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The EMT shears may not cut through pennies, as advertised, but they do cut line and webbing quite well. Halcyon has a sheath that can be worn on the waist strap of your harness. Other good cutting devices include parachute line cutters (a z-knife) and a small dive knife like the Remora knife. In a message dated 9/23/1999 9:19:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time, chinchey@rj*.co* writes: > I am looking into cutting devices for wreck diving and have been told that > the "EMT" type stainless steel scissors are what I need. I've also heard > them called "penny cutters", because they are strong enough to cut a penny. > Since I can't imagine ever being entangled by a horde of vicious pennies, I > tried them on various sizes of steel cable. They wouldn't cut any size > cable that I was able to purchase at the hardware store (very small 1/32? up > to 3/16). They gnawed them up pretty good, but didn't make it through. > > Finally, my questions: What should I be using? How should I carry it? > Manufacturers, models, sources, prices, etc.? > > Thank you in advance. > > Chuck Hinchey > chinchey@rj*.co* -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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