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Originally Posted by Mr. X
I've gone through various stages of thinking/preference on dive knives for spearing. First the bigger is better stage (need to cut though nets quick, chop the head off/gut big fish, etc.), quickly realised that a dagger shapped blade had advantages for dispatching fish (the Spider/mini-dagger phase), then discovered the joys of the flat RA limpet sheath and became a confirmed flat knife fan (the RA agassai/Pelaj/Omer flat knife/Picasso Tigre/T-rex phase). Having stabbed myself last year  , I'm thinking a smaller knife is all that is required & might be better/safer. The Omer Hunter is/was a v. cool small knife with a v. nicely shaped little pointy blade but I still like flat knives.
So I figured a flat version of the Omer Hunter with a full size handle & an RA limpet sheath (perhaps scaled down to size) might be my current ideal knife. Thought it might be a few years before we see such a beast but while exploring the Effesub brand (I think after Ulysses posted some info on a neat stringer they produced), lo & behold, exactly what I was looking for.
KNIFES - KF - Effesub
In fact, they took it a step further and camo'd the sheath! 
Is it perfect? Not quite:
It is a little cheaper than the assegai & pelaj flat knives but it's not a cheap knife. I'm not too keen on is the open heel -- not too comfortable if you need to apply some force to the butt with the heel of your hand to go through a tough fish skull (sorry). Worse thing, I just noticed the sheath uses velcro on the leg/arm straps - seems like a bad idea to me. The RA limpet sheath uses unbroken thick elastic which cannot come off -- a major feature I think.
Cool knife selection here: Hana Pa`a Hawaii |
X, actually the Effesub KF knive is q
uite inexpensive, considering the discounted price at which Laurent of CSM.net sells it
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http://www.chasse-sous-marine.net/ca...oducts_id=1117
Italian champ Massimo Quattrone uses the KF, so it can't be that ill-conceived.
Personally, I prefer to keep things simple and use the Italian made dagger 'sub 11d' for ages (it's sold under various brands including Spetton, Aquatys, Apnea, Riffe). DB store does it at around EUR15 or even less.
Cheers,
ulysses
