NRS  Pilot Knife

My son purchased this for me for Christmas. I had it on my vest a grand total of 4 trips before I had to get out and pull a raft off of rocks on the fifth. When I got pulled back into the raft I found that the holder had snapped leaving just the back tab in my pdf: the knife and most of the holder was no where to be seen. I still have my previous whitewater knife that I've had for 20+ years on my old vest that survived many trips in and out of a boat.....

I really like the knife, and the latch system seems easy to use and functional, but I was not even on my raft for 20 minutes before it came out of the sheath without me noticing and was in the bottom of my boat next to my feet.

Overall nice knife but does not by any means stays securely to flotation vest. I’m a swift water rescuer and aside from the small clip there are no other ways to secure knife. Simply jogging will cause knife to free itself from the vest.

Great river knife. Great peanut butter knife. Only downside is the glass breaker on the butt of the handle. I don’t know when you would need that in a river rescue scenario and, depending on the orientation of your attachment point on your PFD (I used a NRS Ninja), it protrudes enough where it slams into my leg when making big strokes with the oars. My leg got covered in small bruises on my recent Grand Canyon trip. Same thing happened when digging during a few lake crossings this past weekend canoeing. I’m going to file the tip off, but really I don’t think this knife needs it. That said, I want the big blade as having been hooked to my oar tower during a near flip situation, being able to get something sharp on the offending strap ASAP and slice through in as few strokes as possible is key.

After carrying this knife on multiple extended trips in the BWCA, I've eventually gotten rid of it. It's not bad, it's just too specialized for water use and rope cutting to be a useful camp blade, and the steel is very soft. If you're not outright sailing, I don't think you'll find it useful. Pros: - Knife feels extremely solid, and is easy to grip despite not having a full rounded handle - Strong and sturdy construction - Rope cutter is very effective and a nice touch Cons: - Soft steel is an absolute pain to keep sharp - Very short straight blade, almost impossible to whittle/slice food/etc - Lack of a tip makes it frustrating to open some packaging or do delicate, precise cuts - Very thick blade makes it hard to sharpen to a fine edge

Very nice knife for kayaking. It is really sharp and hes a unique sheath. Very convenient to deploy, however, I tethered mine to the vest based on others commenting on the release button being engaged accidentally and the knife falling out. It has not happened to me but I'm prepared just in case. I'd hate to see a nice knife disappear into the water. It would be great if the sheath had a locking mechanism to prevent accidental deployment.

I was excided to get this knife hiking and wet canyon trips. Unfortunately somewhere on my hike while squeezing though some small areas the knife broke free from the sheath and fell out. I didn't realize it until the end of the hike and there was no way to go back and look for it. The sheath may be ok in areas that are protected from any outside bumping or scraping but I would not recommend it for anything more serious than a day hike.

I'm mostly writing this review because I was so scared by other reviewers here who shared stories of this knife frequently falling off the attachment point. I want to report that I paddled for six weeks with this thing attached to the upper chest/shoulder area of my MEC PFD and never had an accidental release of the knife. I never used it to cut rope, plenty of salami however...

Decent but not for me. Cool knife but I don’t do enough boating to use it. Selling on eBay.