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>>>>IMHO, any knife, carried on your person aboard a boat, should be
deployable with one hand only, either from a scabbard, or by using a knife
that opens one-handedly.<<<<
For use in an emergency to cut a line immediately, I wouldn't go for a
folding knife, much less a complex multi-bladed tool (excellent though they
are for other purposes). Don't forget that it could be dark and cold when
you need it. Your hands might be numb and shaking or wearing gloves. Use a
sheath knife with a strong, sharp blade. Keep it sharp.
Of course you'll probably want a smaller folding knife too, because you
might want to leave the sheath knife on the boat. People (especially
coppers) can get a bit "funny" about your walking about with a potential
weapon hanging overtly from your belt, and it can attract the attention of
the wrong sort of people. Obviously circumstances and jurisdictions vary,
but here in New South Wales, it is a criminal offence for a shop to sell
knives or even scalpel or modelling knife blades to anyone under sixteen.
Regards, Robert Bryett
Sydney, Australia.
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