Dive Knives - Anyone tried a "Blue Tang Titanium"

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I was searching for a good dive knife to purchase (I have not used one to date) and after doing some searching came across the Blue Tang Titanium by Underwater Kinetics.

Below is the link to Underwater Kinetics website:
http://www.uwkinetics.com/products/detail.php?ProductID=38&cat=13

I had found this review but these can be biased, since they are most likely advertisements:
http://www.wetdawg.com/pages/under/dive_knife/index.html

I was ready to buy one, but I am really surprised after searching EBay to find a knife with a 5" Solid Titanium Blade to be so cheap, especially compared to Mission Knives.

http://search.ebay.com/Titanium-Blu...pZ1QQnojsprZyQQpfidZ0QQsacatZQ2d1QQsofocusZbs

Is this particular Blue Tang Titanium Dive Knife any good? Thanks for the help!
 
Those are good prices for a titanium knife. Most are going to be extremely high priced. Look at some of the Mission knives.
You may want to also look at some of the ones by custom makers and perhaps even some folders like the Spyderco H1 blades which are very nice for salt water environs also. I don't know what you intend to do with it. Prying would certainly make the titanium much better suited. For just cutting though I can't believe anything is better than a good combo edge or fully serrated blade for boating and other type sailing activities.

STR
 
Thanks, I have looked at some of the Spyderco's like the:
Tasman Salt Yellow FRN ~ C106YL
Pacific Salt FRN ~ C91YL

Which make the "Will not rust" claim, but they never really say they should be used exclusively for water exscurssions.

That is why I was leaning to trying out the Underwater Kinetics knife, even though I would probaby never use it in Salt Water, but it does have the added benefit of looking cool!
 
For what its worth I've used an old Gerber River knife for many years in the water both fresh and salt and its never showed any signs of rusting. It is just a great little performer and general purpose tool that you can pry with and cut with. You don't hear much about these around here probably because they are old news but believe me they hold up well and are quite useful and cheap.

STR

http://www.outdoorsuperstore.com/product.asp?prod=487524&track=froogle
 
I might look into this one. I usually buy my knives through "http://www.michiganknives.com/" especially since he has special ordered things for me in the past like this (and he is local).

But I do use the below site for searches since they have an extensive catalog with pictures (plus the prices are not that bad -> The link below is $10 cheaper than the other!)

http://www.discountcutlery.net/en-us/dept_23761.html
 
Those are pretty neat looking knives, the titanium ones. They seem solid.

I agree on Spyderco H1 knives. If you want something you can carry every day and then take to the boat, a salt is pretty cool. Cheap too.
 
Thanks for the advice. I have settled on a Spyderco Pacific Salt - Yellow/Plain (SC91PYL). Nice looking knife and according to the ad "a completely rust free knife"! The more I thought about it, the more I realized I would probably never use the dive knife!

A Spyderco Pacific Salt is in my Future!

C91YL_M.jpg

http://spyderco.com/catalog/details.php?product=170
 
Well, or maybe a Salt 1 - Yellow/Plain (SC88YL) - Decisions, Decisions :D

A tad smaller at 4" closed length, maybe more suitable for the pocket!
 
I'm looking to get a Benchmade H2O in the future...can't afford it now and I can't put it high enough on my want list yet since I know I won't use it for a while, but it looks quite nice.
 
had at www.leisurepro.com for $59.95. The steel version is only $29.95. I have and dive with the smaller UK Fusilier in steel. I spray it with silicone once a year. I rinse it after every dive along with all my other gear, without removing it from its sheath. I've been using it for about 6 or 7 years and no rust at all so I view the titanium as unnecessary, but for $60 what the heck, buy it. I see a lot of Blue Tang knives on divers' legs. They are very popular.
 
If you are still interested in a traditional fixed-blade dive knife, you might look at Ocean Master. They use beta Ti, which makes them the only ones i know of besides Mission, and the Ocean Masters cost a lot less, like around a hundred bucks, versus almost $300 for a Mission in Ti. Cheers,
-Yogi
 
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