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 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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