The knife I use is a Gerber River Shorty.
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<br>Keep in mind that in many States a double edged pointed knife is considered a weapon. (California has especially strange laws concerning this). I decided to switch to a blunt tipped knife after watching a paddler get hassled by the police one afternoon.
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<br>You probably will not get picked up just for having a knife, unless the cops have nothing else to do. However if you have the knife and have some other problem, things can get out of hand in a hurry. For, example landing in a restricted park because you were having boat problems.
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<br>Years ago I listened to a coworker explain how he spent the night in jail. He was shore diving in California. He screwed up and to walk back on a public street through a residential neighborhood. Somebody apparently did not like him doing that and called the police. The only thing the police could charge him with was carrying a dangerous weapon under the dirks and daggers law, his dive knife. It was thrown out but it cost him some time and money
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<br>A blunt tipped knife can be used to cut through sails or a tramp if the edge is sharpened all the tip. The intersection of the tip and the edge will act like the point on a conventional single edged knife.<br><br>