Whale Rescue blade

defenestrate · #21

Could see this being a good blade for managing some kinds of livestock, as some are famous for getting caught in tagles of briars, etc. Probably be nice on a pruning handle for smaller branches as well.

dgulbra · #22

farns wrote:I know this isn't directly related to the whale blade but I got to searching and check out 13 seconds into the video.

Humpback Whale Rescued Link

I do believe it was an Atl Salt

xceptnl · #23

KC has them listed as a New Item with an ADD TO CART option. FYI to all!

vinito · #24

Awesome. Now all I need are some whales to rescue :D

phillipsted · #25

How does the old "Law of the Hammer" saying go...?

"If the only tool you have is a BWRSH1, then every problem looks like a whale."

TedP

Stuart Ackerman · #26

I have just spent the last two hours sitting and chatting with Mike Morrisey, the man in charge of whale rescue in NZ..

Sal and Taz were kind enough to send him two whale blades, and I was able to handle one of them...

Mike had it bolted to a steel round bar, which fits into an extendable paint brush tube holder...

My meeting was to design and make a new blade for cutting rope using the "kegging method"...

The blade is attached to the rope, and the rope is attached to a bouy...and the whale diving down hopefully causes the rope to be cut when the bouy floats...

I was able to see and read the NZ Whale Rescue Manual...interesting stuff...

H1 would be the best steel for the job, but as that is a no-go, I will experiment with other steel that I have...

That said, I must get a Spyderco whale blade...it is something that I will find a need for... :D

mattman · #27

three whale rescue blades in a "treble hook" configuration suspended a sufficient distance under the bouy, cutting edge up...?

Stuart Ackerman · #28

mattman wrote:three whale rescue blades in a "treble hook" configuration suspended a sufficient distance under the bouy, cutting edge up...?

Too expensive...
The treble or quad hook works well, but we are looking for a more aggresive method of line severing...

mattman · #29

What do you mean by "aggressive"? a more "active" device, possibly with a scissor-type mechanism?

Stuart Ackerman · #30

If scissors means moving action...rust will kill that soon enough...

A fixed Vee type blade to hook onto the rope is the idea...with a small "twist"...that bit I will mention later on, after testing...

The aggressiveness will hopefully be a result of the edge design...

boxer93 · #31

Just saw this video on weather.com. http://bcove.me/xacq5tjn at about 25 seconds it looks like a curved blade at the end of a pole. Wonder if the Spyderco rescue blade was used.
Chris

endgame · #32

Great job Stuart!also good karma Kris and sal.I swear I say this allot but what knife company has this easy access to the Ceo owner.just makes me like spyderco even more.also I don't want to forget all the huge people who also make this happen the employees.thanx guys.