I need a new knife

When I am in RI I spend lots of time on the water. The Gerber EZ out never rusted out. I liked it as a quick drop in my pocket knife. I had a Myerchin light knife, lost it. The spike was almost useless as the LED light.
 
Another vote for Spyderco Salt 1. Street price is slightly above $50. The only issue is that it's available only in full plain or full serrated.
 
I worry about using a fixed blade knife on a boat. A knife with a sheath hanging off of your belt or suspenders tends to catch on stuff. You lose the knife or get tangled up with it. Try putting a fixed blade knife in a sheath on a heaving deck while you are getting banged around?

I would definately go with a one hand opening and one hand closing folding knife with a clip for easy access.
 
This is a great knife to carry while kayaking. It's the Blakley sheepsfoot blade my Mc Nett Gear. You should be able to find one for under $30.00. It'd 420HC with partial serrations.
I give them away as Christmas gifts. People give me good reviews on their use of these knives.

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BA_Colt said:
When I am in RI I spend lots of time on the water. The Gerber EZ out never rusted out. I liked it as a quick drop in my pocket knife. I had a Myerchin light knife, lost it. The spike was almost useless as the LED light.
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If you're going to ignore the recommendations, why post the thread? Go buy the Leatherman Crater. I'm sure it's as much knife as you'll ever need, and when you drop it, it'll be cheap to replace. Or, you can take everyone's advice and go look at a Spyderco Salt I. It's the better knife, but it doesn't seem like the 'best' knife is your number one priority.
 
I was eyeballing the Bench Made 111SH2O-YEL on Saturday, it comes with the PARTIALLY serrated Modified Sheepsfoot blade. At $120 you get the BM warranty and tight tolerances, plus the blade is Bohler N680: Excellent corrosion resistance properties, especially in salt water. Good hardenability and high obtainable hardness. High wear resistance and ability to preserve keenness.

The only Spyderco product I own is the "Sharpmaker" sharpening system. So I know nothing of their knives, except I don't like their blade shape.
 
bdt0307 said:
So I know nothing of their knives, except I don't like their blade shape.
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I'm curious to know what you mean by this given that Spyderco, like most all manufacturers, has a large variety of different shaped and sized blades.
 
bdt0307 said:
I was eyeballing the Bench Made 111SH2O-YEL on Saturday, it comes with the PARTIALLY serrated Modified Sheepsfoot blade.
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This is what I am looking for. Thanks!!! Partially serrated, made in the USA. A little more than I want to pay, but what the heck. The next time I am up in a bosun's chair I will make sure I have a lanyard attached.

http://www.benchmade.com/products/111H2O
 
here is another option if you are interested in the Benchmade 111H2O (http://www.benchmade.com/products/111H2O) the orange Griptilian

http://www.benchmade.com/products/551H2O

You can probably find both of them for around $80 each if you use one of the reputable dealers like Knifeworks.com. I don't know which steel is better, the 111 or the 551 as I don't have experience with either.

I'm not really sold on the Axis lock in a corrosive environment myself, and I prefer the hole over a stud as a foolproof opening method, especially with wet or cold hands or when wearing gloves, but both of these knives above are USA made. I have had excellent experiences with Spyderco and their Salt knives as a commercial fisherman and lobsterman.
 
BA_Colt said:
This is what I am looking for. Thanks!!! Partially serrated, made in the USA. A little more than I want to pay, but what the heck. The next time I am up in a bosun's chair I will make sure I have a lanyard attached.

http://www.benchmade.com/products/111H2O
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Knifeworks as an authorized BM dealer would give you the best price. Just make sure you use their BR549 coupon code during checkout.
 
Pete,
Thanks.
Quick of topic question. Is the "Rita" which is a wooden Friendship gaff rig sailboat still moored in Gloucester?
 
BA_Colt said:
Pete,
Thanks.
Quick of topic question. Is the "Rita" which is a wooden Friendship gaff rig sailboat still moored in Gloucester?
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It might be. The name sounds familiar. I can't really ID sailboats by the rig except for schooners but I think I know what a gaff rig is. I think we call them sloops. We have had the school ships Harvey Gamage, Westward and Spirit of Massachusetts in town through the summer. Those are schooners. The Odyssey is a Ketch. I think there are 2 wooden "sloops" one is the Maine. The other might be the Rita if it is green...
 
A gaff rig looks like a catboat. The best way to describe it is it has two booms. One at the bottom and one you raise to the top of the mast. Although catboats are single masted.

Edit: I feel stupid. There is a thing called google Link to Wikipedia on gaff rigs.
 
You could also get a blade made of titanium. No problems with corrosion.

They might not be as good as one made of steel, but for the use u intend i guess it will hold up. Just a tought.
 
I have the benchmade rescue hook in 440c, benchmade also makes one in x15 as well, I can get the hook, hair poping sharp with some 2500 grit wetdry sandpaper, it really is a great tool. Just putin that out there.
 
Pete1977 said:
I worry about using a fixed blade knife on a boat. A knife with a sheath hanging off of your belt or suspenders tends to catch on stuff. You lose the knife or get tangled up with it. Try putting a fixed blade knife in a sheath on a heaving deck while you are getting banged around?
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i used a fixed blade for years both on racing yachts and square riggers.

never had an issue with it catching on rigging etc, because i'd secured it horizontally to my safety harness so it couldn't catch on stuff.

never had a problem with putting the knife away, either on a heaving deck or standing on the footrope of the t'gallant yard in a swell.

now, i'll grant you that i wouldn't use a fixed blade if i was racing 16' skiffs again.
 
Sounds like you've already made up your mind, but I too would suggest the orange griptilian for this use. Add the rust-resistant steel to the superior (in my experience, and compared to the standard Salt) design of the rest of the knife and you've got a winner. Check out the knife before you buy it though....the griptilians I've seen seem to come increasingly with off-centered blades. But maybe I'm just seeing a bad sample.

On my kayak I carry my S30V avalanche with coated blade. Very easy to clean since it's just an open liner lock. The blade coating helps too. And plus I'm in fresh water. But that just happened to be the best blade for my purpose I had laying around--I bought it long before I bought the kayak.
 
I have crewed on JBoats, Mumms, Farr 40, and Swans. I like fixed blades, however I keep my fixed knife in my rigger's bag. When I belt carried it I did on occasion catch it on the standing rigging. But it was never carried horizontal.
 
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