Dive Knife

Without fail, my best purchases are premium daily use products that are not skill dependent.  For example, the Yeti Coffee Tumbler is hands down the best purchase I have made in several years.  Golf driver for nearly 10X the cost was not as good a purchase.

However, I still enjoy having nice things.  

I started researching EDC knives and then gravitated to the Benchmade H2O dive knife ($120 to $140)

From there, I took a turn to river knives and spotted the Gerber River Shorty ($30) and the Gerber Crossriver Salt ($40).  These are both highly recommended, but the common criticism is the sheath.

I also reviewed Spyderco knives, but was not a fan at the price point.

I 100% concede that my knife use on the water, under the water or on the shore will be mostly cutting fruit, possibly fishing line and use as a screwdriver.  In over 40 dives, I have never even thought it would be nice to have a knife on me.  On at least 20 canoe, kayak, raft and stand up paddle board adventures, having an accessible knife was never a priority.  When I go fishing, I keep a kitchen knife in my tackle box.

I will still probably get the Gerber Crossriver Salt.  At the $40 price point, losing it is not the end of the world and even if the sheath falls apart on me, it would still make for a good camp knife.