aquacat8
Contributor
I have decided recently that every scuba knife I have ever owned has kind of sucked! First I wore a great big 1990s BFK in a plastic case that was easy to deploy but awkward to wear. It was titanium, and seemed really dull from the start, and I wasn’t any good at sharpening it. Maybe I need to have it professionally sharpened. It was good for cheese and crackers.
Kelp would hang up on it, and I got so familiar with the feeling that I would just reach down and unloop the kelp without looking.
Scubaboard convinced me that BFKs were out of style (for some unknown reason), and I went down the path of tiny stupid Little knives, that I found are very good for cutting ones forefinger on when attempting to cut line, (which they nevertheless would fail to cut). My Scubapro DIR type knife was also excellent at sneaking out of its Velcro webbing holster, and I resorted to cutting off the Velcro and bungeeing it around the belt and itself, which of course would’ve made it harder to deploy, but gave it a leash. It also is titanium, hard to sharpen, and I dremeled out the spot my forefinger liked to land on, which made it safer but even shorter.
Recently I bought a small aqualung squeeze knife, thinking to replace the Scubapro POS, got it home, tried to cut some line, cut myself, I noticed how cheap the plastic tabs were that held it in, cleaned it with alcohol and returned it.
I am left-handed so that may have something to do with my problem with sharp implements: for example shears don’t always work for me, things can just fold instead of cut. Single beveled blades are beveled on the wrong side.
I went ahead and bought a cheap folding sailor’s rigging knife from West Marine. It’s only sharp on one side, with a down curved end and serration. I took it home and easily cut rope with it, and it’s bungeed to my BC, but I’m not sure if I could deploy with one hand.
I would like to be more educated on the subject, and I think especially that I am lusting after a sexy vintage knife. What knife do you carry and why? Please post pics!
Kelp would hang up on it, and I got so familiar with the feeling that I would just reach down and unloop the kelp without looking.
Scubaboard convinced me that BFKs were out of style (for some unknown reason), and I went down the path of tiny stupid Little knives, that I found are very good for cutting ones forefinger on when attempting to cut line, (which they nevertheless would fail to cut). My Scubapro DIR type knife was also excellent at sneaking out of its Velcro webbing holster, and I resorted to cutting off the Velcro and bungeeing it around the belt and itself, which of course would’ve made it harder to deploy, but gave it a leash. It also is titanium, hard to sharpen, and I dremeled out the spot my forefinger liked to land on, which made it safer but even shorter.
Recently I bought a small aqualung squeeze knife, thinking to replace the Scubapro POS, got it home, tried to cut some line, cut myself, I noticed how cheap the plastic tabs were that held it in, cleaned it with alcohol and returned it.
I am left-handed so that may have something to do with my problem with sharp implements: for example shears don’t always work for me, things can just fold instead of cut. Single beveled blades are beveled on the wrong side.
I went ahead and bought a cheap folding sailor’s rigging knife from West Marine. It’s only sharp on one side, with a down curved end and serration. I took it home and easily cut rope with it, and it’s bungeed to my BC, but I’m not sure if I could deploy with one hand.
I would like to be more educated on the subject, and I think especially that I am lusting after a sexy vintage knife. What knife do you carry and why? Please post pics!
