TOPIC: Best fixed blade knife for a PFD??

Best fixed blade knife for a PFD?? 13 years 8 months ago #31325

sweetspot Offline Junior Boarder Posts: 7 Thank you received: 1	...am looking for a fixed blade knife to wear on my PFD... any reco's for ones which have bomber sheaths, arent to big, good steel, ect etc Whats the best out there in your opinions??!! - (for Whitewater boat'n) Cheers!
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Re: Best fixed blade knife for a PFD?? 13 years 8 months ago #31328

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I like and use the Bear Claw E.R. - Blunt Tip - Serrated Edge. Link:
www.crkt.com/Bear-Claw-ER-Orange-Handle-...Sheath-Serrated-Edge

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Solid knife made from good quality materials. Some people will differ, as they prefer folding knives, each to their own. The Petzl folding one with the serrated edge is nice but you've got to blunt the tip yourself, and a non-locking blade can always be slightly more hazardous. I always keep my CRKT inside the PFD pocket. I've seen a knife jump out of it's sheath after a guy messed up a 16m drop and the knife disappeared. If it was on a string it could swing around and cause some damage to yourself.

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Re: Best fixed blade knife for a PFD?? 13 years 8 months ago #31333

JohnnyAlbs Offline Grom Boarder Posts: 4	Adrian Am sure this has been covered before, but could you help - I have a folding knife, in my BA for emergencies, why would you blunt the tip of the blade? Ta John
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Re: Best fixed blade knife for a PFD?? 13 years 8 months ago #31334

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With a bench grinder:

Or else even a hand grinder, but be careful. Failing that, use a file. It takes longer but will do the job no problem. I took my Petzl down. If you want, I'll can take a photo of it for you, let me know.

I read a case on American WW where a guy was stabbed in the thighs badly when his mate tried to get his deck off. Whether he bled to death or drowned we will never know as an autopsy was not done, but that's another story. Either way, sharp tips can be hazardous.

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Re: Best fixed blade knife for a PFD?? 13 years 8 months ago #31335

JohnnyAlbs Offline Grom Boarder Posts: 4	Fair play hadn't thought of that - I have a Petzl too, how far have you taken the tip off? Don't want to take too much off so that it removes some cutting performance of the knife when you most need it!
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Re: Best fixed blade knife for a PFD?? 13 years 8 months ago #31336

AdrianTregoning Offline Moderator Posts: 2212 Thank you received: 8	Ok, this is how I did mine. It was better for eating tuna with than the CRKT...
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Re: Best fixed blade knife for a PFD?? 13 years 7 months ago #31349

Tyrr Offline Gold Boarder Posts: 114 Thank you received: 1	I've got a Beaver. 17.50 euro, still sharp after some use, but nog very heavy duty. I don't take of the tip because that's the part I most often use and i'm not really convinced it is really safer to work with a slightly duller tip.
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Re: Best fixed blade knife for a PFD?? 13 years 7 months ago #31385

Tom_r Offline Pro Boarder Posts: 22	my gerber river shorty www.gerberuk.com/index.php/product/id/401 fell out of its sheath the other day went i went to roll an was lost into the river gods, definitely will not be getting another
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Re: Best fixed blade knife for a PFD?? 13 years 7 months ago #31401

sweetspot Offline Junior Boarder Posts: 7 Thank you received: 1	Thanks Adrian! That looks ideal to me, everything I was looking for and best of all, here in Canada, MEC sell them! Cheers!
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