NEW SAK Rescue Tool released

[Icheatpeople]

that removable glasbreaker wont work as an can opener, its all rounded and not sharp. maybe you can open an bottle but the "handle" is verry small, not of an help.

but someone creative in worb/swiss allready thinks about designing diffrent sliding in parts...

[J-sews]

Hmmmmm......I can hardly wait to see what that "someone" comes up with!

[Lion]

That is just neat. I'm going to have to get myself one of those next year. The wife wont let me buy myself anything this close to Christmas.

Leo

[BIG-TARGET]

Poor Breadman didn't stand a chance....  serrated blades are Breadman's Kryptonite!

Def

Died before learning the true joys of physical love!!!

[BIG-TARGET]

I'd say it looks like it could also function as a can or bottle opener, plus the lanyard ring hole.  Of course that model already has a bottle opener and lanyard ring so I guess that would be redundant...

Def

Think its for cans!!

[SoDak]

Here's some more info on it
 http://www.victorinox.com/index.cfm?page=491&lang=E

[Icheatpeople]

and? anybody of you have test one out? any experiences?

[Grant Lamontagne]

Not yet... mine has yet to arrive, and all my neighbor's cars are just sitting there, waiting to help me test it!

Def

[J-sews]

Not yet... mine has yet to arrive, and all my neighbor's cars are just sitting there, waiting to help me test it!

Def

I suspect you'll wish your new Rescue tool had a metal saw to cut through prison bars if you try that!

[J-sews]

Hey, this is probably a naive question:
I just noticed that the knife blade isn't in the first layer, it's more towards the middle of the tool. Does this make it more awkward to use thumbhole for one-hand opening?

[Grant Lamontagne]

Nope.  That's the way all of the OH models are built, and it's really not noticeable.  Neither is the left handed liner lock, which I never even noticed was "backwards" until someone else mentioned it.

Def

[Icheatpeople]

its still easy to open, the pointy steel wont be mutch in the way.

[Tom Munch]

Def, I disagree.  I find the one-hand hole a little harder to deploy being in the middle of the tool, although I've gotten used to it.  Also the left-handed liner lock is harder to activate one-handed (with the right hand at least).  It's still a great tool!

[Grant Lamontagne]

Tom, I am afraid I have to disagree with your disagreeing! 

I'll give a little on the difficulty opening the main blade- I don;t notice a difference myself, but I can see how some people might. 

The lock however engages with as serious a snap as any Benchmade or any other quality tactical folder I've owned, and I wasted quite alot of money on quite a few of those!  Unless you mean disengaging the lock, in which case, again, I could see it being a bit awkward at first. 

But as for using it, I really don't find much difference between the ease of opening and using, closing and putting away than any tactical type knife.

Def

[carl]

Why didn't they put the OH blade closer to the side rather than the middle?  I don't get the rationale there.