Ideal knife?

[fisherdvm]

When I was diving in a small lake today, I watched new divers donning their gears for their first OW dive. A young man has a long, 6 inch bladed, slender knife, with double edge and sharp point. Holy moley, I am not sure if I'd want him to rescue me from an entanglement situation.

What do you think an ideal knife should be? I am thinking of small, 2 to 3 inch blade, serrated on one side, compact, relatively flat, blunt tip. I am not sure if you need more than this? Perhaps an EMT shear? I think I'd rather use a shear or scissor over a knife to get myself out of a tangled web.

 

[fishb0y]

Easy answer... A Seahawk with a 7" blade... serrated edge optional. Knives are weapons and not tools. They should be used to intimidate and show marine life who the boss is.

For those of you new age, metro-sexual whiners who think that a big knife is to 'compensate for a short-coming'... try picking up knitting, it sounds more your speed.

 

[Charles R]

I have a 3" Halcyon Ti Knife that is more than enough for any issue that I would ever see myself running into

 

[C Chris]

I love dive knives - always have... I agree that a shear is probably the most functional for entanglements be they monofilitment or *shudder* spider wire; and to that extent, The FogCutter X by XSScuba may be the best of both worlds by combining a 4.5" blade and shears. Having said that, the knife I use is the USD Sea Hawk (but then again, I'm a Dork Diver). - Chris

 

[highdesert]

Easy answer... A Seahawk with a 7" blade... serrated edge optional. Knives are weapons and not tools. They should be used to intimidate and show marine life who the boss is.

For those of you new age, metro-sexual whiners who think that a big knife is to 'compensate for a short-coming'... try picking up knitting, it sounds more your speed.

Aw, c'mon now, don't be bashful; tell us what you really think ....

 

[deepblueme]

Columbia River Knife and Tool makes what I would call the "best" knife.
It's called the Bear Claw.

http://www.crkt.com/bearclaw.html

EMS shears work great and so does the OMS line cutter it's like a seatbelt cutter with replaceable blades.

His knife sounds like one of the old Tekna's we had quite the Rambo knife collection that were found on the lake bottom.

 

[do it easy]

I dive with a knife and shears

For me, my ideal knife would be:
small 2"-3" of blade
serrated on at least one side
a line cutter
bottle opener
blunt tip

Currently, I dive a UK Trigger, which is similar to a Remora. It's only missing the bottle opener.

 

[C Chris]

fishb0y - you, Nemrod, and I were cut out of the same piece of Kevlar. Go Sea Hawk!!!

 

[fishb0y]

Yup... I've started to collect old dive knives as well as double hose regs. It's funny, when there are people around when I come out of the water they ALWAYS ask if I saw a shark... I usually answer that the shark was lucky that I didn't see it.

 

[wulvrine74]

Simple answer, it's all up to you. What do you like and what are you comfortable with. Diving isnt a cheap sport, so buy a couple of them. I have a mini 2" blade, a 5" blade and a 7". use them all, depending on where I go.