. I have used it a few times in current to find some purchase (never inserting it anywhere where it could damage corals, sponges etc.). It makes a handy tank banger on occasion. And yes, it has occurred to me it could be used in defence if being hit on by over-aggressive fish (I wish I had it when I was being targeted by a rapid triggerfish last year in Indo - if I could have, I would have turned that fish into sushi ;^) I will admit I feel a bit nekkid without it...
So there you have it, a woman's pov.
J.
Why, thank you Judy :) Great points.
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Actually, Semi...in regard to the GDGW.. - 6/9/2009 3:42:32 PM
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...I carry my rusty, dull and probably won't come out of the sheath knife to dispatch myself with should the GDGW attack me....
Mike...I never should have watched Blue Water White Death......
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RE: Question: Why take a knife on a dive if you are not... - 6/9/2009 5:27:33 PM
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I've cut hooksout of fish and eels. Cut line from several turtles and gathered many an old line on reefs. Can't do without a knife.
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RE: I want a woman's pov on this one too. + - 6/9/2009 7:46:28 PM
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I always have my little blunt-tip attached to my LP hose. Usually have snips with me too. Both come in handy underwater and top side.
Of course, I always have a knife with me even when I'm not diving (at least when it's permitted...obviously not on planes, etc). At work or when doing community events there is always a need for one and the boys are so impressed when a chick whips out a blade. ;)
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Rescued a turtle from imminent death + - 6/9/2009 7:55:11 PM
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A hawksbill turtle had so much mono wrapped from neck to front flipper that we actually drew just a little blood cutting away the line wrapped more than a dozen times around her. That was the worst. I'm sure she was going to be ok. She seemed to thank us as she circled us before swimming away.
I cut mono from two other turtles snagged on the reef on separate occasions. I bumped into a hawksbill about a year ago with yellow mono wrapped around his stump. Too bad the damage was already done. It appeared that the remaining mono wasn't doing any more damage so we left it be.
My crazy friend Randy Jordan.... I actually witnessed him put a large shark in a "trance" and cut the thick line that tied this poor shark to the reef. You won't believe me so here is the link. I was there and it's true and not exaggerated.
http://www.emeraldcharters.com/stories.htm
Mostly, I just cut mono off the reef to spare the turtles of future peril. I can't live without my knife in Jupiter. There are so many fishermen and so many turtles. I forgot about the crab I came upon wrapped in mono and stuck to a rock. I saved it's life too. I'm almost like a Neptune Mother Theresa.
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RE: Rescued a turtle from imminent death + - 6/10/2009 12:48:46 AM
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I like this, Angie. Mother Theresa, with "hot retail" and a knife...
Works for me..
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RE: Question: Why take a knife on a dive if you are not... - 6/10/2009 7:49:20 AM
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I'd *never* get in the water around here without a knife. I don't carry mine on my leg, however - it's on my inflator hose.
Up here in New England, I dive almost exclusively where people fish. On almost every single dive, I see monofilament line. I've had to use my knife to cut buddies out of mono once or twice and I sure as heck want to have a knife handy just in case I were to get caught up and my buddy weren't immediately handy (since vis here is usually so bad, it's easy to lose track of your buddy quickly).
In the Caribbean, I use my knife much less frequently, but have used it as a tank banger to try to get other divers' attention. I'm not a big one for tank banging much, but remember using it once to try to let people know about a nice sized reefie that was just joining us on our dive in Bimini. :-)
In FL, I've helped Angie cut tons of monofilament fishing line off wrecks to help prevent marine life entanglement - I could never have done that without my knife (or shears if I'd carried them).
So I'd say mine's been pretty darned helpful over the years...
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Used the knife in sand in Curacao + - 6/10/2009 8:26:38 AM
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on a dive where we encountered a strong current. The boat was moored and I knew the current was too strong for me to fight it and stay in place. I slammed my knife into the sand, turned the blade to get the most surface area in the sand to hold my position.
On that dive I surfaced to the boat and we ended up having to unhook the boat and go get the divers. This was on a D2D trip to Curacao in 2000. Many of the divers were blown off the site and needed pick ups. A few divers (Ft. Laud John, Deja, Braciole) fought the current and stayed at the site. They were shocked to find the boat gone from the mooring but did the right thing and surfaced at the mooring then waited for the boat to come get them.
