Re: Rob Allen Knife???
Jimy, I didn't notice the original post was from you in the UK. Try contacting the UK distributor,
European Spearfishing Supplies. Alternatively, try Portland Oceaneering, they had one in their main counter glass cabinet last year, £38 I think - so a good chance they still have it (& perhaps willing to offer some discount?). Having said that, last time I visited PO the shop was bare - they had a "garage/car-boot/jumble sale" going on in half the shop & they'd even sold their magnificant fish tank
(I suspect they'd run down stocks over the winter, perhaps bracing for a recession this year).
Alternatively buy one of these for £7 + shipping: [ame=http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/STAINLESS-STEEL-KNIFE-FOR-SCUBA-SPEARFISHING-NEW_W0QQitemZ160236872981QQihZ006QQcategoryZ29577QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem]STAINLESS STEEL KNIFE FOR SCUBA & SPEARFISHING *NEW* on eBay, also Knives, SCUBA Snorkeling, Water Sports, Sporting Goods (end time 13-May-08 16:09:48 BST)[/ame]
They are sold all over the world (inc. the Oz, USA & UK). They are sometimes offered with a bowie shaped blade rather than a dagger or in black instead of mirror-finish stainless steel. The sheath design is better than average (although I don't use it). I am guessing they are a copy of the much more expensive Japanese
Hattori knives - although not sure which came first.
[BTW yesterday while looking at knives I came across a link with pictures of barbers/hairdresser scissors priced from £120-£600! It's hard for me to imagine what they could possibly offer that a £5/10/15/20/30/50/60/80/... pair couldn't. I guess it has something to do with them using only one tool so perhaps willing to spend a lot for it. It does seem like the law of diminishing returns would finish at around £15-£60 with loss of reason taking over beyond that]