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Originally Posted by Therrin  Well I do like the knife... I dive with a titanium something or another. Straight edge on one side, serrated along the back and a flat tip. It's come in handy a couple times... The fact that it clips in like that is a good idea,
I was wondering about the Stop... Knowing the knots and hitches comes in handy ... If you were worried about melting through the sheathing using the Blake's then ya had to be doing *something* wrong. ... |
It's a nice little knife. Years of diving, and being thrown about in gear lockers and car trunks have never damaged it, or caused it to come out of it's sheath even one time.
So you have an Abalone knife? Be a bit big to strap on I'd think, but then again my Silky saw is pretty big, and the scabbard ties to my leg. I do have another leg though, hmnn...
The Petzel Stop works great, both ascending and especially descending. The Kong Indy, a similar product (
knock-off?) didn't work out so well though. It has a double camming operation that hampers ascents. I'll probably keep the Indy in my kit for rescue operations or just straight rappelling.
With the split tail speed = friction heat, also modulating the speed was far more difficult than with the Stop.
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