Reddit mentions: The best divers knives & shears

I prefer a pointy knife, I use it when spearfishing. I've had one of these for about a year and a half now. It's been great, the finish is still perfect, it's strong, and the sheath/straps work great.

I'd also recommend carrying some shears in addition to the knife if you don't already (the EMT type). They're great for cutting line, much safer and easier than a knife.

I have this, the sheath is great, I have it strapped to my BC. The shears have held up fine and are cheap to replace if they get messed up.

As far as I know this is generally considered one of the better quality hand and a half swords for the price. I know it's over twice as expensive as you're looking for, but I can pretty much guarantee you will not find a usable longsword for $100 or less. Anything that cheap is going to be a wallhanger and will fall apart if you try to swing it.

Also, try asking over at r/swords if you want some more opinions.

Pocket knives are a lot like watches, people don't notice them and if they do they're usually fans. In the past seven-ish years of carrying a pocket knife I've had maybe two people say something: one was a security guard telling me "no" and the other was a girl who noticed my grass green Paramilitary 2 against my dark blue jeans pocket. In my experience, if you don't look like a tacticool 2a guy wearing a "Protected by Glock" tee, people won't be squeamish about you carrying a knife.

Also, there are different knives. People are going to react differently to this knife than that knife.

I have never personally used one. I would say a dive knife is more useful and easier to access (in most cases). If you are looking for a decent, inexpensive one give this one a shot!

I may have been wrong about the ignorant bit.

But here's some shit

This post is interesting, and I can attest to it being legit as I have one where I did the same thing...

Proper care of this fellow will prove to be a good knife, my dive instructor used that.

Hell even a Mora with proper care, since they're so cheap (op could have 2-3) could be nice.

Personally, though, I would just save up for one of these badass mofo's...

Titanium is a great choice as it is completely rust resistant and has relatively low weight.

Personally I don't dive so haven't got a dive knife, but heard good things about the Promate one.

I'm a huge fan of the Wenoka Squeeze Knife. It's a very good knife (originally for diving, but I know a bunch of purple who use them rafting) and it doesn't come out accidentally. People lose the Gerber and NRS knifes frequently.

The stainless steel model with a blunt tip is more popular, but I saw The titanium version for cheaper a while back and bought it.

Yep in 30 years I've rarely needed a knife and definitely never needed a point on one

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How about https://www.amazon.com/Scubamax-Blunt-Stainless-Steel-Knife/dp/B001N4K3IQ/ref=sr_1_28?keywords=dive+knife&qid=1554368161&s=gateway&sr=8-28 ?

Spyderco Domino/Dice is a good choice if you want a fliper. The Domino does come in CTS-204P, but just over your price range by 15 bucks or so.

I hear good things about the Boker Plus Vox F3.

Or wait for some of the upcoming Zero Tolerance knives - http://zt.kaiusaltd.com/knives?newF=746

Maybe a dive knife? More than you want to spend, but I use this with a blunt tip in blue. In hindsight, I would recommend a different color.

I'm fairly sure them spears have a barb on the end to prevent the fish from swimming off. That part is somewhere in his face! They're going to have to push that out before they cut it off. Lucky he didn't nail his mask to face...

Eish, look at the part that's still in his face:

https://www.amazon.com/Scuba-Choice-Spearfishing-Stainless-Single/dp/B00CM29XPC

> https://www.bladehq.com/item--Gerber-Bear-Grylls-Compact-Multi--8220

Damn - solid deal on the BG Gerber Multi tool - thanks for the link!

Also, was considering these options for the blade - thoughts?

https://www.amazon.com/Scuba-Diving-Knife-Spearfishing-Lightweight/dp/B01N2HNX4W/ref=pd_sbs_468_4?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B01N2HNX4W&pd_rd_r=1KM8YGN3DQ5A5VQG6QK9&pd_rd_w=bwP6K&pd_rd_wg=Ynr7T&psc=1&refRID=1KM8YGN3DQ5A5VQG6QK9

https://www.amazon.com/Fixed-Blade-Whetstone-Sheath-Fishing/dp/B0744YC3NK/ref=sr_1_6?s=outdoor-recreation&ie=UTF8&qid=1521612147&sr=1-6&keywords=fixed+blade&dpID=31sRhgiRlCL&preST=_SX300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

Yeah, what laugh it up fuzzball said. I have a spyderco H1 and I love it, but even if it was a fixed blade I wouldn't bring with with me on dives. It's too easy to lose stuff down there. Not to mention, I use my knives for more than just cutting and braining. I pry scallops and cut up urchins and shit with them; wouldn't want to do that with other knives.

However, what I would like is a small, easy access knife for my forearm that I would only use for braining and emergency cutting. Like the predathor. I would pay about 60-70 for a knife that size and made of H1-like steel for sure. Especially if the knife was sure to not pull out of the sheath on accident.

I'm out of PHNL and do almost all inter-island flying. I bought this one. It's manual for the reason the others mentioned - don't want it to inflate prematurely.

It's reassuring to have it on during the flight in case I do need to ditch and don't make it in my life raft. I have it outfitted with a small pouch that has a signal mirror, paracord, electrical tape, gauze, and a
Gerber shorty in a sheath.

Honestly it's kind of pain to wear - it's uncomfortable with the seat belt on and constantly shifts right to my right. It doesn't rub on my neck or anything so that's a plus. The Velcro also recently ruined one of my favorite shirts. Ha. I would be interested in something else but it works for now and I don't think I can expect anything I wear constantly to be any different. 7/10.

I have two hook knives on my harness, both with titanium blades that won't rust.


Scuba Choice Titanium M-Cut, Orange https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D1BT58F


DGX Titanium Tek Line Cutter... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HQC4DH0

I dive with these two right now:

https://www.amazon.com/Aqua-Lung-Squeeze-Lock-TI/dp/B00IRQ0CUW/ref=sr_1_35?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1483039310&sr=1-35&keywords=Dive+Knife

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004RDRKZ4?psc=1

This same idea, but closer to the budget, could be the Wenoka squeeze knife. It's stainless steel instead of titanium, but with rinsing after each dive mine still has zero rust after 8 years. You can also find them through Amazon if you're from the USA.

I have this one, which I never use, because I now use trauma shears and a tiny knife with a serrated blade - but it is very high quality, sturdy, and hardly rusts (mine has some surface rust where the blade meets the handle, but I have used it quite a bit).

Victory Dive Knife

Guy on another team was a commercial diver before he joined the Army and it's all he used. He got shit for it because it looks like a bread knife but they cut through everything. His whole team uses them. Our XO bought one and loves it, I have one too. Supposed to get them issued at some point.

The issued knives we use are more meant for scraping so if you have to cut anything they're pretty useless. They don't hold an edge for shit either.