wmartin@brl-vgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) (03/12/84)
Relay-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site brl-vgr.ARPA Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site brl-vgr.ARPA Path: brl-vgr!wmartin From: wmartin@brl-vgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) Newsgroups: net.rec.scuba Subject: Divers' Knives Message-ID: <1535@brl-vgr.ARPA> Date: Fri, 17-Feb-84 15:11:08 EST Article-I.D.: brl-vgr.1535 Posted: Fri Feb 17 15:11:08 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 17-Feb-84 15:11:08 EST Organization: Ballistics Research Lab Lines: 27 Greetings! As a non-diving knife collector, who has accumulated a number of different styles of divers' knives over the past few years, I was wondering what real divers look for and want in a knife. For example, the older or more traditional style of a large blade with a heavy rubber or plastic handle and a pommel suitable for hammering has been joined by the skeleton-style small knife, like the Tekna. Which is better and why? The traditional larger knife comes with many different blade styles -- which features do you find really useful and which are superfluous? For example, the screwdriver-style tip instead of the sharp-tipped spear or bowie-shaped blade, the gut-hook sharpened notch, different styles of serrations, and a lanyard loop -- what do you think of these features or choices? What about serrations -- do you want more plain edge, more serrated, or equal amounts? Do you really do much cutting with the knife, or do you use it mostly for prying and pounding? Regards, Will Martin PS -- If you recall seeing this question on this newsgroup sometime around a year ago, my apologies -- I was on a host that lost its USENET connection and I had tried to submit this topic then, but never knew if it made it out to the network. WM