Aquatec T-REX Titanium Knife - reviews?

Need a new knife...want titanium, lightweight, no
disassembly...thinking of buying the Aquatec T-REX Titanium Knife.

http://www.aquatecusa.com/t-rex.htm

Anyone use it? Pros/cons? Like it/dislike it/why? Appreciate any
and all advice. Thanks.

"Sock" <jeffreyjamesmail@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Need a new knife...want titanium, lightweight, no
> disassembly...thinking of buying the Aquatec T-REX Titanium Knife.
>
> http://www.aquatecusa.com/t-rex.htm
>
> Anyone use it? Pros/cons? Like it/dislike it/why? Appreciate any
> and all advice. Thanks.

You need a review for a knife? They're a couple of dollars at Wal Mart...

BTW, jesus christ. That thing is scary. WTF are you doing down there that
you need that thing?!

Jon

"Jon C" <jon@jonnythan.com> wrote in message news:<zHC2b.1145$iS2.301@twister.nyroc.rr.com>...
> "Sock" <jeffreyjamesmail@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:deacec63.0308251804.37e0f27b@posting.google.c om...
> > Need a new knife...want titanium, lightweight, no
> > disassembly...thinking of buying the Aquatec T-REX Titanium Knife.
> >
> > http://www.aquatecusa.com/t-rex.htm
> >
> > Anyone use it? Pros/cons? Like it/dislike it/why? Appreciate any
> > and all advice. Thanks.
>
> You need a review for a knife? They're a couple of dollars at Wal Mart...
>
> BTW, jesus christ. That thing is scary. WTF are you doing down there that
> you need that thing?!
>
> Jon

Thanks so much for your insightful comments.

"Sock" <jeffreyjamesmail@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Jon C" <jon@jonnythan.com> wrote in message
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> > "Sock" <jeffreyjamesmail@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:deacec63.0308251804.37e0f27b@posting.google.c om...
> > > Need a new knife...want titanium, lightweight, no
> > > disassembly...thinking of buying the Aquatec T-REX Titanium Knife.
> > >
> > > http://www.aquatecusa.com/t-rex.htm
> > >
> > > Anyone use it? Pros/cons? Like it/dislike it/why? Appreciate any
> > > and all advice. Thanks.
> >
> > You need a review for a knife? They're a couple of dollars at Wal
Mart...
> >
> > BTW, jesus christ. That thing is scary. WTF are you doing down there
that
> > you need that thing?!
> >
> > Jon
>
> Thanks so much for your insightful comments.

Well, when I bought my huge honkin knife, I wish someone asked me wtf I
needed it for. I didn't, and it was $70 wasted.

I recently went to Wal Mart and bought 2 paring knives for 99 cents. I
ground off the end of each of them, and they're great diving knives with
3.5" blades. They fit in the pouch that came with my EMT shears, but you
can make your own out of webbing.

Jon

I have one that I mainly use for dispatching large fish that have been
speared. I mostly like it and unless I lose it, I imagine I will use it for
a long time. One downside is that the straps for mounting it to my leg are
a little short and it's pretty tight on me (I'm 6'4", 250# though). It came
extremely sharp out of the box, but it appears that the edge has rolled over
a little bit now. I haven't tried to sharpen it, and don't have any
experience sharpening titanium so I don't know how that will go. I'm pretty
sure a 5' amberjack would laugh at me though, if I tried to kill him with a
blunt paring knife. :)


"Sock" <jeffreyjamesmail@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Need a new knife...want titanium, lightweight, no
> disassembly...thinking of buying the Aquatec T-REX Titanium Knife.
>
> http://www.aquatecusa.com/t-rex.htm
>
> Anyone use it? Pros/cons? Like it/dislike it/why? Appreciate any
> and all advice. Thanks.

Sock <jeffreyjamesmail@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Need a new knife...want titanium, lightweight, no
> disassembly...thinking of buying the Aquatec T-REX Titanium Knife.

> Anyone use it? Pros/cons? Like it/dislike it/why? Appreciate any
> and all advice. Thanks.

Yes, I dive with one and its a nice piece of kit (although it stays un-used 99% of the time).

Pros:
* Its a knife and can cut things
* Its very lighweight.

Cons:
* It looks very silly when its out of its shieth and scares the hell out of people if you wave it about.
* Its pretty expensive (so buy something to tether it to you).

I have it mounted on my BCD but found that the arm/leg straps are a little short (when I was thinking about wearing it on my leg).

Nick