Re: [Paddlewise] Death by Tether

We have River Shorties and neither one of us has ever had it come out
unintentionally, not even when doing rescues.  

After each trip we take the knives out of their sheathes and at least
wipe them down.  We don't put them back until we're ready to go out
again, so they have plenty of time to dry.  (There's an opening in the
handle, so we just slip it over the hanger that the PFD is hanging on). 
Two knives - about a year & a half old - no rust.

Joan & Bob

On Wed, 20 Oct 1999 14:15:45 -0700 rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com writes:
> Reeves, Debbie (Debbie) wrote:
> > 
> > Ralph -
> > 
> > I have had my River Shorty for a least 2 years and the only times 
> it has
> > come out of its sheath was while doing rescues.  On each rescue 
> day it only
> > came out once, so considering I probably was rescuer/rescuee 30 or 
> more
> > times each day, that's pretty good.  I have never used it on the 
> shoreline,
> > but I do take it out and rinse it after every saltwater trip (but 
> it is
> > still rusting).
> > 
> > Debs
> 
> That sounds like an okay record regarding how well it holds in the
> sheath.
> 
> BTW, they all rust no matter what the claims about being stainless 
> steel
> and no matter how much you rinse with fresh water.  Maybe it is the 
> high
> salinity of the saltwater in places around here.  I have noticed 
> that I
> get more rust when paddling in shallow areas of Long Island Sound 
> like
> City Island or Great South Bay on Long Island's South Shore than I 
> do in
> the harbor which has fresh water flow from the Hudson.
> 
> I don't rinse mine, and, of course, it rusts.  The rust has not at 
> all
> been on the blade, just in the handle area.  All I watch is that the
> rust not get in the way of the flexible stainless steel clamp part of
> the knife that holds it in its sheath.  Every year or so, I use WD 
> 40 to
> break up the rust and rub the most persistent rust areas with fine 
> sand
> paper.
> 
> ralph diaz
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