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Searching for a UK legal rescue tool
« on: January 08, 2012, 10:06:21 AM »
With the following functions:

serrated cutting edge
seat belt cutter
window breaker

And as the title says, something the police wouldn't bother you about even if they found it on you. Anything comes to mind?
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Re: Searching for a UK legal rescue tool
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2012, 11:01:11 AM »

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Re: Searching for a UK legal rescue tool
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2012, 11:23:07 AM »
Thanks for the suggestion, but wondering if something can give me a serrated edge as well. That's the difficult part I reckon, especially with UK knife laws.
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Re: Searching for a UK legal rescue tool
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2012, 11:29:57 AM »
The legal part is difficult. Everything that I could find fulfilling your criteria has a locking blade. Those without a locking blade don't have the glass breaker. If I was going to carry something, it would be this.

http://www.minitools.co.uk/products/victorinox/rescuetool.htm

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Re: Searching for a UK legal rescue tool
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2012, 11:50:52 AM »
Again, thanks for the suggestion, but over the top for me. I hate redundancy, so I would pretty much only want the three functions I mentioned.

Something like this:

http://www.bladeplay.com/item--MTech-Emergency-Response--6950

Locking, would something like that still be considered a knife? Impossible to stab something with it...

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Re: Searching for a UK legal rescue tool
« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2012, 12:01:32 PM »
There's a great topic with a 4 rescue tool shoot out: http://forum.multitool.org/index.php?topic=24248.0
They're not on the cheap side, I guess.

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Re: Searching for a UK legal rescue tool
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2012, 12:18:52 PM »
Thanks for the link.

Hmm, maybe if I drop the need for a glass breaker (since you can improvise to fulfil that role, e.g. end of a SAK), a one piece tool could fulfil need for serrated edge and cutting hook.
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Re: Searching for a UK legal rescue tool
« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2012, 01:21:56 PM »
Spyderco do a Slip joint Rescue knife based on the UKPK with a serrated knife but no glass breaker .

http://www.handyniknaks.co.uk/spyderco-knives-uk-penknife-rescue-spyderco-ukpk-c94gsor2-1020-p.asp

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Re: Searching for a UK legal rescue tool
« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2012, 01:23:23 PM »
no seat belt cutter though  :-\
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Re: Searching for a UK legal rescue tool
« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2012, 02:13:41 PM »
But if you have a blunt tip serrated blade is a dedicated seatbelt cutter that important ?

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Re: Searching for a UK legal rescue tool
« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2012, 02:23:07 PM »
That is an interesting point  :think:
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Re: Searching for a UK legal rescue tool
« Reply #11 on: January 08, 2012, 06:30:59 PM »
I set a SOG PPP up with a elt cutter and SE blade.Theres a thread about it over in the SOG forum somewhere.It doesnt have a Glass breaker,but will have drivers and pliers.I suspect you could build a Boker rescue knife by rebuilding a Subcom42 with a Rescom blade.... :think:
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Re: Searching for a UK legal rescue tool
« Reply #12 on: January 08, 2012, 06:38:47 PM »
The boker rescom looks interesting  :tu:
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Re: Searching for a UK legal rescue tool
« Reply #13 on: January 08, 2012, 06:57:35 PM »
The boker rescom looks interesting  :tu:

Handiniknaks do the Rescom,but it is a liner lock,where the Subcom42 is a slippie of sorts.Both blades have the same BB stoppers on them,hence my thoughts that they can be mated.Technically the Rescom is still not fully legal for EDC
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Re: Searching for a UK legal rescue tool
« Reply #14 on: January 08, 2012, 07:07:39 PM »
i would hope though, that any law enforcement officer looking at the rescom blade would know its a rescue blade, and couldnt be used as a stabbing implement.

Dunno if the excuse would work that I am doctor, and as such, if I saw someone in an emergency situation, I may need to remove clothing to administer CPR, which is why I carry such a thing...
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