Where do you keep your knife/knives (when diving)?

[voop]

That's funny!!!! Actually, I don't ever remember using my knife on rope or line under water. I have used it a time or two for prying a shellfish off a rock but never to get untangled. Maybe I will start leaving my two knives on the boat, too. It would sure save some money. I have lost 4 or 5 dive knives in the past 20 years; some of them very expensive.

Depends on where and what you dive, I suppose. Diving wrecks in areas where there's active fishing is almost guaranteed to give you an opportunity for using your knives -- for detangeling yourself or your buddy. Both have happened to me, unfortunately. I've also once had a fisherman drop his net on me (!) while I was on a wreck -- I guess that the diveboat with the flags right above me weren't obvious to him. Cutting-tools came in very handy then, or else I'd have been feeding the critters by now. We occationally run "cutting away nets and lines which may be a hazard later" dives, trying to clean up some of the mess left down there, but it's a loosing battle.

OTOH, if most of your dives are in marine-parks, where you're nice and undisturbed by fishing etc., then a knife is probably not very usefull.

 

[justleesa]

I'm right handed and I have my knife strapped to my left inner calf

 

[Bandito]

I just purchased a dive knife manufactured by Remora called the "Remora Hydra" you can get more details here:

http://www.uwkinetics.com/ProductDisplay_prmenbr=91&prrfnbr=5156.htm

It comes with two "brackets" that allow you to attach it to a weight belt or other strap on your BC or to one of your BC hoses. I have mine attached to the octopus hose. It's about 50 bucks. My daughter is a marine biologist and has used one for several years and loves it.

It also has a serrated edge and a blunt "nose" to prevent inadvertent stabbing of your BC or other parts.

Cliff