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Knife Selection: RAMBO knives have no place here except for cutting a small hole in the bottom after submerging. I prefer the smallest dive knife I can find with a point, with also a saw on the back. Wenoka used to make a perfect knife for this. This knife has paid for itself in prizes many times over. Most contests will allow you to bring a spoon to hollow the pumpkin out. If possible scrape the pumpkin out as much as you can, as a thinner pumpkin is easier to carve on and requires less sawing.
Illumination: The more light the better! I’m still searching for a light that will brightly lightup the pumpkin, but will sit flat on the bottom of the pumpkin and not be visible when looking at the pumpkin. Smaller dive lights work well when stuck in the bottom (where you punched a hole to let out the air) of the pumpkin like a tall candle.
Hours
Also look at
http://csdept.smumn.edu/dhajoglou/Pumpkin.html
or Google search “underwater pumpkin carving tips
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