aprentic
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OK here's my background.
I'm going to do my open water certification in Cape Ann and my first few dives after that are likely to be around there too.
My brother got me a gift certificate to a local dive shop and told me that I should get a dive knife with it.
When I told the guy at the dive shop about this he told me that I should ignore my brother and that I should only consider getting one after I'm done purchasing all my other equipment and that in many places you aren't even allowed to carry one.
On land I tend to carry a knife around, especially when I'm outdoors, because I consider it the single most useful tool ever invented. On the other hand I generally tend to use my knife to cut food and to open packages. Neither of those activities seems likely under water.
So what do people think?
Is a dive knife a valuable and legal emergency tool around Cape Ann or is it yet more useless crap to carry around?
I'm going to do my open water certification in Cape Ann and my first few dives after that are likely to be around there too.
My brother got me a gift certificate to a local dive shop and told me that I should get a dive knife with it.
When I told the guy at the dive shop about this he told me that I should ignore my brother and that I should only consider getting one after I'm done purchasing all my other equipment and that in many places you aren't even allowed to carry one.
On land I tend to carry a knife around, especially when I'm outdoors, because I consider it the single most useful tool ever invented. On the other hand I generally tend to use my knife to cut food and to open packages. Neither of those activities seems likely under water.
So what do people think?
Is a dive knife a valuable and legal emergency tool around Cape Ann or is it yet more useless crap to carry around?