Re: [Paddlewise] Knives

Jack_Martin_at_jtif.webfld.navy.mil wrote:
> 
> 
>      Bill Leonhardt wrote ---
> 
> 
> 5.   I'd also like to hear more from Joq Martin.  I too carried a knife
> with a hook for cutting parachute cords while flying.  As I recall, that
> knife had a push button opening (aka switch blade) for the normal pointed
> cutting blade but the hook blade had to be folded out.  The knife used to
> reside in the little pocket on the left thigh of my flight suit and it
> sounds like you've duplicated this pocket near the zipper on your PFD.  Are
> these knives a viable candidate for kayaking and are they available to
> civilians?
> 
>      The very same, Bill.  Handy little widget, but the "switch blade"
>      feature should have been on the shroud cutter, not that nasty pocket
>      knife balde.  (Mine was international orange.)
> 
>      The Guide Knife is available from at least one kayak supply catalog
>      --- still looking to see where I bought it.  Comes with a black nylon
>      sheath that I had sewn into the flat panel on the left side of the
>      front zipper of my PFD --- out of the way, but always available with a
>      tug down on the locking snap.  (The knife is maybe eight inches long,
>      one inch wide and less than a quarter of an inch thick.  Pretty
>      compact.)  The hollow handle is hi-viz nylon, and there are spare
>      stainless steel blades inside.  The whole deal is about $20.
> 
>      Operationally, it will work on any light line or webbing that you
>      might have on a kayak and want to terminate quickly --- tow line, sea
>      anchor, paddle leash, whatever.  A great backup device.  But lousy for
>      spreading peanut butter.  There are always drawbacks.
> 
>      Will get the supplier on the list by the weekend.
> 
>      Joq
> 

One source of the above knife is Cabela's 1-800-237-4444, it goes by the 
name of Wyoming knife, guide, and in some places as a swiggy??. I also 
believe Gorilla and son's carry a version.

James

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