Re: [Paddlewise] Death by Tether

Kingfisher Wilderness Adventures Ltd wrote:

> I thought I would take Ralph advice and experiment with a tether for my
> knife.
> 
> I have always been concerned with having a  loop of string hanging off my
> vest and having it snag on things. I just realized I had the solution on my
> fishing vest, a small device that retracts its own string. I use it to keep
> my line clippers and forceps handy and not have to worry about dropping them
> in the water. They have a pin on the back to clip to your vest and are about
> the size of a nickel. You can pick these up at any fishing store for a
> couple of bucks and can buy different sizes with line ranging from 12 to 36
> inches in length.
> 
> I have used these things for years on my fishing vest without any trouble
>  but I've never used one in salt water ). I hope to try it out on the water
> ( and maybe beneath ) with my Gerber River Shorty this weekend and see how
> effective it works.
> 
> Interested to hear anyones thoughts on shortcomings of this system.

I have also looked at them and they may make sense.  Even if they were
not to hold up to saltwater (which I see no reason why they wouldn't
hold up), you could replace them every few years.

Also Bob Woodward asked about using line that could break if in an
emergency you got entangled with your knife tether.  Probably would work
since all you want the knife tether to do is to allow you to drop the
knife and still recover it rather than it get lost to the deep blue
sea.  It doesn't need the strength of a paddle tether where you might
have to hang on to a boat that is running away from you in the wind. 
The latter tether needs some holding power.  A knife one need not have
so much strenght.

ralph
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