Recommendation? Recommendations for a knife that is not made for diving but can be used while diving?

I didn't go through all the replies but I bought a Spyderco Fishunter knife a couple years ago. I am freediving spearfisherman and that knife is designed with us, spearos, in mind.

I haven't had the chance to use it because I have an asortment of diving knives still in good use. I may bend some Kydex to make a sheath more appropiate for strapping it to the inner side of my left calf, but othrewise, the knife looks awesome.

For cutting aything underwater, a serrated blade will be superior, so keep this in mind when you choose your new blade.

Mikel
 
Update: I looked up some recommended knives in the process. I found some and bought them. For example, I took the morakniv recommendation one step further and bought the Bahco 2444 It is a knife that I have used before and liked it very much. I am wondering how it will serve a different purpose this time (It is also produced by morakniv). I bought a bait knife (I couldn't find the brand recommended here, but I found the same product in another brand) to use while diving. I also bought a few more knives, which I came across while searching for suggestions here. One of these was delivered today. I wanted to share it immediately. I think you guys will be interested. I think especially K KenHash aka "Hattori collector" is an expert on this subject.
This is a diving knife made by Hattori for TS Corp.

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The Aqua Salt dive knives are in your budget if you can find one. I usually use a Pacific Salt 2 clipped to my BC (have experimented with a gear reel, which makes it much harder to lose); retail around $110.

Somebody recommended a stainless Mora, which is not a bad suggestion. If it corrodes under the handle or you lose it, it’s cheap to replace. Hell, they’re cheap enough that you could experiment with adding serrations if you wanted to.
 
OrangeBlueOrangeBlue said:
The Aqua Salt dive knives are in your budget if you can find one. I usually use a Pacific Salt 2 clipped to my BC (have experimented with a gear reel, which makes it much harder to lose); retail around $110.

Somebody recommended a stainless Mora, which is not a bad suggestion. If it corrodes under the handle or you lose it, it’s cheap to replace. Hell, they’re cheap enough that you could experiment with adding serrations if you wanted to.
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One of the knives on the list. If it keeps up like this, it looks like I'll have a small collection of diving knives. I took Morakniv's suggestion seriously and ordered bahco 2444. Very good suggestion. I might try putting serrations.
 
Another Shepherd said:
I find that wavy serrations like those on Mora and Victorinox are much better at cutting baling twine than are Spyderco triple-point serrations, but I have no experience underwater.
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I looked at the serrated versions of Mora. I wish they were at the tip of the knife like victorinox. I think the only company that puts the serrations in the right place in a half-serrated knife is victorinox (as far as I know).
 
whereismyknife said:
I looked at the serrated versions of Mora. I wish they were at the tip of the knife like victorinox. I think the only company that puts the serrations in the right place in a half-serrated knife is victorinox (as far as I know).
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A. G. Russell had a knife with the serrated half at the front of the blade. I don't know if it's still available. It had a sheepsfoot blade and a marlin spike.
 
I don’t have a suggestion for you. But everytime I see the title of this post in the feed it makes me think of an old saying in the horse world. “Ya can shoot off of any horse………………………..once!”
 
Horsewright said:
I don’t have a suggestion for you. But everytime I see the title of this post in the feed it makes me think of an old saying in the horse world. “Ya can shoot off of any horse………………………..once!”
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Can you explain what this means? English is not my first language so I am not familiar with proverbs.
 
whereismyknife said:
I think it's definitely not expensive. 61 HRC M390 and titanium and a sailor's pocket knife are a rare combination.
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It's expensive by my standards! I have been very tempted by it because of the serrations and marlinspike. I have the much cheaper 8Cr13MoV Sea Skorpion ($68 now), which is nice, but the serrations are at the heel rather than the tip, and I don't like frame locks.

The Victorinox Skipper 0.8503.2MW-X1 has the serrations at the tip, but my thumbnails are not strong enough to open the marlinspike.

The cobalt Boye Boating and Rescue knife is almost fully serrated and has an excellent, flattish marlinspike. I would carry it on the farm except that the pocket clip is way too tight for my pockets. I have had 5 quarters stacked under the pocket clip for weeks with no improvement.

My serrated stainless Mora Companion is also almost fully serrated except for an inch or so at the tip. I also got one for my wife to encourage her to use it in the garden instead of using kitchen knives.
 
Another Shepherd said:
It's expensive by my standards! I have been very tempted by it because of the serrations and marlinspike. I have the much cheaper 8Cr13MoV Sea Skorpion ($68 now), which is nice, but the serrations are at the heel rather than the tip, and I don't like frame locks.

The Victorinox Skipper 0.8503.2MW-X1 has the serrations at the tip, but my thumbnails are not strong enough to open the marlinspike.

The cobalt Boye Boating and Rescue knife is almost fully serrated and has an excellent, flattish marlinspike. I would carry it on the farm except that the pocket clip is way too tight for my pockets. I have had 5 quarters stacked under the pocket clip for weeks with no improvement.

My serrated stainless Mora Companion is also almost fully serrated except for an inch or so at the tip. I also got one for my wife to encourage her to use it in the garden instead of using kitchen knives.
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I think I wrote wrong. I meant not expensive for someone who wants this kind of thing. It is generally not possible to see such materials in a sailor's knife. Personally, I would never give that money.Victorinox has folding serrated kitchen knives. I wonder what one of them would be like?
 
whereismyknife said:
Victorinox has folding serrated kitchen knives. I wonder what one of them would be like?
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I have a folding fully serrated Victorinox paring knife. It cuts baling twine and rope better than any other knife I have. The blade is thin, of course, because it's a paring knife. The wavy serrations never snag on anything like Spyderco serrations sometimes do. The liner lock is reversed left-to-right compared with most liner locks, which I actually like. There is no pocket clip. The main problem with it is that the edge retention is poor. On the other hand, it is fairly easy to sharpen with a diamond rod or a Victorinox pocket sharpener or, I would imagine, a Sharpmaker.
 
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