Dive knives when out with a DM

[FF / EMT]

I probably have been diving longer than you have been alive.

SeaRat

In that case, I bow to your wisdom!!!

I sure hope you deal with entanglements quicker than it took you to reply to me.

 

[John C. Ratliff]

In that case, I bow to your wisdom!!!

I sure hope you deal with entanglements quicker than it took you to reply to me.

I look into this forum once or twice a week. I’ve been on Facebook, and my wife has been making comments about me spending too much time on social media. So when I look in, if appropriate, I will make comments. Entanglements underwater are an immediate emergency, and are dealt with as they occur. This forum is not either immediate, nor an emergency.

SeaRat

PS, I’ve been diving since 1959, and am 76 years old now.

PS2, I admire anyone who is or was an EMT. I was USAF Pararescue for over 9 years, and an EMT Paramedic for Eugene Springfield Ambulance for a short time in the 1970s. EMTs are the tip of the medical care spear, and as such now are being placed into difficult to almost impossible positions. Here in the Portland, Oregon area, we’ve been having EMT/Paramedics assaulted on the job. We also have lifeguard teams at strategic places, like my primary dive site at High Rocks on the Clackamas River, which is what allows me to dive solo at my age (wife-imposed restriction). So I am especially grateful to any and all EMTs. I was also a smokejumper in 1972 from North Cascades Smokejumper base, and know a bit about what firefighters go through. I’m about to write a blog on “Protective Clothing and Equipment for Wildfire Fighters” for the American Industrial Hygiene Association, of which I’m a long-time member. If you have any insights on this topic, I’d love to hear from you.

 

[tomh1972]

Shears here, Although, I also sometimes dive wearing a pair of Columbia fishing/swim trunks that have a built-in bottle opener/line cutter. That's pretty handy for post-dive beers.

 

[skippy311]

Bring a knife; if you see a ghost fishing pod, cut it so that the fish can get out.

 

[Silverback9]

No titanium for me! Everyone knows that sharks have bad eyesight and poor coverage for tetanus shots. So, a machete so that they can see it - but it needs to be rusty so they stay away.

I have had 0 shark attacks so far.

I love it... Even if you don't stick enough to kill em, you will give them tetanus... At least you have a plan in case a shark does attack...

 

[gert7to3]

Dropping onto the mooring line over Great Lakes shipwrecks it is not uncommon to find monofilament tangled on it. I always carry a line cutter on my belt.

 

[Akimbo]

Worth considering:

A Fisherman Nearly Kills Two Divers with One Hook!!

I was diving the Spiegel ship wreck in the Keys with my wife and son. For those who don't know about that dive. It is about 130 feet with a thick ascent/decent line going from the surface to the ship. The dive ops want divers to go up and down the rope when diving. The dive area is buoyed off...

scubaboard.com

 

[TravelGas]

I look into this forum once or twice a week. I’ve been on Facebook, and my wife has been making comments about me spending too much time on social media. So when I look in, if appropriate, I will make comments. Entanglements underwater are an immediate emergency, and are dealt with as they occur. This forum is not either immediate, nor an emergency.

SeaRat

PS, I’ve been diving since 1959, and am 76 years old now.

PS2, I admire anyone who is or was an EMT. I was USAF Pararescue for over 9 years, and an EMT Paramedic for Eugene Springfield Ambulance for a short time in the 1970s. EMTs are the tip of the medical care spear, and as such now are being placed into difficult to almost impossible positions. Here in the Portland, Oregon area, we’ve been having EMT/Paramedics assaulted on the job. We also have lifeguard teams at strategic places, like my primary dive site at High Rocks on the Clackamas River, which is what allows me to dive solo at my age (wife-imposed restriction). So I am especially grateful to any and all EMTs. I was also a smokejumper in 1972 from North Cascades Smokejumper base, and know a bit about what firefighters go through. I’m about to write a blog on “Protective Clothing and Equipment for Wildfire Fighters” for the American Industrial Hygiene Association, of which I’m a long-time member. If you have any insights on this topic, I’d love to hear from you.

I too am a Brother Wildland FF, AEMF/FFT2. I would be interested in reading your article about PPE for WF and hope you will post a link here. I am getting ready to deploy next month for WF Medical support.

As for large knives. I am also a big fan of Wenoka knives and carry two while diving one large and one small and a line cutter. If there are better large diving knives that are made today please LMK what they are.

 

[Silverback9]

As for large knives. I am also a big fan of Wenoka knives and carry two while diving one large and one small and a line cutter. If there are better large diving knives that are made today please LMK what they are.

I had a Wenoka Pro, "back in the day". Loved that thing... One of the things I lost in the divorce of Wife#1.

 

[Akimbo]

I had a Wenoka Pro, "back in the day". Loved that thing... One of the things I lost in the divorce of Wife#1.

Just be glad she didn't give it back to you, sharp end first.