Sailing knife

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lkwinni

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Hey guys,

I have been looking for a new knife for sailing this year. I sail and teach on small (under 20 foot) sailboats, and need a knife to be able to cut line up to, lets say 3/8" kevlar (not really, but I like to overdo things). :D

I used to have the SOG Sealpup Elite, but sold it because it was too bulky to wear on my life jacket. Then I got the SOG Trident which I loved, until I dropped it in the water...

Now I need a new knife. I want a nice folder (or small fixed blade+sheath) that can cut rope effortlessly (and hold a really sharp edge), be somewhat corrosion resistant (I take care of my knives so it hasn't ever been an issue) and I guess look cool :cool::rolleyes: . I'd like to keep it under $150 if possible.

The only one I had in mind was the SOG Tomcat 3.0. I really like the idea of the high quality VG-10 steel.

I am partial to SOG since I have owned about 5 of their knives and love them all, but I'm also open to other brands.

Any suggestions?

Thanks
 
Go for one of the Spyderco Salt knives. You can choose from several sizes, blade shapes, handle materials and handle colors. There are also some fixed blades starting to come to the market. When they say rust proof, they're not screwing around.
 
Spyderco Aqua Salt - its a fixed blade in your budget, comes with a sheath, and you can get one with a fully serrated blade. Might just have to wait until April or so to get it (someone correct me if im wrong)
 
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http://www.grohmannknives.com/pages/r3s.html
 
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I agree with some of the others above on the Myerchin.
Not sure how practical a big fixed blade knife on a small sailboat is.

I like the Myerchin L300P Lightknife Pro - $57.95 now on sale.

Has a small marlinspike for splicing and red LED light for charts,
Zytel positive grip handle, 440c double-lock blade,
-best riggers knife around..

http://www.myerchin.com/L300P.html
 
Good grief, a battery operated 'boat's' knife - whatz this world coming to? You need a good cutter - and a decent Marlin spike, laddie!

Actually, that Myerchin just needs a GPS and a locator beacon... guess that'll be next year's version.

Didn't one of the SAK companies once offer a decent version with a Marlin spike (Gotta have that, although when I was in the USN, I never saw anyone use one!)? I always bought new lines when my dock lines, sheets, leads, etc, got 'ragged' on my now long-gone San Juan 21, great proof of the axiom that boats are 'holes in the water into which money is tossed'. I could have had several 'Windjammer Cruises' per year for what that thing cost me, as I kept it wet-moored at inland power-company-dammed lakes. Still, laddie, gotz to git me a proper sailing knife with a Marlin spike, aye, matey, that's the ticket!

I hope you are happy... I woke up not needing another knife - now I need a 'sailing knife'! Crap... there goes more moola.

Stainz
 
Check out the A.G. Russell Sailor's Knife. Serrated AUS8 stainless wharncliff and a marlinspike, about $80.00.
 
My Salt lives on my PFD and sees plenty of saltwater during playboating in the surf. Never wash it down, either. No rust to be found. I like the look of the Boye knives, but for the price, I'd stick with a Spyderco.
 
I used a Spyderco Atlantic Salt for a couple of years on commercial fishing (lobstering) boats. I prefer plain edged and sheepsfoot for work on boats, you probably will be cutting a lot more slack line than line under strain and I've found a plain edged blade better for that purpose (taking the 1/4 inch frayed end of a rope off after whipping it for instance). The H-1 does NOT rust. I've left mine in pools of salted herring brine for hours and not washed it for days after use. Seawater, mud from the sea floor, seaweed, bait- it came into contact with all of this and did not rust. Any of the folding Salt series will work. I carried a serrated Pacific as an emergency knife if I was ever entangled in trawl lines or nets.

The Salt folders are relatively inexpensive so it won't hurt your budget if you happen to lose one overboard, and you can pick up a few to leave on the boat, say in your survival suit pocket or in the tool locker in the engine room. There is no risk of them rusting when unattended or forgotten about.

Another nice thing about H-1 steel is that it seems to harden as you use the knife. I noticed that mine had better edge retention after every sharpening and I cut some pretty tough types of line as well as other things that would make most folk cringe.

Pete
 
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