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I know that hook knive will easily go through lines, but will it go through risers? Has anyone tried it?

Just though it would be useful to know, because if you ever find yourself in water, being dragged by wing in the current, face down, hook knive in hand, can't release buckles, just a few seconds of breath left. Are you wasting your time trying to hack through the riser?

Paul D

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I know that hook knive will easily go through lines, but will it go through risers? Has anyone tried it?

Just though it would be useful to know, because if you ever find yourself in water, being dragged by wing in the current, face down, hook knive in hand, can't release buckles, just a few seconds of breath left. Are you wasting your time trying to hack through the riser?

Paul D

I've bought some hook knives that I was going to market to the group if anyone was interested. They're not dedicated 'riser' knives, but I tested one on the very thickest toughest webbing (off a scuba dive harness) that I could find, and with a firm pull, went through it like a knife through butter. Lines will be a doddle. They come with a load of spare blades too.

I'll get a photo or two posted up if anyone is interested. They don't come in a fancy pouch or anything, but have a hole for a lanyard that I've sewn a webbing loop into, and they will only be a fiver posted within the UK.

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Yea just slide your hand up the riser to get all the lines together and cut the lines. then swim away

Pete b

Hehe, you make it sound so easy. Panic stricken with a face full of freezing water can make even the most mundane task perilously difficult.

Posted

Pete is a little like the stig,

A robot almost....

no fear, calculated, althought a little on the 'dwarf' side? :lol:

SW :D

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Pete is a little like the stig,

A robot almost....

no fear, calculated, althought a little on the 'dwarf' side? :lol:

SW :D

Well you let the cat out of the bag well and truly, now everyone will know i have a white helmet :wink:

Pete ( the dwarf stig) b

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At the risk of coming over all Lemmings, how about para-stig?

It's already been done - ask SimonW for the photos or checkout August's TopGear Magazine ;-)

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