Re: [Paddlewise] Knives for PFD attachment

When I went looking for a knife, I had the River Shorty in mind, as I've
been a fan of the Gerber LST 3" folder for years.  When I went to one of
the big Seattle paddling shops for the Shorty, the guy there told me
they'd had a number of customer complaints of the knife coming out of
the sheath and flailing around at the end of a lanyard or being lost.
One customer had bought three.  Talk about the triumph of hope versus
experience!  

Larry

JCMARTIN43_at_aol.com wrote:

<George's comments SNIPPED>

> 
> Have used the Gerber River Shorty in very much the same way George describes
> --- mounted pendularly --- for about five years.  It's an excellent knife, and
> I still have the original.
> 
> Having said that, I believe Gerber recommends against mounting the River
> Shorty in this manner because, unlike the Kershaw SeaHunter which Larry
> Pfisterer described, the Shorty does not have a positive mechanical click
> release button; it does ratchet in the way George describes, but it's not the
> same as having a clean, mechanical release mechnism that some knives have.
>
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