I rinse with fresh water then pull it almost all the way out of the sheath just to the point the velcro will still hold it and then hang it up to dry:
Weird, this is almost exactly what I do except I actually take the blade completely out of the sheath and stick it to the velcro and it still corrodes.
Maybe try to stick it upside down, so the dripping salt water from the pouch doesn't reach the blade
Yes I agree. I just replaced my spreader bar soi could use a fireball and it doesnt have a knife pocket…..i had better double check…..OzBungy wrote: ↑Sun Sep 19, 2021 9:20 amDon't overthink it. Hook knives are cheap. Inspect the knife every now and then and replace it every year or two.
I wouldn't get too excited about the cutters listed above. They might be fine for diving where everything happens in slow motion. Not sure they're appropriate for a high speed emergency. They have a single blade with a plastic edge to push the line onto the blade. If you get a bunch of lines in there the outer lines won't get cut.
The hook knives sold for kiting (and skydiving and paragliding) have two blades in a vee configuration. The lines get sliced by the cutters from both sides. They can still get clogged if you have too much line in them but they're still better than a single cutting blade. If you have lines bunched in there you can yank the knife around a bit and the blades on both sides slice into the lines.
More importantly, all the harnesses I have used for the past several years have a knife pocket under the hook. They take the standard kitesurf knives. I'd rather always have a knife handy than have to mess around with accessory pockets and special maintenance regimes.