A sailor should have a knife in his pocket. Discuss.
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fireball
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I have 2 5 inch fixed blade knives on my desk at the moment ...
I don't understand most people who 'feel safer' for having basic standard safety equipment with them - a few exceptions like climbing (mast or otherwise) - the safety equipment doesn't make what you are doing any safer, it just provides a potential 'get out' for when things go wrong.
Eh? They only felt safe because they had a knife? WTF was the boat like?! A Deathtrap just waiting for the victim to attempt to cut themselves free?!
I don't understand most people who 'feel safer' for having basic standard safety equipment with them - a few exceptions like climbing (mast or otherwise) - the safety equipment doesn't make what you are doing any safer, it just provides a potential 'get out' for when things go wrong.
Mariner69
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At my pre-sea college, Warsash, in the early seventies, we had a seamanship instructor called Bosun Pattinson. He was a Master Mariner who had been a Salvage Master and took us for the basic seamanship to get our Efficient Deck Hand Certificates.
He always said "A seaman without a knife was like a whore without a c**t".
I have always carried a knife whilst at sea, mindful of course that it can affect the compass on those that have been badly sited.
On my yacht I wear a rigging set which is very useful, notwithstanding the number of times it tangles with the guard rail when anchoring.
He always said "A seaman without a knife was like a whore without a c**t".
I have always carried a knife whilst at sea, mindful of course that it can affect the compass on those that have been badly sited.
On my yacht I wear a rigging set which is very useful, notwithstanding the number of times it tangles with the guard rail when anchoring.
Cornishman
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Whatever do they use to cut their plug tobacco?
OGITD
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pugwash60
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On the boat, or doing any work really, I now carry one of those multi tool thingys on my belt, I like the Victorinox one. However I still always have a knife in my pocket which might seem superfluous but it's just 'there' like my hanky and wallet, and although it's not as generally useful as the multi tool thing it does have a corkscrew so still gets used often enough.
ninky
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nice.
still leaves hands and other orifices though
was he suggesting skill, imagination and ingenuity were the most valuable tools?Resolution
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Sounds like a sailor who had been to Bugis street.
White Horse
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mikehibb
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I have a very good folding boat knife that is always in my pocket when on board, attached with a lanyard to my belt.
It also tends to stay attached when going to and from the boat, and often else where too.
However this is not in UK, where I risk being pulled for carrying an "offensive weapon", even if I have a justifiable reason for carrying it.
It also tends to stay attached when going to and from the boat, and often else where too.
However this is not in UK, where I risk being pulled for carrying an "offensive weapon", even if I have a justifiable reason for carrying it.
activesail
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I always have a knife for chopping the Garlic..How could you survive without garlic?
oldfatgit
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The most useful knife to use in an emergency is, to my mind, the bread knife. Sharp, serrated with a blunt end and above all, everybody knows where it is.
Used ours to cut lines that fouled the anchor and once to remove a ball of fishing net from the prop by swimming down. Worked a treat, unlike the gutting knife which I left in the bucket with the guts and heads, it didn't float when I threw the whole lot overboard.
Used ours to cut lines that fouled the anchor and once to remove a ball of fishing net from the prop by swimming down. Worked a treat, unlike the gutting knife which I left in the bucket with the guts and heads, it didn't float when I threw the whole lot overboard.
