...and no, you don't have to be a sailor or a commercial fisherman to carry one of these.
I mostly carry it at my northern cottage, and it would be especially handy in rural environs. I have several. You can get this type of knife for as low as $10 (not this one). The wharncliff blade is great for cutting rope, water pump hosing, pruning etc. And I do use that slot for loosening shackles.
But the best part is the marlin spike. Designed for loosening knots and mending nets, it does more than that. Poking, shimming, digging, gouging, just what we all need. How often have you messed up a blade because you needed to pry something and the proper tool wasn't at hand. This spike is indestructible. The perfect tool.
The blade and the marlin spike both have their own seperate frame locks.
Today was a Strider clone day. Looks exactly like a Strider, right down to the Bos heat treated flame logo. Cost less than $17. Seen here hanging out with my Texas Poker.
Funny you posted that today, just last night I was thinking about how I haven’t bought a knife in 2014 and a person owes me some money and I was thinking about getting a HEST when they pay me. I’m gonna try to find me a mill spec with Sleipner (but when I looked at them last [months ago] the mill spec was hard to find then.
Lots of great looking knives on here. I nearly always carry this SRM-733. Since I frequently tend to misplace things, I keep it attached to my light and the size makes it more difficult to misplace. And if I do lose it, I’m only out $10 or so.
The 733 is one that I’ve not got round to buying yet but the Laix pen, I have several of. I bought some genuine Parker refills for one thinking it would give better and longer lasting performance, they lasted, 2 of them, three days and I don’t write a lot. Back in with the supplied Chinese refills and they’re still working well a couple of months later, as I said I don’t write much but I like the pens, much better value than some others that buy these in and re-badge them. UZI TacPen 2
Fresh in the mail Kershaw Emerson CQC 2K…which at the end of the day promptly bit me as I put my hand into my pocket. Every new knife has to draw first blood.