dive knife

I am looking for a dive knife/pry tool sold by Spyderco. The knife was
approx 10-11 inches in length when closed and was designed as a pry tool. A
short 2-2.5 inch blace was on one end that could be folded out. Does anyone
know where I could find one of these knives?

"mlpomer" <pomeroysplace@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> I am looking for a dive knife/pry tool sold by Spyderco. The knife was
> approx 10-11 inches in length when closed and was designed as a pry tool.
A
> short 2-2.5 inch blace was on one end that could be folded out. Does
anyone
> know where I could find one of these knives?

Ask Spyderco:

"Jon C" <jon@jonnythan.com> wrote in message
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> "mlpomer" <pomeroysplace@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:qvHVa.15526$o%2.9839@sccrnsc02...
> > I am looking for a dive knife/pry tool sold by Spyderco. The knife was
> > approx 10-11 inches in length when closed and was designed as a pry
tool.
> A
> > short 2-2.5 inch blace was on one end that could be folded out. Does
> anyone
> > know where I could find one of these knives?
>
> Ask Spyderco:
whoops.

http://www.spyderco.com/contact_us.a...XAVBEEDV92BXLB

mlpomer wrote:
>
> I am looking for a dive knife/pry tool sold by Spyderco. The knife was
> approx 10-11 inches in length when closed and was designed as a pry tool. A
> short 2-2.5 inch blace was on one end that could be folded out. Does anyone
> know where I could find one of these knives?

These came in two sizes and were called diver or scuba "probes".

They were discontinued almost immediately.

These knives were equipped with the typical Spyderco 2.25" blade that
was razor sharp, a lanyard tab, all built around a "ruled" (marked)
metal bar .25"x1"x the two lengths.

The downside: after 1 ocean dive, I laid the tool down in the sun on a
bench to let it dry after salt water exposure. 1 hour later I picked it
up (a bit casualy) only to find my thumb had suffered a deep gash. The
spring steel (?) tensioning device holding the blade folded inside the
bar had failed.

I bandaged up my opposing digit with silver tape and paper towels and
grabbed the next sample Spyderco probe that I was provided with. Off to
dive...

After this dive, I examined the tool. It was fine, the knife blade was
held in the retracted position. This time, I rinsed the tool well in
fresh water. I placed it in the sun and went to my room to console my
thumb.

1 hour later, I picked up the tool to examine it, a bit more cautiously
this time, and the blade swung loosely free. The tensioner spring had
once again failed, falling out in pieces.

End of test. Fresh water exposure with lubrication presented no failures
after 20 days at 2/day.

They were removed from the Spyderco catalog, but you can find anything
on E-Bay.

I currently pick from a small titanium pry bar (found it on
www.Google.com), a large Ti crowbar (Sovietski.com) and a Stilleto
hammer (with the magnet removed).

--
Doc _(:)0

"I'm hiding in Honduras, I'm a desperate man,
Send Lawyers, Guns & Money...The sh*t has hit the fan"
-Warren Zevon

Thanks to those that replied. I tried Spyderco directly, actually was able
to speak with a member of the design team there and learned the knives were
discontinued. They referred me to E-bay as well.


"Robert "Doc" Adelman" <lawyers-guns-money@att.net> wrote in message
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>
>
> mlpomer wrote:
> >
> > I am looking for a dive knife/pry tool sold by Spyderco. The knife was
> > approx 10-11 inches in length when closed and was designed as a pry
tool. A
> > short 2-2.5 inch blace was on one end that could be folded out. Does
anyone
> > know where I could find one of these knives?
>
> These came in two sizes and were called diver or scuba "probes".
>
> They were discontinued almost immediately.
>
> These knives were equipped with the typical Spyderco 2.25" blade that
> was razor sharp, a lanyard tab, all built around a "ruled" (marked)
> metal bar .25"x1"x the two lengths.
>
> The downside: after 1 ocean dive, I laid the tool down in the sun on a
> bench to let it dry after salt water exposure. 1 hour later I picked it
> up (a bit casualy) only to find my thumb had suffered a deep gash. The
> spring steel (?) tensioning device holding the blade folded inside the
> bar had failed.
>
> I bandaged up my opposing digit with silver tape and paper towels and
> grabbed the next sample Spyderco probe that I was provided with. Off to
> dive...
>
> After this dive, I examined the tool. It was fine, the knife blade was
> held in the retracted position. This time, I rinsed the tool well in
> fresh water. I placed it in the sun and went to my room to console my
> thumb.
>
> 1 hour later, I picked up the tool to examine it, a bit more cautiously
> this time, and the blade swung loosely free. The tensioner spring had
> once again failed, falling out in pieces.
>
> End of test. Fresh water exposure with lubrication presented no failures
> after 20 days at 2/day.
>
> They were removed from the Spyderco catalog, but you can find anything
> on E-Bay.
>
> I currently pick from a small titanium pry bar (found it on
> www.Google.com), a large Ti crowbar (Sovietski.com) and a Stilleto
> hammer (with the magnet removed).
>
> --
> Doc _(:)0
>
> "I'm hiding in Honduras, I'm a desperate man,
> Send Lawyers, Guns & Money...The sh*t has hit the fan"
> -Warren Zevon