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- Mark Newman
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I’ve been scuba diving my entire professional career in both beautiful crystal clear waters of the Tropics to the not-so clear waters around the world. Diving up in the Arctic Circle and marine conservation work down in remote Madagascar. As a full-time scuba Instructor I taught divers in both warm and cold waters and lead countless dives.
But, my main specialty is dive equipment. Since 2010 I’ve been working with a wide range of scuba diving brands and 8 years working for one of the largest scuba diving retailers with hands-on experience with cutting edge dive equipment.
This Is applied in all the world or Just in the country where you are from? Dive knife count as legit equipment in every Airport?
Funny to think about living in a place where you have to worry about the police finding a knife.
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I kept my dive knife (3” blunt tip) in my reg bag and packed in a separate checked bag with the rest of my dive gear. After being “flagged” a couple of times, searched and answering stupid questions I no longer bring it when travelling. Instead I bring a pair of blunt tipped medical scissors that work great and won’t puncture my bcd pocket. They’ll cut fishing line and fine netting. I’ve never been stopped since.
Me and my wife put our line cutters and spare blades in our mask containers. We then use tape and write a label saying “BLADES INSIDE” on the container so there are no surprises. Container goes in checked bag. Never had a problem.