On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 06:58:08PM +1100, PeterO wrote: > Do any Paddlewisers clip knives to a holster on their PFD, if so do you > tether it as well and in that event have you ever been injured by a tethered > knife? I carry two or three knives most of the time. One's in a holster clipped to the outside of the PFD; the second is in one of the PFD's pockets; the third is in a nylon rescue pouch that also has carabiners and prussiks, and is usually clipped to my throwbag. The primary is one of these: http://www.nrsweb.com/shop/product.asp?pfid=2765&pdeptid=960 I selected it because testing and local experience indicate that it's unlikely to leave its sheath until pulled. Also, the opening admits a finger and thus helps cold, numb hands grip the knife surely. One of the backups is this: http://www.nrsweb.com/shop/product.asp?pfid=2761&pdeptid=960 I don't think the clip on this is strong enough to let it be worn on the outside of a PFD, but in a pocket, it's fine. (Why three? Because I've had the experience of dropping one during a rescue. Without a backup, Bad Things would have happened. So as one of my mentors says: "one is none, two is one, three is backup".) ---rsk *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Dec 14 2010 - 04:19:48 PST
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