Knife Placement

[creggur]

I got a Remora dive knike and am considering mounting it to my HP hose. I clip my console via a retractor to the d-ring on my right shoulder so that it crosses my chest.
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<DIV>If I mount the knife to that hose it will be right in front of me while diving. My question is there any cons to mounting it to the hose? I'm really not ready to start poking holes in my new Brigade..</DIV>

[TAH 73]

Originally Posted by creggur

I got a Remora dive knike and am considering mounting it to my HP hose. I clip my console via a retractor to the d-ring on my right shoulder so that it crosses my chest.
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<DIV>If I mount the knife to that hose it will be right in front of me while diving. My question is there any cons to mounting it to the hose? I'm really not ready to start poking holes in my new Brigade..</DIV>

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<DIV>My knife is on the BC hose, no real issues, keeps the hose weighted down right where I can find it real quick.</DIV>
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[paintballindivr]

i have my knife custom gromets through my bc pocket that is mounted to my knife and it is nowhere near the bladder (flat tipped) so no worries about punctures

[Venio]

I have mine on the BC hose as well. Pretty convenient I'll say.

[TxHockeyGuy]

I zip tied my knife to my right shoulder BCD strap. It's out of the way, easily accessible, and if I were ever to get in a situation where I couldn't help myself my buddy would be easily able to see where the knife is. Oh, and it's easy to get to when the gear is off in case I need it for whatever I'm cooking up on the grill, got to remember important stuff like that.

[deepdiver47]

Have a pocket in your BCD? Put your knife there. What is the point of having it on your leg or on a hose, to make you look cool? A better question here is this: Have you ever really used to cut anything?

Can't get there guys....

[Wolfie2012]

Originally Posted by deepdiver47

Have a pocket in your BCD? Put your knife there. What is the point of having it on your leg or on a hose, to make you look cool? A better question here is this: Have you ever really used to cut anything?

Can't get there guys....

Better to have it and not need it, then need it and not have it.

The point of having it wherever one decides to put it is accessibility and comfort to the diver who puts it there.

For the OP, my suggestion is to place it where you will be able to get to it with either hand in a variety of positions. Might also consider carrying a pair of EMT shears or a Z-knife as a backup.

[gunnarman]

i have the little one on the back of my guages,it came with the computer. its conveinient, out of the way, and yes i have used it to release a little fishie caught in some line.

[Doug B]

Originally Posted by creggur

I got a Remora dive knike and am considering mounting it to my HP hose. I clip my console via a retractor to the d-ring on my right shoulder so that it crosses my chest.
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<DIV>If I mount the knife to that hose it will be right in front of me while diving. My question is there any cons to mounting it to the hose? I'm really not ready to start poking holes in my new Brigade..</DIV>

I was thinking the same thing... mounting my remora to my hose... but I was worried that I would lose the knife during a giant stride. The retaining mechanism in the knife sheath isn't all that great.

I put the knife in my BC pocket, with a lanyard.

I have cut something with my knife... my thumb!...when I was using the knife to push a weight belt through a well used weight. It was very sharp!

[WaterRat]

Like Wolfie2012 said, try and mount it where you can reach it with either hand. It's unlikely in open water to get an arm in a position that you can't get it out of, but why chance it?

Ron