Wreck diving, I always have a pair of Trauma shears with me, because you never know what may snag you like stainless braid fishing leaders etc., and Trauma shears will cut through most anything. Trauma shears should be able to handle rope that a tribolite can't.
I carried my trauma shears until Jim clipped them to the line on me while I looked for my line arrows....
9/11....... I remember .........
I don't carry them in a cave, but then I've never dove where 1/2" rope was the guideline either.
Originally Posted by Squirrel Girl
Obviously theres a size limit, but it's pretty impressive what it will cut. I had an old LP hose that I chopped up with it. I thought it would be too big, but because the blade extends further than that outer guard it starts to cut and that decreases your diameter and it will fit. Plus that outer guard is fairly bendy and if need be you can bend it enough to make it work.
The only issue I have is that compared to other similar knives I find the razor blade is exposed alot more as I said before, and I almost cut myself grabbing it once.
Well, now I feel compelled to see if I can cut through some big rope!
Land of Enchantment -- not so great for cave diving, but mighty scenic!
Floating polypropylene is sometimes thought of as a hazard over here, any loose tieoffs create a bunch of slack waving around in the water column. I'm guessing the hazard/benefit ratio varies depending on the cave. At least rope has the benefit of being robust and less of a thin spagetti mess. Your UK caves are probably more similar to what we're looking at around here, so I'm thinking about it and will talk with some more locals about preferred sizes and materials.
In low vis silty caves the last thing I want is a line on the floor that (will) between dives become covered in silt that is displaced as you move along it.
Andrew
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