Concealable blade for swimming

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Muad'Dib

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Hello all. This is my first post so please forgive me if this thread has been beaten to death already.

One of my new years resolutions is to excersize more. Part of my plan is to swim laps at the University's indoor pool. I'm looking for a quality, CHEAPLY priced, fairly short, sheath knife. I plan to velcro the sheath into the hip area of my swim trunks so that just the butt end of the handle sticks out at the top. I would prefer if the butt had a loop so that I could disquise it with my locker key.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

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It is as natural for a human to carry a knife, though one may have no immediate plans for cutting anything, as it is for a literate person to carry a pen, with or without any immediate plans for writing, or to wear a watch, whether or not one has an appointment to keep.
 
Do you wear Speedos when you swim? If so, concealing a knife may be a bit painful. Not to mention how hard swimming would be. Plus, the knife may be difficult to get at in an emergency. Are there sharks in the pool?

Sorry.... couldn't resist.

You should look at an Allen Blade chipmunk in Talonite. It's small, concealable, completely rustPROOF, and can be carried quite comfortably inside the waistband with its multi-carry Kydex sheath.
 
Lately I've been keeping my keys on an Outdoor Edge Wedge clipped to my belt. When I go swimming I clip it to my trunks. A Wedge is about as cheap as you can get, too, at $25 list price and you can get it from Discount Knives for $15 including shipping.

Unfortunately the blade is age-hardened cheese, which isn't great for edgeholding, but whataya want for $15....

I have an ArcLite on order.

-Cougar :{)
 
"and how can this be.....for he IS the Kwisatz Haderach!"

sorry, couldn't resist.
 
Is it just me or does wearing a knife while swimming laps in a pool seem a tad - hmm, what? - overzealous? You plan to velcro the sheath into your swim trunks and then disquise it with a locker key? You okay in there, buddy?
 
ROTFLMAO
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You're all cracking me up!

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It is as natural for a human to carry a knife, though one may have no immediate plans for cutting anything, as it is for a literate person to carry a pen, with or without any immediate plans for writing, or to wear a watch, whether or not one has an appointment to keep.
 
I used a CRKT Neck PECK for swimming all of last summer. Worked well, very rust resistant and small and light enough to not worry about it being there at all. No one even questioned the knife so i don't really think you'll have many problems.

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Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get me.
 
Until you've had shield practice underwater you haven't lived!

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It is as natural for a human to carry a knife, though one may have no immediate plans for cutting anything, as it is for a literate person to carry a pen, with or without any immediate plans for writing, or to wear a watch, whether or not one has an appointment to keep.
 
I started keeping a knife in my swim trunks after surviving two potentially lethal attacks in the swimming pool in one week. That was quite a few years ago and since then I have not been attacked while swimming. Very likely I never will be again. It's also possible if I left my car unlocked with the keys under the seat while I swim I might never come out of the water to find my car or anything in it was stolen while I was swimming.

I can make my own choices and you can make yours. You can call me paranoid or overzealous or whatever you want; I don't mind.

-Cougar :{)
 
Ok, you're paranoid and overzealous.
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That out of the way, if I were attacked in a swimming pool . . . twice . . . the next time would be in the attendance of a medium sized squad of pipe and chain wielding rednecks. There wouldn't be a third time.


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Rules for NYC Tourists #33
Do not go out alone unless there are a dozen of you.

[This message has been edited by Sender (edited 01-03-2001).]
 
If all you're looking for is self-defense, and not fileting fish in motion, I would suggest a plastic knife, like the CIA letteropener made of Lexan, a Cold Steel Delta Dart of zytel, or one of remster's G-10 knives with a kydex sheath. Light, corrosion-proof, minimal profile.
 
Muad'--In New York we swim in the Hudson River in the summer.The crocs and gators in the river are huge and mean.They are the result of small lizards that are flushed down the toilet.They thrive in the sewers of the city & swim in the Hudson.We need shark guns strapped to our backs to survive.Also swallowing the water will kill you in 10 seconds.Stick to the indoor pools & velcro a stellite fighter from Neil Blackwood to your trunks.
 
I'm not sure I understand your post, Sender ... maybe I should have mentioned, though, that the two attacks were by two different people ... they only attacked me once each.

Once, however, is bad enough, IMHO....

-Cougar :{)
 
Do they have sharks in the pool where you swim? In the ocean, sure, but in a pool what do you need to have knife for? Is the pool in a bad part of town, or can you just not be without a knife at any time?
 
If you need to carry something for "protection" while swimming in a "swimming pool", I would suggest forgetting the knife, and buy yourself a .40 caliber Glock model 27. A Glock can even be fired UNDERWATER, with the correct firing-pin spring cups installed.

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Dann Fassnacht
Aberdeen, WA
glockman99@hotmail.com
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JUST when you thought it was SAFE to go back in the water!

Damn... what is the world coming to???

Time to find another place to swim... also, consider finding another area to live...

Does the phrase "look before ya leap" mean anything to ya?



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Reality always takes precedence.
 
I think I'll go with a spear gun.
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I have heard of people breaking into your locker while you are in the pool. But actually attacking you while you are in the water? Its time to change water holes.
 
How many of you have heard the term "Surf Rage"? Or perhaps seen one to many fat fathers yelling at each other during a t-ball game? I'm never without a modern form of the wakizashi. Usually it is a sidearm of some sort. Speaking of which, for whomever mentioned firing a G27 underwater, go ahead and try it and let me know how it turns out. I suspect that you'll end up with another mystical and rare kB. The only gun I know of that can fire underwater took years to develop and was the Heckler & Koch P11. http://hkpro.com/peleven.htm Why on earth would I want to move from condition yellow to white while in the water in a public place surrounded by people I don't know? Call me paranoid if you like. What most people consider paranoia is simply a hightened sense of awareness. Besides, doesn't chance favor the prepared mind?
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