Fishing companies do medical shears now.

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I found these in an unlikely place and thought I would share this option.


They are a bit more expensive. $17 But they are a bit thicker and a bit smoother.

They don't have that epic blade scrape you get from a normal set of trauma shears.
Tjese ones are Adreno sea snips. I assume they are for cutting fishing and such. (A spear fishing tool apparently)

 
I was looking at electrician scissors today.


All I need is something to cut bait. I have a cut in half cutting board in my backpack. Usually using the knife I have on hand. (I'm strictly a bank angler)


I have a pair of those Paramedic scissors and I can't see them being worth a damn on cutting bait.
 
Grasshopperglock said:
I was looking at electrician scissors today.


All I need is something to cut bait. I have a cut in half cutting board in my backpack. Usually using the knife I have on hand. (I'm strictly a bank angler)


I have a pair of those Paramedic scissors and I can't see them being worth a damn on cutting bait.
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I think they are for cutting the line of a spear fishing gun.
 
Adreno is a diving (scuba/free diving) company, not exactly a "fishing company".
As for their shears, "maybe" they are useful in warm water.
Cause anywhere you'd be wearing gloves would make using scissors difficult.
Which is one reason all divers carry knives.
 
I have a pair of Klein electrician scissors that I use for all kinds of stuff. They are pretty damn beefy and can cut through a lot. The other day I was cutting through a couple Zyn cans (they're like chewing tobacco, but nicotine pouches) to get some strips of tough, white plastic to use to bond my broken window blind splines back. I've also used them a lot to cut butyl rubber for sound proofing my vehicle, as well as cutting through aluminum cans.
 
Drop bear said:
I found these in an unlikely place and thought I would share this option.


They are a bit more expensive. $17 But they are a bit thicker and a bit smoother.

They don't have that epic blade scrape you get from a normal set of trauma shears.
Tjese ones are Adreno sea snips. I assume they are for cutting fishing and such. (A spear fishing tool apparently)

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I am spearfisher in Spain and I can tell you that I don't know of anywone who carries that item while spearfishing.

You may find them in the tech scuba diving comunity, where they carry several cutting implements to free themselves out of tangles in difficult situations. Apparently the scissors do not require the material to be cut to be taught (webbing, net, line, etc.) ... which is usually a necessity for knives.

We, spearos, usually carry a knife (calf, belt, forearm) mostly for braining fish and put them out of their missery quickly. If you are into big game hunting and have the bad luck of getting tangled in your own reel line... that knife better be sharp. If we get severily tangled in a ghost net or something, it is probably game over.

Mikel
 
Yup, I bought a couple of used tanks, and the guy gave me a roller case type dive bag. (It fell apart before the end of the season; but that part is irrelevant.). In it was a set of shears in a functional cordura/webbing type sheath that clipped to a D-ring. I never dove with them.

There's always the Leatherman Raptor, if you want shears
 
hhmoore said:
Yup, I bought a couple of used tanks, and the guy gave me a roller case type dive bag. (It fell apart before the end of the season; but that part is irrelevant.). In it was a set of shears in a functional cordura/webbing type sheath that clipped to a D-ring. I never dove with them.

There's always the Leatherman Raptor, if you want shears
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And a brand called condor that do a cheap knock off version.

But I haven't tried them.
 
I had a look at the Raptor but the reviews didn't seem to picture it much much better than regular shears... I will have another loot at them. But not for spearfishing!

Mikel
 
Cementite said:
+1

Dyneema, Kevlar and other braids can be hard to cut with the tools you normally use to cut monofilament (nail clippers and wire cutters). Too fibrous. You need sharp shears.
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I don't doubt the ability of the shears to cut dyneema but I can say that I cut dynnema cord (1,2 to 2mm) with a regular pocket knife quite often while rigging spearguns at home and it works nicely. I also had to cut some after a reel tangle in the water while diving and the diving knife worked fine.

So shears work, but are not mandatory, in my opinion, to cut dyneema cord.

Mikel.
 
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