Georgian Bay

You descend in still water that looks like air, you forget that you do not belong to this underwater world, you want to explore some sunken ship wreck, you swim into a haunted realm. Here at the Fathom Five National Marine Park, about thirty meters below the surface you see a deck of the Arabia, a nineteenth century schooner, with bubbles trickling in front of your face. You see masts, anchors, chains and a wheel stand that remained as such for centuries thanks to cold water that preserves it like a pharaoh chamber. You do not believe that this ship was sunken during a storm more than a century ago. This diving experience never really clouds in your memory.

After one adventure you want another, and as Vladimir Vysotsky sang about alpinists, if you want to find something better than mountains, you find out that it is only mountains. The same goes with deep blue waters adventures. When you experience this once, you want to explore more and more, and travel the globe in search of the most epic adventures. Different scuba divers have their own ideas of what characteristics the best diving sites should have. Some people believe that the farther the better, and you should fly and drive as many days as possible to get the best impressions. For example, to get to Wakatobi Marine National Park in Indonesia in 1990s you had to travel as much as three days, but despite this arduous journey you have one of the best diving experience, with Wakatobi’s prolific reef and coral system that you can find anywhere.

California Channel Islands

Other people would prefer to dive closer to their homes, like in California Channel Islands where kelp forests are unique, where harbor seals and sea lions frolic, and the bottom is covered with invertebrate life. These sights are enchanting and picturesque. You just swim in rays of light through the kelp forming a golden canopy.
Still other diving aficionados prefer adrenaline fueled adventures in wreck diving looking for World War II sunken vessels or gliding with whale sharks near Utila Islands in Honduras.

You do not want to forget your diving gear such as a diving knife or your underwater digital camera to take with you on your adventures.

This knife has good reviews in terms of its functionality and durability. It has a sharp blade and works great with gloves. It has a comfortable grip, too.
It can be used for scuba diving and boating, both for outdoor and indoor tasks, in case a good knife is needed, literally unlimited uses. The only disadvantage that is mentioned sometimes is the quality of its steel.
It has a special patented secure locking system. So when you squeeze its handle, the knife is released from its sheath. It is very handy in diving tasks as all you need to do is just squeeze the knife handle. So it is both easy to get it when you need it, and difficult to loose it.

But even when you loose it, it is no big deal as the price range of about forty bucks allows no big grief, you can easily buy another one. If you want to look at the more expensive version, we recommend a Wenoka Squeeze Lock Titanium Knife, Tanto Tip.
With a 304 stainless steel alloy, Wenoka Big Squeeze Lock is sometimes criticized for the quality of its steel.
The design of this knife allows to pry, cut and scrape without damaging the blade, as it is secured solidly inside its sheath and yet allow quick access.
Its low price as compared to the great characteristics that it has, is very attractive to customers, and that makes Wenoka Dive Knives popular.
Apart from great locking system, the knife has a 4,5” blade, with overall length of the knife of 9,5”. It is easily mounted on your legs with special straps that are included in the kit, as well as a belt clip on the knife sheath.
So this knife is a great solution for both beginners and professionals as a main or a backup knife that will be useful in any diving or snorkeling tasks or even in home tasks.

Diving Knife

Diving knife can be made of different materials, and can vary in size or shape. Yet you have to remember that your knife is not a weapon but only a tool. Let us list a few tools that will help you to make a good decision on what type of knife will be the best option for your needs.

As far as size is concerned, large knives are defined as having a blade longer than five inches. There is a common misconception that the large the knife the better. Yet it can either cut you or your buoyancy control equipment. And be an awkward burden in a situation that you want to get rid of any unnecessary weight.

Medium sized knives have blades of four-five inches and are the most practical ones. They can be easily mounted on the BC, leg or arm. You can grip this knife securely and manage it as a handy tool underwater. If you buy a mini knife with two or three inches of blade, make sure that its handle is longer than three inches. Otherwise it can harm your hands or gloves if you wear them underwater.

The shape of a diving knife varies, too. It can have straight edges that is useful  for cutting plastic. This includes monofilament fishing line, as well as nylon rope. Diving knives with serrated edges are useful in cutting kelp and natural fiber rope. In this kind of knives serrations should run along almost whole length of the blade, so that it can produce a decent sawing motion. Many knives have both edges, staight and serrated, so you can use them in almost any situation.

Sometimes they have sharp tips that can be used for spearfishing, and blunt tips for prying, hacking, chiseling or digging. Sharp tips can potentially harm your BC, so you can use a blunt tip instead. For cutting small lines you will need a knife with a line cutting notch.

Many diving knives are made with 300- or 400-series stainless steel alloys. Due to high carbon content many stainless steel knives show signs of rust. Thus they require some maintenance: rinse your knife well with fresh water and dry outside of sheath. Then you coat it with a light layer of silicone or oil.

As far as 300-series or 400-series allow, the lower the number, the more corrosion resistant this diving knife becomes. Yet it is less capable of keeping a sharp edge. You spend less time on its maintenance but need to sharpen it after two or three dives.

Titanium knives are rustproof  and corrosion resistant. They do not contain any carbon. Thus you do not need any sharpening or maintenance for a long period of time.

There are a lot of manufacturers of diving knives, such as Aeris, Aquatec, Akona, Armor, Deep Outdoors, Cressi, Cutterfish, Deep See, Dive Rite, Innovative, Mares, Max., Oceanic, OMS, Promate, Zeagle and more…