On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, Dan Hagen wrote: > Ralph Diaz wrote: > > ...<snip>... make certain it is a knife that will not slice > > your hand or pierce you were you to drop it ... > > ... I have such a knife that I have mentioned before. It is a hard-to-find > > Gerber called the Survivor. It has a blunt point and is only single edge with > > that edge consisting totally of large serrations. > > I have one of these, and I agree that it is an excellent knife (for > the reasons you state). Unfortunately, they apparently no longer make > this model. It is not listed on their Web page, and it has been a > while since I have seen it listed in any catalog. I wish that I had > bought more than one back when it was available. Perhaps there are > still some retailers who have some sitting around in their > inventories. > > Dan Hagen what is significantly different between this knife and the river shorty? it also has no point and no sharp edge, and a big serated edge? i think it's biggest flaw is its shorty length, not allowing much pull when you cut... ie lots and lots of short strokes, instead of a few long ones... mark -- #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com----http://www.diac.com/~zen/mark ---- # mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [_| [_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.jacknjillz.com/paddler [index to club websites i administer] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page -- Fortune: A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. - English Proverb *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Oct 19 1999 - 11:31:34 PDT
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