Do you dive with a knife? How about a big knife?

[elmer fudd]

That's a nice collection of knives you've got. I especially like #3. Apart from the occasional wilderness camping trip though I can't think of any time I could really get away with carrying a big Bowie and I certainly wouldn't want to take that beauty diving.

 

[gekodivebali]

I dive with two knives, both as small as they get.
Either an OMS titanium z-cutter and a small knife or an EZcut and a small knife.
One is accessible by either hand on the waist strap and the other one is secured under the wrist slates.

 

[fnfalman]

I have to know.....Which one is the pig sticker for when you go cave diving ?

The black one at the bottom, of course. Gotta be DIR.

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That's a nice collection of knives you've got. I especially like #3. Apart from the occasional wilderness camping trip though I can't think of any time I could really get away with carrying a big Bowie and I certainly wouldn't want to take that beauty diving.

That's the first run of Cold Steel Trailmaster bowie and the Carbon V steel that I bought back in 1986 or 1987, might even back in 1985. That steel is very ductile and takes a mean edge but it'd rust in a heartbeat. I have to keep it well lubricated whenever I packed it out in the boonies.

 

[Peter_C]

The black one at the bottom, of course. Gotta be DIR.

Maybe you could quit perpetuating the rumors that DIR and black are the only colors available please. You have been alerted that there is no such rule.

 

[fnfalman]

Maybe you could quit perpetuating the rumors that DIR and black are the only colors available please. You have been alerted that there is no such rule.

There are usually truths in stereotypes.

 

[danvolker]

There are usually truths in stereotypes.

Have you ever stuck a pig with your pig sticker?

 

[chillyinCanada]

I was looking at my old dive knife in its trusty scabbard the other day . . .it reminded me of the time that my first stage became completely entangled in a massive blob of monofilament during a night dive. I was stuck face down on the bottom in the muck, couldn't move forward nor back nor up. Actually, wasn't even sure what the problem was at the time. An intraining DM came along and used his BFK to cut me free. The moral of this story is, that I wasn't able to reach my knife.

Then for many years I carried the snips attached to my bcd. Replaced them as each pair rusted out, unused. Haven't bought any new for a few years now.

In 20 years, there was the one event and my not so BFK was of no help to me at all. I am glad that the intraining DM had a knife, but I'll bet that one of those little line cutters would have worked just as well, if not better.

And all that said, what one carries and where, depends on where you are diving.

 

[fdarden]

Have you ever stuck a pig with your pig sticker?

I personally have never seen a pig under water, however I have observed a few six foot rats.

 

[ajduplessis]

Remind me not to p!$$ you off!!

 

[fnfalman]

Have you ever stuck a pig with your pig sticker?

A pig pig or a human pig?