Mark Zen wrote: > > 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... I wasn't aware that the River Shorty came in a version with no sharp edge at all. The only one I saw was with a sharp edge somewhere on it. Also the River Shorty's tip while blunt does resemble a screw driver in the sense that it has a squared off tip. I know the right angles are not particularly sharp but the Gerber Survivor's tip was as rounded off as the back end of a collar stay. A more important point. Early on, when the Shorty was first introduced, I heard tales on various 'Net groups that the knife did not hold well in its sheath and was prone to fall out. Is that true, was it true, is it still true? If the Shorty is okay in that department and I can't find the old Survivor model, I will use a Shorty on my second PFD. The sheath (empty) on my second PFD is one that holds the bigger Gerber but I could just change that. ralph -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** 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 - 14:30:44 PDT
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