Caring for Dive Daggers

Always rinse your dagger in fresh water and dry the knife and sheath separately.

Store dry or lightly oiled if storing for extended periods.

Sharpening should be done by hand on whetstones, starting with course grit and finishing with fine. Learning to sharpen by hand is an invaluable life skill requiring patience and repetition - maintaining the same angle throughout the process will ensure good results. Knife sharpening jigs can yield good results, if you’re into that kinda thing. Get in touch if you’d any like tips or advice here.

Never use pull-through or electric sharpeners.

For serrations, a bit of wet/dry sandpaper wrapped around a hard, thin rod will renew the edge. Start at 400 grit and finish with 1000.

Bungee lanyard: Dive daggers each come with a black bungee lanyard which can be looped around the wrist during use and should be stretched over the bottom of the sheath every time the knife is returned - make this a part of your routine and you will never lose a knife again. Remove the bungee at your own risk. Ocean Tax is real.