BikerBecca
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Yes, you should totally have one and wear it somewhere very easy for you to comfortably retrieve it when you need it. Get it now before a fisherman hooks you and you wish you had one.
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A big f***** knife might be overkill or the wrong tool depending.
Okay I'm not talking about that group of extinct marine arachnomorph arthropods, but the cutting device......ya I looked that up, I'm not that smart!
Actually I think my title should have been "How often do you use one", or any other type of cutting device?
I am relatively new to the hobby and whilst I understand the need to carry a cutting device "just incase", how often does one really need it?
I see mixed signals when it comes from the more experienced diver, "you can always spot a noob from all the stuff he/she carries", to "you noobs should be carrying more kit, especially two cutting devices"?
Whereabouts are you running into the need to use one, and has it really been a "life or death situation", or more of a "I should clean that up so some fish doesn't get caught on it" scenario?
My goal is to find the proper balance between being a smart new diver versus looking like a new diver with a smart new kit.
Thanks for taking the time to reply and share your stories, I truly value your opinions.
What nonsense.If you've never needed one...you don't need one...just another gadget...''never used tool kit fodder''...
What nonsense.
Apparently you are not reading this thread...see post #11 for example, and several others. The fact that you perhaps have never used one doesn't mean no one has.Not nonsense at all...spend all the money you like on something you'll never use...
Apparently you are not reading this thread...see post #11 for example, and several others. The fact that you perhaps have never used one doesn't mean no one has.