New Dive knife (w/ Pic Goodness!)

[thorjeep]

Thought you guys/gals might like this one:

I picked up a CRKT Ultima 7" at Cabelas last time I was up there for $50 (Nice sale)


to use as a dive knife. If you have not seen these, they are real thick including the point ( Great for prying, especially the length, most of what I use a knife for underwater) it has a pry bar at the bottom of the handle. the knife is light and the handle is thin (important, don't want to catch on stuff, as well as aerodynamic) and the handle is grippy, without being soft. If you are thinking "but that is not a dive knife!" well a dive knife is resistant to corrosion, but you better be washing and caring for all your gear after a dive, and I don't intend on staying underwater long enough for it to corrode Also dive knife is weighted so you can manuver/hammer with it. Yeah well underwater it is still difficult to manuver any knife, and have you ever tried to hammer something underwater when you are floating around? Yeah works real well I would rather have a sharp, large knife I can use both in and out of the water..

Next I needed a sheath. couldn't use the nylon underwater, or on my leg:

I found the Scubamax Neoprene knife sheath for $14 at scuba.com


I took the hard sheath protector out of the sheath that came with the knife, and worked (Very tightly) it into the scubamax.

All in all it fits great, the nylon straps should work, though do not stretch, so it may be tight on my leg, though it looks as though it can go on my calf instead of my thigh, so it should be fine. I added a rubber wrist lanyard to it through the included lanyard hole. Next time I dive or Kayak, I will update you with the results.

[haha49]

I don’t like pointy tipped knives for a dive knife and I would of got a serrated blade for a dive knife... reason being you get tangled and need to cut something it works well I got a small knife blunt tip and its like a saw basicly for cutting things works well on seaweed ect.. I don’t like using it above water through I got other knives for that... If you scuba diving its better to just have a knife dedicated to that I have 1 attached to my scuba gear because that’s all I use it for


for prying stuff if you working on a moor boey and need to get stuff off it to check the chain ect then you need a longer knife but for most uses a knife under water can save your life so can not panicking and avoiding the problem to begin with

Mines attached the hose on the console always in the same spot all my gear is strapped in so I know were to reach for everything

[thorjeep]

Ok, I don't agree, but that's cool. However if you want to present a point, 2 words.....










Spell Check! That was a painful post to read, I say that with the utmost respect...

[AK47THUG]

Originally Posted by haha49

I dont like pointy tipped knives for a dive knife and I would of got a serated blade for a dive knife.. reason being you get tangled and need to cut something it works well I got a small knife blunt tip and its like a saw basicly for cutting things works well on seaweed ect.. I dont like useing it above water through I got other knives for that.. If you scuba diveing its better to just have a knife dedicated to that I have 1 attached to my scuba gear because thats all I use it for


for prying stuff if you working on a moor boey and need to get stuff off it to check the chain ect then you need a longer knife but for most uses a knife under water can save your life so can not panicing and avoiding the problem to begin with

Mines attached the the hose on the consle Always in the same spot all my gear is straped in so I know were to reach for everything

+1. You don't like point tip for dive knives because real diver knives don't have point tip. They have flat edged tip for prying heavy objects as all things are heavier under water. They also have partial serrated blade for sawing through wreckage if divers happen to be stuck in one. Among other things diver knives have softer and longer grip in case of two hands usage and the sheath are tough and strap are made of very tough and elastic material.

I have a dive knive that I carry when I am out on boats.

[dirtydog]

Ever try wasp knife?

[hafcafdcaf]

I used to be a big diver myself, both free and supported, when I lived on Oahu; so I hope that my response will not meet with too much angst. I fed myself of spiny lobster and fish for about a year from my diving. I will make sure to spell check before I post this. I carried a knife for cutting when I dove, and I carried a little 12 inch crow bar for when I wanted an affixed shell. My knife was a serrated edged and about 3 1/2 inches long. Two tools for two different jobs. A knife is the most expensive, least effective, pry bar you will ever own. Take a bang stick for nasties.

Thanks,
Rob

[thorjeep]

I agree with the flat tip is great for prying, however the pointy tip is great for small cracks and cutting. I would have picked up the serrated, if it was on sale. The bigger the blade, the more leverage. Check these knives out, the tip is very thick.

As far as cutting yourself out of wreckage, please! This is not a 007 martini stirrer/cutting torch. I agree with the pry bar, however I fly to most dive sites, and don't plan on prying much I would rather carry my spare air since you never know who they will buddy you up with.

Hey, I might be wrong, the proof is in the testing. I will let y'all know.

[ClovisMan]

Have you had it in the salt at all? How does the knife hold up to rust? I fish from a kayak in the Gulf of Mexico and can't seem to find a good knife to last more than a couple of months before it gets rusted up and virtually unuseable.

[thorjeep]

Ok, interesting, after rinsing and drying it each and every time it rusts? I make sure to fully clean off all my equipment after every trip, and if I have too, I will oil it as well.

[ClovisMan]

Originally Posted by thorjeep

Ok, interesting, after rinsing and drying it each and every time it rusts? I make sure to fully clean off all my equipment after every trip, and if I have too, I will oil it as well.

I usually spray them off with the hose and dry them. I haven;t really spent this kind of money on one either. I usually pick up the cheap 20 dollar ones at Bass Pro Shops.

[haha49]

Originally Posted by thorjeep

I agree with the flat tip is great for prying, however the pointy tip is great for small cracks and cutting. I would have picked up the serrated, if it was on sale. The bigger the blade, the more leverage. Check these knives out, the tip is very thick.

As far as cutting yourself out of wreckage, please! This is not a 007 martini stirrer/cutting torch. I agree with the pry bar, however I fly to most dive sites, and don't plan on prying much I would rather carry my spare air since you never know who they will buddy you up with.

Hey, I might be wrong, the proof is in the testing. I will let y'all know.

I dont carry spair air and sometimes dive alone if you mange your air and plan ahead you should never ever run out even if something happens

[haha49]

Originally Posted by ClovisMan

Have you had it in the salt at all? How does the knife hold up to rust? I fish from a kayak in the Gulf of Mexico and can't seem to find a good knife to last more than a couple of months before it gets rusted up and virtually unuseable.

get a knife thats 440 or a dive knife they will rust if you dont treat them right but they slowly rust so you can see it comeing.. I only have black rust on my carbon steel blades but thats a patena so I dont mind..

[thorjeep]

Originally Posted by haha49

I dont carry spair air and sometimes dive alone if you mange your air and plan ahead you should never ever run out even if something happens

Whoa, good for you, but I would never dive alone, unless you count diving off the kayak to grab stuff at the bottom of a 10ft river (spare air is great for that).
Too much goes wrong up here where I can take a 'breather' and figure stuff out The spare air is for the unknown airsucker they partner me up with. I don't want some jerk stuck to my octopus sucking the last of my air and freaking out. I hand him the spare air and give him a look like 'you just were given a extra 2 min or so - make it last' and get away from him.

The larger Ultima models feature 6.75" full-tang blades of 1.4116 stainless steel with a light bead-blast finish.

WTF is 1.4116 stainless steel?

[divinginn]

We need to get a survivalist dive trip going. Where does everyone dive at? I do most of mine in north Florida.