The Cult of the Itty Bitty Blade: Amphibious Edition.

What a great first post, and two beautiful knives too. Welcome to Traditionals :)
 
Welcome Laura to this great warm and friendly forum :) Excellent read, most interesting. Out of curiosity I would love to see a photo of your diving knife.

Mike
 
mike Berkovitch said:
Welcome Laura to this great warm and friendly forum :) Excellent read, most interesting. Out of curiosity I would love to see a photo of your diving knife.

Mike
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I second that. It would be interesting to see what your kit is made up of.


Welcome to the forum!
 
thanks for the entertaining first post, sounds like a really exciting job you work in.
you mentioned that you didn't know at first what you could do with the spatula on the doctor's knife, but you have now found uses for it, could you elaborate? I look at doctor's knives and I have a vague feeling I can use the spatula somehow, but I wouldn't know what until I had the knife in my pocket a few days.
 
Great post! "The Sea giveth and the Sea taketh away" is the motto on our dive boat whenever we surface minus a piece of gear, be it a knife, spearshaft, or other piece of kit lost on the dive. We usually dove 100+ feet deep and carried lights, spearguns, polespears, gamebags, and looked like astronauts when we fell over the side.(No, not a graceful or cool entrance). Love the Peanut-on a-chain idea! If you'll excuse me, I have to go shopping for one for the wife.
 
Welcome to the board! A first post that great is rare. Another post like that infact, might qualify you for a "Laura's Tales" sticky perhaps? Dueling tales with Carl, we'd all like that:D
 
Underwater caves- what a nightmare. I salute you from a safe distance.

And what do you use the spatula for? Extra fine excavating trowel?

Welcome aboard. I hope you'll continue to share your adventures with us.
 
mike Berkovitch said:
Out of curiosity I would love to see a photo of your diving knife.
Ryan Sumner said:
I second that. It would be interesting to see what your kit is made up of.
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I'm curious as well, although I think I've hit on it given the distinctives she laid out in her first post:
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...the ultimate dive knife is something quite different. It’s small, sharp (though not so sharp that you can slice your air hoses by mistake when you are 200 feet down and narkked out of your mind), blunt tipped (yep, the diving knife is the ONLY knife where you’re actually allowed to pry things with it), located somewhere on your upper body where it’s easy to reach (not on your calf, as cool as it may look) and finally and most importantly, easily and affordably replaceable. You complete countless deck chores with it, you eat with it....
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Ta da!

Although "prying" might prove problematic.

I especially like the look of that Doctors Knife, with the tasteful initials on the shield.
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Okay, with the tasteful everything.

:thumbup:

Welcome!

~ P.
 
As everyone else already said, welcome to the Traditional forum. And, as everyone else was thinking, "Hey, another girl posted here!!!" ;)
Great first post. Thanks for taking the time to share with us. Looking forward to seeing you post more. :thumbup:
 
Welcome to the deck, Laura I bet you have some great adventures to share with us. I can't wait to see some pictures of your knives at 33 fathoms:D
 
Great post, and I have to say, very well written. Welcome! You have found a place you can call home.

As said, we'd love to hear more stories. Being one who seldom gets to go on adventures, I'd love to hear about your journeys under the sea.
 
Thanks for a great read! Welcome to this incredible place.

Peter
 
Hello, hope you will be a regular poster&lurker.

Interesting that you mentioned Doctor's knives, they get very little talk here which is surprising, but I seem to remember that Bastid who was a mod for this forum had an extensive collection of this pattern.

I'm a big fan of CASE's Slimline Trapper, sharp, elegant and not too costly but it is quite a long knife, you are correct, so I might suggest you start thinking about Laguioles or Toothpicks as an alternative slim knife. Strictly for life on land but they're practical and some Laguioles are astoundingly beautiful, knife with a lot of heritage behind it too. Archaeology I respect greatly, it gives us a perspective on our own vanity and brief lives . Underwater exploration is very exciting, even if I can't swim I do love the sea and boats, water is the ultimate vastness on the planet!

Best wishes, Will
 
Welcome to the forum, Laura! Or is it Dr. Laura?

This is a GREAT place to learn about knives and the cool things people do with them. I felt like I had found El Dorado when I landed here last year. As a shameless lurker myself (12 months, only 16 posts), I really appreciate all the great content on this forum. Thank you for the great story and pictures.

:) Mikel.
 
My sister is a nurse. She’s interested in old medical instruments.

So I gave her a doctor’s knife. Jigged bone covers, stainless blades. She’d never heard of a doctor’s knife. I explained.

In the nineteenth century doctors compounded their own medicines. Especially country doctors, where it was hard for farmers or loggers to get to a pharmacy.

The blade was for cutting bandages, cutting up medicinal plants for decoction or powdering, and for all normal knife stuff.

The butt end of the knife is designed for use as a pestle. The doctor could crumble a pill, or powder some ingredient in a prescription. A cup served as a mortar.

The spatula counted pills, scooped powered medicine out of a bottle, stirred the prescription with wine or water. It also served as a tongue depressor.

I few years later I asked if she ever used that knife?

She said, “I love my doctor’s knife. I use it all the time.” It rides in her purse.
 
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