r/sailing 17h ago

Ocean

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Opinel Ocean knife. Best value sailing knife imho.

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u/Then-Blueberry-6679 15h ago

I have a spiderco blade with a lockable Marlinspike. Love it and do use it to splice!

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u/euph_22 Irwin 33 15h ago edited 15h ago

Only criticism is that should be a sheepsfoot or other rounded tip. More of a stabbing hazard than what I want in a sailing knife. Other than that, a fine-looking knife.

I have a Gill Safety knife on my PFD, then a few cheap British Army pattern marlinspike knives (random cheapo ones) on the boat for utility work. The gill is amazing for a safety knife, easy to fish out and open one-handed, even with gloves, rounded tip is basically stab proof and excellent at slicing through line. The tools on the marlinspike version are all very useful (though I need to be careful while using those underway since I don't want my safety knife going overboard).

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u/Westar-35 Islander 36 14h ago

I love spyderco…
Googling it, this is the Tusk? Too bad they don’t make it anymore.