In a message dated 12/19/2004 5:57:37 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, keith.wrage_at_charter.net writes: If you mount this on your PFD, make sure you pay attention to direction for unsheathing the knife....if sheath is on the upper part of your chest, a downward pulling motion is much less likely to result in you slitting your own throat while trying to get the knife out! A nasty thought... A couple of friends of mine took a BCU course on Orcas Island, WA. They were practicing scoop rescues when My friend *T*, who was in the water grabbed *B*'s PFD. He actually got a hold of the knife handle, which dislodged the knife from the scabbard. B saw the flash of the blade and leaned back, letting go of T. The knife flashed twice in front of him, once cutting him about an inch under his eye. As B no longer had a hold on T, T went over and wet exited. He returned the knife to B and they started over again, this time without the swashbuckling. It is now a Lesson Learned part of the course, be it rescues or equipment discussions. Be careful with that thing, you could put some body's eye out! Rob G *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Dec 19 2004 - 14:14:28 PST
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