Mike Matthews
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O.K. folks, what about period correct blades? Does everyone go with the all you need are a set of EMT snippers theroy of divers bladed tools?
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Nemrod:It must be a different Stilleto because mine is fairly small and slender as a knife goes which is why it fits on my upper arm so well. The MK2 is a good unit, I had one of those and lost it a long time ago.
When I was in college the local dive shop was always hooking me up with a salvage job in one of the nearby lakes, rivers. Always no visibility, often deep and with current and fishing line and a few times old ski ropes or seine nets used once for sturgeon I guess when that was legal (assuming it is not now). I used my knife on a number of occasions. It was good also to stick into the bottom to hold me against the current while I rested and pondered upon why it was I was 30 feet down in a river in zero viz looking for some guys fishing rod. That salvaging was not a money maker for sure--most of the time people had no idea where they dropped whatever it was they wanted me to find so you can imagine my success ratio. N
OOPS! Mine is a Sportsways, not SP.... It must be a different Stilleto because mine is fairly small and slender ...
That's where the hand guard came in handy, it was like a "Goodman handle" for your knife.Always no visibility, often deep and with current and fishing line and a few times old ski ropes or seine nets ...
Mike Matthews:I have a small, slender scuba pro stilleto I bought in 1978 I use. Recently I lost my US Diver Seahawk and have been shopping Ebay to replace it.The stilleto works for small jobs and the Seahawk is handy for sinking UBoats.
I noticed some folks are trying to sell the equivalent of leathermans. How can you operate one with gloves on?