This has me thinking about wearing a knife while snorkeling.
How many people have had to use their knife/cutting tool while diving
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dumpsterDiver
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i never snorkel w/o a knife... essential piece of gear.
Seaduced
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I've only used it to cut monofilament a couple of times so far, but one time it was rather exciting.
I was swimming along ogling my new computer when something tugged at my fin. I turned around and saw a good sized piece of mono fishnet hung between my fin buckle and a rock. As I reached back to clear it, I lifted a stone fish off of the bottom that was caught in the net between my fin and the rock. He didn't like that at all, trashing about, bumping against my fin foot pocket and generally scaring the $#!t out of me. I pulled my hand back, grabbed my knife and cut the net loose from my buckle, all the time hoping the net didn't come loose from the rock and let him reach my ankle. Fin cleared, so far, so good.
So then, after I calmed down, I undertook a mercy mission to free the stone fish. I found a large rock and laid it on the net and pushed toward the fish with my knife. It pinned the fish to the bottom, so I could try to cut him free. Every time I would nearly get him free, he would begin flopping around and get entangled again. After 3 or 4 tries, I gave up and freed the end from the rock, pulled the net from under rock I put on it and let him swim away trailing the net.
Unfortunately, he turned back and stung me in the arm, boy did that HURT... I swam quickly, but deliberately toward the beach, but to no avail... the pain got worse and worse until I died halfway to the beach...
(it's better in person with liberal amounts of beer applied)
... actually, the last I saw of the stone fish, he was swimming south into deeper water... but the alternate ending always gets me a free beer!
p.s. I did go home after the dive and review the effects and treatment for a stone fish sting. Now, I always take at least one cutting tool on every dive, no matter how simple the dive seems.
I was swimming along ogling my new computer when something tugged at my fin. I turned around and saw a good sized piece of mono fishnet hung between my fin buckle and a rock. As I reached back to clear it, I lifted a stone fish off of the bottom that was caught in the net between my fin and the rock. He didn't like that at all, trashing about, bumping against my fin foot pocket and generally scaring the $#!t out of me. I pulled my hand back, grabbed my knife and cut the net loose from my buckle, all the time hoping the net didn't come loose from the rock and let him reach my ankle. Fin cleared, so far, so good.
So then, after I calmed down, I undertook a mercy mission to free the stone fish. I found a large rock and laid it on the net and pushed toward the fish with my knife. It pinned the fish to the bottom, so I could try to cut him free. Every time I would nearly get him free, he would begin flopping around and get entangled again. After 3 or 4 tries, I gave up and freed the end from the rock, pulled the net from under rock I put on it and let him swim away trailing the net.
Unfortunately, he turned back and stung me in the arm, boy did that HURT... I swam quickly, but deliberately toward the beach, but to no avail... the pain got worse and worse until I died halfway to the beach...
(it's better in person with liberal amounts of beer applied)... actually, the last I saw of the stone fish, he was swimming south into deeper water... but the alternate ending always gets me a free beer!
p.s. I did go home after the dive and review the effects and treatment for a stone fish sting. Now, I always take at least one cutting tool on every dive, no matter how simple the dive seems.
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i never snorkel w/o a knife... essential piece of gear.
here is one story where i needed a knife... I have had a few very serious situaions requiring a knife
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/accidents-incidents/134163-scooter-salvage.html
here is one story where i needed a knife... I have had a few very serious situaions requiring a knife
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/accidents-incidents/134163-scooter-salvage.html
Green_Manelishi
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Monofilament more than once.
Rope (recovering lobster traps) many times, occasionally many feet from the bottom, hence my knife is on lanyard so if I let it go it won't be gone.
Rope (recovering lobster traps) many times, occasionally many feet from the bottom, hence my knife is on lanyard so if I let it go it won't be gone.
SinkFloridaSink
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i saved a turtle!
Saved a Sea Turtle Today! | Sink, Florida, Sink!
Saved a Sea Turtle Today! | Sink, Florida, Sink!
ajduplessis
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Its one of those things that you most likely will never use, but the day you have to use it you will go on your knees and thank the Lord.
smellzlikefish
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I've used my knife for everything from monofilament to tugboat hawsers and seine net. The stuff that was caught on reef was nice to clean up, but the stuff that has been cut out of my props offshore could have been more trouble. I also recall one time where I used my knife to unlock my girlfriend's car door after locking my own keys inside. It isn't only a handy tool to have, it is sometimes the only tool you have to work with.
Used a big USD knife to get free of a line wedged between my tank and USD Cam EZ backpack (pre- BCD days), during a night dive in the early 70's. I couldn't see or feel it and freaked out until it could be seen. Just a couple of weeks ago I found two different hooks snagged into two different navigation lines in a quarry (Lancaster RV Park, OH). In the process of freeing the first hook the monofilament got entangled in my 1st stage. My buddy used my titanium coated trauma shears to clear the mess. I carry the shears in one BCD pocket and have a Wenoka Little Squeeze attached to the other BCD pocket. The shears had some trouble cutting through the hooks, so i'm considering some kind of stainless side cutters. The viz in the local quarries is crappy. Following a line and finding a hook via the braille method seems unpleasant.
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