Digging my knife into the sand was the only way I could have stayed near the boat and made it back while it was still moored, so I could inform the Captain of what was going on underwater.
All ended well.....but thank goodness I had my little Remora knife on me, NOT on a wreck or kelp dive.
Lesson learned: Always carry your knife on every dive!
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RE: Rescued a turtle from imminent death + - 6/10/2009 9:40:35 AM
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I like this, Angie. Mother Theresa, with "hot retail" and a knife...
Works for me..
Amazz is an impressive woman. ;)
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I always have my little blunt-tip attached to my LP hose. Usually have snips with me too. Both come in handy underwater and top side.
Of course, I always have a knife with me even when I'm not diving (at least when it's permitted...obviously not on planes, etc). At work or when doing community events there is always a need for one and the boys are so impressed when a chick whips out a blade. ;)
I carry a folding knife with me in my purse at all times possible. Saved a manicure more than once ;).
But I'd still stick with a blunt tip u/w... do you like the one you have?
I love you Mother Theresa turtle/critter saving types. The potential need for that alone is worth carrying a knife while diving. :)
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RE: Question: Why take a knife on a dive if you are not... - 6/10/2009 10:21:05 AM
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I prefer to have it and do not use it, than need to use it and not have it! Aside as a Tank Bangger and also on the boat to cut friut or whatever. I also agree that is usefull for meassuring things underwater and sometimes to set aside things that is in the midle between my camera and the subject.
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RE: If you cut someone's hose, make sure it's ... - 6/10/2009 10:40:05 AM
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Hey careful on the relic thing!
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What a boring dive life I've had! I have never needed.. - 6/10/2009 2:26:30 PM
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to use a knife while in Galapagos, Mauritius, Florida, Bonaire, North Carolina, the California coast, and the New England coast! Never needed to cut monofilamant lines, or kelp, or entangled turtles, or even the need to use it as a tank banger! Maybe these things only happen to divers who have a knife on them? :) So much I'm missing !
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"The knifeless man is a lifeless man." + - 6/12/2009 10:37:33 AM
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The knifeless man is a lifeless man.- Knivleysur maeur er livleysur - old Norse proverb
How do you cut up a pineapple or make sandwiches between dives if you don't have a knife ? Regulator mouth is serious business !
I needed a sharp knife on two occasions: a struggling, entangled diver and the other a fouled outboard prop as we headed towards rocks. I use my knife for small tasks all the time. Shears are good for cutting fishing line, nets, webbing, or an envelope of cremains for an UW memorial service.
I carry a 4" Riffe stilleto & Z-knife if free diving or spearfishing , a blunt-tip 3" knife & EMT shears when scuba diving.
Smart girls and guys carry sharp knives.
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RE: "The knifeless man is a lifeless man." + - 6/12/2009 10:57:27 AM
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Behold, the wisdom of the Fugu. *gong*
You are really packing, aren't you?
Cool. I just wanted an excuse to have a knife strapped to my calf. And a little one in my BC pocket.
Now I know what to quote. :)
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I have had many occasions to use my knife , one time may have saved my life ! For them that have never needed a knife underwater, your lucky and I hope you never need one. " Forewarned is Forearmed " A quote out of this month's Alert Diver.
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RE: I want a woman's pov on this one too. + - 6/12/2009 12:40:55 PM
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Of course, I always have a knife with me even when I'm not diving (at least when it's permitted...obviously not on planes, etc). At work or when doing community events there is always a need for one and the boys are so impressed when a chick whips out a blade. ;)
Damn Kerry - sometimes we're enough alike that it scares me... . I also carry a knife with me at all times. I keep a Swiss Army knife in my purse - my mom gave it to me about 20 years ago for Christmas. I thought it was a stupid gift at the time. That impression has been corrected MANY times - instant can opener, bottle opener, wine opener, scissors, cheese knife, peanut butter spreader...I've used it for probably a hundred different uses over the years.
I once forgot to take both my dive knife off my reg and my Swiss Army knife out of my purse before I checked my luggage for a dive trip...I got into the security line and suddenly realized I had both on me and there was NO way I was giving up that SA knife! I ran back to the airline desk, but my checked luggage was already gone. They hustled up an empty box for me to toss 'em in and I checked that :-). It would've killed me to have had my knife confiscated!!!
