On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, Nil9000000 wrote: [snip] >>I now prefer my Kershaw Amphibian (I got mine at REI) knife which lives >>on the cinch straps on the left hand side (so I can access with my right >>hand) of my Lotus Rio Grande PFD. It is out of the way and almost out >>of sight, thereby avoiding the "Rambo" look. I like this knife a >>lot...is the same size as a gerber river shorty, but has a serrated edge >>on one side, a sharp straight edge on the other and a sharp rather than >>blunt point. >> >>As a minimalist gear-head, I prefer to carry one knife which does several >>duties, such as spreading peanut butter and cutting entanglements, hence >>the point and double edge. wrap a rope tightly around your leg, now, use that pointy knife to cut the rope... there's a reason most river rescue knives [NOW] have blunt points, or should i say blunt ends, as there's no point... do you see my point?? [oouch, i probably pay for that ;-) with a blunt ended knife, i can stick that blunt end under the rope, and pry somewhat against _your_ leg ;-) without cutting _you_ <grin> use a large bladed screwdriver, or something like that to test the difference, and you'll [hopefully] see what i mean. mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com-------------------------------------- mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/cpr [Colorado Paddlers' Resource] http://www.diac.com/~zen/rmskc [Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club] http://www.diac.com/~zen/rmcc [Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page] http://www.diac.com/~zen/mark [personal] -- Fortune: The goal of science is to build better mousetraps. The goal of nature is to build better mice. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Mar 25 1998 - 10:08:09 PST
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