Kayak paddle knife!?

[HJK]

This thread is the perfect way to sum up and end 2020, ridiculously over the top and unnecessary.

Nah, the thread was fun if a little silly. and good people got together. There was nothing fun about 2020. Good riddance to a wretched year and happy new year to all of you

 

[Velitrius]

I'm glad I got in touch with Mecha. He and I are figuring out how to get this to work.

Whatever it is that Mecha comes up with, have him make 2 of 'em.... I gotta have one.

 

[desmobob]

You just need to make your kayak more menacing-looking to the wildlife.

Here's my Wilderness Systems Pungo 140, occasionally used in the Great White Shark-infested waters of Cape Cod:

 

[Danno4017]

We have a few tough Sharks and Crocodiles down here and up north they do swim in the same waters.
I prefer not to go in a small craft in their environment.

 

[r8shell]

You just need to make your kayak more menacing-looking to the wildlife.

Here's my Wilderness Systems Pungo 140, occasionally used in the Great White Shark-infested waters of Cape Cod:

Risky paint job. What if the shark thinks your kayak looks sexy?

 

[desmobob]

Risky paint job. What if the shark thinks your kayak looks sexy?

Better that than to have him hate it! But, either way, you're ****ed.

 

[pholder]

Pepper spray, easy to carry

 

[Bastler]

You ever been smacked with a paddle?

Well actually...oh, nevermind.

 

[os_tempore]

Never got hit with a paddle. I'm not exactly a white water rafter. I'm sure it hurts.

LOL on the pepper spray. I'm not making soup.

I think he's coming up with something cool. Or I'll make an actual drawing. We'll see.

As for Kayak. I think mine is pretty neat. I have a raptor G1.

 

[Mecha]

If it was up to me, I'd use a thin-walled titanium pipe, with a ti paddle at each end that just terminates in a little point on one side of the paddle tip, shaped like a shark's tooth profile. Seal the pipe so the paddle floats. Lightweight and indestructible paddle poker.

If anyone hasn't seen the offshore kayak fishing they do in the Gulf of Mexico, it's pretty crazy!

 

[Andy the Aussie]

A croc would worry me more than a shark, they react territorially while a shark is generally looking for food and a kayak is not so tasty....

 

[Planterz]

Pepper spray, easy to carry

I'm guessing that pepper spray won't do much against a bull shark or alligator/crocodile.

 

[CanadaKnifeGuy]

This is rediculous

Spearguns sometines use a shark-spike on the end of them just to poke away the sharks..

But it's about 1.5" long and similar to a pencil in size. Not designed super sharp to penetrate and get stuck.. just a deterrent

Create one on the end of a 8' dowel and stick it in one of your rod holders.

 

[os_tempore]

That dude hitting that hammer head clearly isn't deterring it. If he had a Mecha paddle it may have....

 

[JParanee]

Stop being pussies and get in the water

 

[Wharn]

Stop being pussies and get in the water

Here’s me with an oceanic whitetip a couple of miles offshore about 6 or 7 years ago. I took a PVC pipe with me. Credit to my friend who takes some amazing photos.

 

[gamma_nyc]

Smaddle. It’s the next generation offspring of the Smatchett and paddle.

 

[os_tempore]

Lmao. I want to make a decal for my smaddle!!!


And ain't no way. I've done my time in the water. I try not to do things where I amd sorely disadvantaged via God's design. Like sky diving - I don't have feather... Deep sea diving, I don't have sharp teeth or gills etc.

 

[Mecha]

I wouldn't want to put down my paddle and grab a dedicated poker. I'd want to be able to poke while also maneuvering and locomoting the kayak.

Bang stick sounds like a good way to start a shark feeding frenzy.

But then again, I'd also have a 5 hp outboard on my kayak, HA!

 

[Planterz]

I've never been kayaking, in the ocean or otherwise, but I'm thinking that if you stab a shark with a paddle, it might get stuck and yanked or thrashed out of your hands, and now you're stuck in the water with a pissed off shark and no paddle. Do kayakers carry extra paddles?