Scuba Diving: Which model is most suitable?

coated SJTAC. Not cumbersome and coated for extra rust protection. I would wipe it all down with marine tough cloth as an aid. I have used bare SHBM's in seawater, rivers and lakes, with nothing but tough cloth and I only got a barely noticeable rust spot on the rear talon where I did not wipe. Also make sure you're blade locks into the sheath well. I have lost an SHBM that way.
 
Cobalt said:
coated SJTAC. Not cumbersome and coated for extra rust protection. I would wipe it all down with marine tough cloth as an aid. I have used bare SHBM's in seawater, rivers and lakes, with nothing but tough cloth and I only got a barely noticeable rust spot on the rear talon where I did not wipe. Also make sure you're blade locks into the sheath well. I have lost an SHBM that way.
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You've lost a SHBM.....!?!?:eek: :eek:

Man, that sucks!:grumpy:
 
Dennis, what river is that in? Could be a good limnology project for a grad student, to predict the current location of your knife. :D
 
resinguy said:
Dennis, what river is that in? Could be a good limnology project for a grad student, to predict the current location of your knife. :D
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I don't think the locals would appreciate 300 Bussephiles dredging a river in front of their properties or worse yet, damming up the river, upstream, to find it. Especially a mile wide river section :eek:

I have mentioned this n the past. The knife bounced right out of a factory kydex sheath that had no retainer, the kydex was folded over to make a belt loop and the kydex was formed around the blade. Anyway, I still have the sheath:D
 
to be honest... i don't think i would use any busse for scuba diving. get a copper beryllium strider dive tool, and a randall model 16 for shark fighting...
 
Thanks for the comments... :thumbup:

I should have a dive knife somewhere, but I can't find the thing. I need one right away... Dive shops around here charge too much for their stuff, I might as well use the fund to buy another Busse... :D

I think I can modify my my sheath to include a strap to hold the blade...

Is serration a must? How hard will it be to put serrations on my SJTAC? Can someone with 10 thumbs manage to do it in reasonable time...?
 
When it comes to a diving knife I go with A Benchmade. I know this is the Busse forum and I'm actually a Busse Fanatic, but for this one use I go with the better knife (for this singular purpose at least). A knife that was designed for divers. For everything else with the exception of a couple sentimental knifes and folders I go with Busse.

The model number is 100sh20. I got the one with yellow G-10. The steel a stainless that won't rust, the sheath is a great Kydex rig that I strap to my thigh when diving, the tip is a stout rounded wharncliff (so it's better for light prying/digging scraping), it's got serrations for rope and such, and the yellow G-10 is impervious to anything you could get on it and nearly as tough as Canvas Micarta not to mention it's a hell of a lot easier to find if you drop it due to being yellow.

The hook is that it won't hold an edge anywhere NEAR as long as a Busse...but that's not a problem as you'll never use it like you would a Busse. It's not a problem for me. The best thing about this knife other than it's practicality for it's intended purpose is that it's cheap. I got mine off ebay a while ago for $40 as I can recall and I'm not worried about loosing it (which is a bigger risk in a dive knife than a normal use knife). It's served me well. I do a lot of free diving and HAVE been since I was 8 years old. This is the best dive knife I've had yet.

http://www.benchmade.com/products/product_detail.aspx?model=100SH2O
 
When I go SCUBA diving this summer, I think the muddy SFNO will be my first choice, since I don't own any diving knives. It will serve well IMO because of the teeth it has. :thumbup:

Only thing I need is a good kydex sheath for it.
 
Let me preface this response with the following:
I love Busse's, and I love big choppers.
I've done extensive technical diving in Lakes Superior and Michigan.
The thing is, you don't chop underwater.
You want a knife that will cut very aggressively-serrations are great.
Your main mission will be to extract yourself from entanglements-
a real problem in a Wreck Diving scenario.
The other problem is that a large Busse will become part of your weight
system- you'll have to use trim weight to compensate for it.
I dive with at least 3 knives, on the calf, on computer console, on the BC,
on stage bottles where used.
You want a knife that will cut a 3/4 or 1" rope in 2 or 3 saw motions.
The problem is most dive knives are crap- especially 300 series stainless.
If you get something in 400 series you get a much better knife.
The last dive knife I bought was a SOG Seal Pup.
( Yeah, I know- yaak ).
But in a dive environment it's a good cutter.
I ground the tip flat for 1/4", less chance of negating your exposure suit
or bleeding in a rescue, or re-sheating.
My .02
Hey Jerry, Dive Infi?!?!?!
 
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