Betsy <--and yeah - guys are usually suitably impressed when someone needs a knife and I whip out my handy blade....
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RE: Question: Why take a knife on a dive if you are not... - 6/12/2009 1:02:17 PM
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Two weeks ago in Bonaire my wife caught a fish while diving at the site called The Lake. The fish had been line caught but had broken the line. The line passed in front of my wife at 65 feet and she caught it and gently pulled herself to the fish. Our friend on the dive had a fold up emergency knife and he came and cut the line close to the hook. (could not remove hook as it was imbedded too deeply).
Grabbing the line was maybe not the best choice, but in the end, the fish did not have to worry about the line getting wrapped around something. Glad the knife was available.
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What the heck is this?!? Anyone?+ - 6/12/2009 3:16:25 PM
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Here you go. Measuring device.
Holy mother of pearl-- What is this Saudio, and where was the pic taken??! It's ginormous! =:O
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RE: What the heck is this?!? Anyone?+ - 6/12/2009 5:19:09 PM
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It's some variety of sea slug, taken on a night dive at the Atlantis resort in Puerto Galera, Philippines. I was down to fumes at the end of the dive and beginning my ascent when I looked down and saw this monster. I went back down and snapped these two before finishing.
Keep an eye out for a trip report coming up. Sometime.
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RE: I want a woman's pov on this one too. + - 6/12/2009 8:57:54 PM
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ORIGINAL: DiveCandy
Of course, I always have a knife with me even when I'm not diving (at least when it's permitted...obviously not on planes, etc). At work or when doing community events there is always a need for one and the boys are so impressed when a chick whips out a blade. ;)
Damn Kerry - sometimes we're enough alike that it scares me....
Next test:
You are headed out to the public beach off the Courtney Campbell Causeway in Tampa. You observe a moment of silence for the long-gone Tanga Lounge out of respect for Capt Mikey. As you continue driving you realize that the little plastic fastener of your bikini top has broken. Do you:
A) Turn around and go home
B) Fumble around with a rusted safety pin hoping it won't give way when you hit the salt water
C) Get a zip tie out of the trunk of your trunk and make a secure repair
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RE: Ditto. Fishing line can show up on reefs, rocky bo... - 6/14/2009 9:49:02 PM
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Agree Doc.
One of my friends and his buddy got hit by parts of a fishing net while they were doing a safety stop in a strong current.
Their knives allowed them to cut themselves out of the mess.
OvO
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Speaking of the Tanga lounge and bikini tops... - 6/14/2009 11:33:54 PM
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...is Crawdaddy's still just across the causeway?...and that other restaurant right beside it...whatever it's name was?....We'd get off the plane, check in at the Embassy Suites, go by the US Attorney's office and then head over there to steel ourselves for the tasks ahead....
...we used to run along old Tampa Bay.....
..go to Ybor City to the Columbia.....
...catch smugglers....
Mike...going no further to avoid chastisement (sp).......
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RE: I want a woman's pov on this one too. + - 6/15/2009 8:23:52 AM
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ORIGINAL: DiveCandy
Of course, I always have a knife with me even when I'm not diving (at least when it's permitted...obviously not on planes, etc). At work or when doing community events there is always a need for one and the boys are so impressed when a chick whips out a blade. ;)
Damn Kerry - sometimes we're enough alike that it scares me....
Next test:
You are headed out to the public beach off the Courtney Campbell Causeway in Tampa. You observe a moment of silence for the long-gone Tanga Lounge out of respect for Capt Mikey. As you continue driving you realize that the little plastic fastener of your bikini top has broken. Do you:
A) Turn around and go home
B) Fumble around with a rusted safety pin hoping it won't give way when you hit the salt water
C) Get a zip tie out of the trunk of your trunk and make a secure repair
Trick question? I'm probably not wearing a bikini top...
But for the sake of the question, let's pretend that I've lost another 30 pounds (and 30 years ) and don't have a huge gastric bypass scar running up my abdomen.
I'm going with C... I always have my save-a-dive kit in the truck and it's always got several sizes of zip ties....
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RE: I want a woman's pov on this one too. + - 6/15/2009 3:16:50 PM
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Seriously , the main reason I carry a knife is quite simple and just happens to be the Boy Scout motto " to be prepared ".
Dan
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