Hi! I don't know if this "application" already exist... I just had the idea a few minutes ago: A RSK mk5, a piece of wire, a multitool, and...

Interesting modification. I have a "survival" knife that was given to me many years ago that comes with a gizmo that fits into a slot in the blade to turn it into a similar type spear/harpoon.

My problem with the idea is this: even with it tied to me with something stout, e.g. paracord, do I really want to risk what is a key part of my equipment being dragged off into the bush, to be lost forever?

About the only realistic scenario I could come up with is spearing fish, so that the fish doesn't slip off after spearing. And for that purpose, I think a sharp stick and the wire might me just as effective. Don't want my knife going to the bottom of the lake/river/ocean either.

Still, ideas like this are something to keep in mind and in our bag of ticks.

Anyways, this is not the best way to catch a fish, I'm afraid...

Like you said, it's just something to keep in mind.

I love the design and the creativity.

Having been in streams that you could fish like that I can apreciate the usfulness of your modification.

while I wouldn't want to risk my ONLY knife, I am an admited multi knife guy so loosing one would tick me off but not be the end of the world.

Keep up the creativity!!

i read about somthing like this in Lofty Wiseman's SAS book last night. he recommends not tying it to yourself. rather, tie it to a line, and hold that with your hands covered. also, don't do it with your only or best knife.

Thanks for the interest and the advices. I'm a multiknife man too, and I use the RSK as a back up (almost never) and I know it is truly difficult to catch a fish this way. I did it once in my life (and I'm 47 years old!) and it was just luck...

Do you have ANY idea how much a whale weighs???

I don't think its reasonable.

;-)

I would expect that if you stabbed that into a small animal - like a fish - the wire would just stop the knife from penetrating past that point. And if you stabbed it into a larger animal - like a Wookie - the wire would not be anywhere near strong enough to act as a barb. It would just bend down on the way in, and then reverse and bend back the other way on the way out.

It's worth testing to see if it would work, but I have my doubts.

Hi KenK. You're right, it's not reasonable. A whale is too much food for me.

Hi Haertig. Between a small fish and a Wookie, there is a lot of animals of all size... And, I'm sorry but in my world (real world, where goods ideas work) Wookies doesn't exist...

The wire is actually [/u]very strong[u], trust me, and very easy to shape (inwards, backwards, shorter...).

If you don't like the harpoon, the idea still a good one to make a small grabbling hook or something liker that...

I love how usefull wire is with a pair of pliers such as ones in a multitool. I just used some decent gauge wire to create eyelets on a pencil almost fishing pole style. They are amazingly sturdy once done for the bendability of the wire.

I just couldnt live with myself if i hit a rock and broke the tip off my Mk5 even if in a survival situation id be heartbroken.