Re: [Paddlewise] PFD knife or hook?

From: 'Rich Kulawiec' <rsk_at_rockandwater.net>
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:19:06 -0400
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 02:19:29PM -0400, Richard Culpeper wrote:
> Does anyone make one of these with all the parts in stainless?  I paddle and
> ski with one in my first aid kit, but replace it every few years due to
> severe rusting of the release mechanism.  The blade rust is no big problem
> -- I just sand it down.  The problem is that the release mechanism for the
> folding blade rusts and jams up.

Not that I know of.  I do the same -- replace it every few years.

Incidentally, NRS sells a version of their "Pilot" knife that's
made of titanium.  The good news is that it'll hold up to anything;
the bad news is that it's expensive (of course). 

---Rsk
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