Looking for a DIR type opinion.

[TheGuppy]

I am a new diver setting up the equipment I bought. I have a question for the DIR type folks.

I have decided to go with a EMS shears rather then a knife. I think it would be easier to use underwater and has the ability to cut through more objects with greater ease then a knife would.

I an trying to decide how to carry the shears. So far I am thinking in a BC pocket with a piece of 550 cord to tether it to the BC. My thought was on the off chance it was needed to clear an entanglement I would not want to run the risk of dropping it and then being really up a creek.

If I did go that route would the cord itself be an entanglement hazard that would outweigh the benefit?

Any input??

Thanks in advance from a new guy.