water sports safety knife

[Loenja]

not exactly bushcraft, but still outdoor related, i am a keen dingy sailor and instructor, as such i am required to carry a safety knife.

i have a folding safety knife, but it is difficult to open with one hand if at all.

my main boat is a laser 4000, (semi skiff), as i would like to take it down to the coast this year i was wondering if any one can reccommend knives to attach to the boat and a replacement for my personal one.

as per usual i am on a very tight budget.
thanks Lonja

edit: atm i have this one http://www.safety-marine.co.uk/cabl...ife-with-hooked-net-cutter-nose.htm?p2606-s7-

 

[Shewie]

The Lomo Compact is good value and safe ...

http://www.ewetsuits.com/acatalog/titanium-Diving-Knives.html

 

[Loenja]

The Lomo Compact is good value and safe ...

http://www.ewetsuits.com/acatalog/titanium-Diving-Knives.html

yeh thats the kind of thing thanks, any other ideas

 

[John Fenna]

I am a canoe coach and carry a "Stiff-Kiss" (yeah - I know...) which I modded to have a hardwood handle and made a sheath that fits discretely onto the left shoulder of my buoyancy aid.
I also have a half serrated bladed folder in one of the pockets of the BA as back-up ...and a home made fixed blade in my grab bag for shore based activities ....
If I was to buy a new safety knife I would be looking at a slim, skeletonised stainless steel, double edged (one straight one serrated perhaps) fixed blades of about 3" blades.
I might contemplate a plastic handled knife ...but not wooden (too much maintainance after long swims!) and definately a plastic sheath that could mount on my BA to be reached by either hand (left chest or shoulder for me) but not looking too obvious or Ramboesque.
Some of the ranges rsold by Whitby and co - www.whitbyandco.co.uk - look fairly useful....

 

[redandshane]

Lomo is the one but there is a Mora for everything

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mora-Knife-Clipper-Rescue-Stainless/dp/B002LAR17M

 

[Loenja]

the mora looks just like a normal one, i need safety knives

 

[Chance]

At £4 for one of the blue-handled (Mora) rigger's knife, snap the end off. Neatly.
Too much emphasis on the "very tight budget" part?
They're popular on North Sea back decks, if that counts as a recommendation.

 

[colly]

Kent Canoes isn't too far from you and they have increased their range of stock in the past few months including safety knifes i replaced my rope cutter on my ba with a £15 knife

 

[welshwhit]

I use a Gerber river knife on my BA and its great, but heres a few alternatives from HH

http://www.heinnie.com/Knives/Columbia-River-Knives/Columbia-River-Knives-Side-Hawg-3/p-92-129-813/


http://www.heinnie.com/product.asp?strParents=&CAT_ID=0&P_ID=4458&strPageHistory=search&numSearchStartRecord=13

http://www.heinnie.com/product.asp?strParents=&CAT_ID=0&P_ID=3512&strPageHistory=search&numSearchStartRecord=13

Hope that helps

 

[captain-caveman]

i use the lomo one all ready said for when i go kayak fishing,i have it attached to my PFD...very sharp and has a blunt point
http://www.ewetsuits.com/acatalog/Lomo-bcd-knife-bc-compact-hi-vis-yellow.html

 

[bilmo-p5]

There used to be available a knife similar to the Bear Claw but bigger; about 9". It also had a single large cork scale attached to one side of the tang. This knife could be taped snugly, by the blade, to any flat surface, eg. side of tiller or cockpit, and just twisted out thru' the tape when required.
A Dutch single-hander advised me against a folding safety knife on the grounds that when it gets to the emergency cutting stage in a small boat, you need at least one hand to hold on with.

 

[Loenja]

might get a couple lomo's thanks guys