Whenever I go scuba diving with my friends, I always forget to bring a dive knife with me. That's because I do not have a diving knife. I only bring my
digital camera with me and, that was it. I did not see the vitality of bringing a diving knife with me, until my recent dive, wherein we had to cut a rope that was entangled on a live coral reef. I just thought that a dive knife was dangerous and unsafe.
Dive Knives are very important, even in leisure diving. You can never really tell the dangers of the underwater world. Of course, you should not use your knife to battle sharks. You also should not use your dive knives to catch fish and then
make delicious seafood after your dive! Dive knives are basically for protection, for cutting, for measuring, for prying, for digging, and for pounding underwater.
The best way to carry a
knife underwater is through the legs. Leg-mounted knives are the most accessible positioning for dive knives, in my opinion. If you put your knives in your suit pockets, there is a tendency that the knife might cut and damage your suit. So, if you don't want to risk your suit, carry your knife on your leg.
