It is not a good idea. In the case of the safety spool double ender,
obviously you can cut it off. In the case of the big reels, I would not dare
to that on a wreck dive, but for cave diving, I can break that snap so
easily that I don't bother tying line to it, and I never clip it to myself
directly. I put it on a bottle where I then could cut it off or break it.

However, this still does not make it a good idea. Better to buy a nice , big
stainless clip and tie it to the reel. I only use reels for exploration so
am not carrying anything but spools otherwise, and they are clipped off to
bungee cord in my pocket.

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Schultz [mailto:se2schul@st*.ma*.uw*.ca*]
Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 5:38 PM
To: erik tesnau
Cc: Christopher Brown; techdiver@aquanaut.com
Subject: Re: DIR knots



I use an EE reel with a double-ender.  This seems to violate the no
metal-to-metal connection rule, but my Tech 1 instructor didn't seem to have
any problems with it.

If anyone knows why this metal to metal connection is permitted and the rest
are not, please let me know.

ss

On Sat, 27 Oct 2001, erik tesnau wrote:

> Probably not DIR but here's what I use...
>
> Figure eight.
>
> Very fast to tie, secondary in strength only to figure nine.  You can tie
> the eight easily underwater even without seeing it.  It will not unravel
or
> creep like other knots will.  If it does not look pretty and clean you did
> something wrong - retie it.  An added bonus is that it is easy to untie if
> needed, even after being loaded.  If you are uncomfortable with that, you
> can always back it up with a fishermans knot.
>
> I rock climb and vertical cave and use several types of knots, this is one
> knot you can bet your life on.
>
> There are a lot of knot sites on the web...
>
> Erik
> sumpcaver@at*.ne*
>
>
>
> > Can someone point me to the DIR knot for attaching
> > reels to its hardware (i.e. snaps)?  Maybe a picture
> > or a name of the knot?
> >
> >
> > Chris Brown
> > Suffolk, VA
> >
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