Wichard offshore

Wichard sent us their range of knives (available in many variants and colours), but we lost the Offshore with blade, shackle key and spike version in the River Medina (and it doesn’t float). The version shown is the single-blade Offshore. Both blade and spike/ shackle key/bottle opener can be opened singlehanded and lock into place; a button on the top of the handle unlocks each blade – a two-handed operation.

This version had a semi-serrated blade to aid cutting modern UHMWPE ropes. The grip was comfortable and the best on test. Not feature laden, but a good simple knife. www.marine.wichard.com SPECIFICATIONS MAKE Wichard MODEL Offshore –single blade WEIGHT 85g BLADE LENGTH 80mm CLOSED LENGTH 115mm LOCKING BLADE Yes FEATURES 4 SINGLEHANDED USE Yes

The button on the back of the handle to release the lock is a good safety feature

Many variants of this knife are available from Wichard