Not sure about the one you posted but this one by benchmade will cut 3/8" am steel like butter and it is the knife I carry on me when I kite...PVITfrumBYRAM wrote:http://www.leatherman.com/831647.html#start=32
I saw the Z rex and notice the knife shape is similar to what many kiters carry including myself. Sometimes I feel concerned the I may have forgetten to wash my knife and might be rusted when I need it. Or maybe my generic kite knife isn't big enough, or offer enough leverage to get through my safety leash.
I'm thinking this might be a tool we could use. It would be great to get any feedback if anyone has this tool for their car, or other reasons to let us know if it kicks ass and would suit kiting.
where do you keep it when you kite? in original pouch somewhere on your west or harness?Laughingman wrote:Not sure about the one you posted but this one by benchmade will cut 3/8" am steel like butter and it is the knife I carry on me when I kite...
http://www.benchmade.com/products/7
I had the original sheeth sewn on the right side front of my harness just inside of the buckles. The handle sits up about 3/4", enough to grab it. I have jabbed my side with it once or twice durning severe wipe outs but other then that it's not noticable.eree wrote:where do you keep it when you kite? in original pouch somewhere on your west or harness?Laughingman wrote:Not sure about the one you posted but this one by benchmade will cut 3/8" am steel like butter and it is the knife I carry on me when I kite...
http://www.benchmade.com/products/7
i don't want another thing on me catching kite lines
I don't know, but if I was ever being dragged by my leg through the water I don't want to be wishing at that moment that I had a knife.....PVITfrumBYRAM wrote:These are all awesome referrals for knives. I love the benchmade my friend gave me years ago. I've actually split kindling with ease on a camping trip with it.
DRLW and Laughing man, do you guys feel that if you were tangled up you could slip your fingers in yours quickly and get a good grip and have leverage to cut your safety leash if say it wrapped your leg? I suppose practice simulations would help. These look better than the T REX to me now because I could sacrifice a water shirt and sew the sheath pocket onto the chest somewhere.
If the safety leash is wrapped around the leg, I'm not sure,PVITfrumBYRAM wrote:DRLW and Laughing man, do you guys feel that if you were tangled up you could slip your fingers in yours quickly and get a good grip and have leverage to cut your safety leash if say it wrapped your leg? I suppose practice simulations would help.
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