Thread: Emergency Services Rescue Knife

That is a lovely blade, with a very thoughtful sheath. It's an awesome combo, and one I would not object to being in my collection, but as a rescue knife, the blade is too pointy for my personal preference. Please take this as constructive feedback - I don't mean to detract from you at all. You have some serious skills.

My EDC includes a Benchmade rescue hook. The reason is my son, now 20, nearly left this mortal coil by putting a cable tie / zip tie around his neck, and pulling on it, when he was just over 2 years old. I had spent some time as an ambulance volunteer in South Africa, so I'm not exactly green to rescues that are somewhat hairy. However, nothing handy, other than a pair of blunt sidecutters in a drawer could get under the skin of his neck, and then only with a dose of olive oil that was handy in the kitchen. It left a ring of little blood blisters, but he was okay. And didn't need CPR. Two minutes more, and he would have been history.

Now, my "test" is if you can cut a cable tie that has been pulled tight enough to indent about 1cm into a pool noodle without damaging the pool noodle, you're onto a winner for a rescue blade or tool. Having said that, a Leatherman also rides in my bag, for when I fortunate enough to have a piece of biltong.