A couple of questions about the Benchmade Rescue Hook

peacefuljeffrey

peacefuljeffrey

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I have not really used my Rescue Hook so it is still as sharp as it came in the box.

However, if I were to use it and it then required sharpening, I have no idea what I would use! I checked to see if the stones from my Spyderco Profile would fit in there, and they would not. Nothing else I have would fit. Doesn't somebody (Spyderco?) make ceramic *rods* that could be used? I still think it would be a neat trick to effectively sharpen the Rescue Hook, since I guess it would have to be done freehand. How did YOU sharpen YOUR Rescue Hook?

Also, the nylon web sheath for my Rescue Hook easily permits the hook to come out of it without opening the velcro flap. In fact, when the sheath cover is properly folded down at its natural bend, the male and female velcro parts at the bottom do not mate-up properly. The flap's velcro hangs too far below the sheath's velcro, and only the top half of one engages the bottom half of the other. Lots of wasted velcro that could be gripping. I would like to attach my Rescue Hook to my skydiving rig (or what will soon be my skydiving rig) and I would NEVER rely on the sheath as it currently is. Just imagine a Rescue Hook falling from 14,000 feet onto someone's head, or car, or whatever.

Would Benchmade replace this nearly useless sheath with something else if I sent it back to them? Do later models have improved sheaths? Any experienced owners' responses would be appreciated.

---Jeffrey
 
you can send it back to benchmade and they will sharpen it under warrenty.

try the optional plactic sheath for a more secure setup.
 
Hey Guys...

You are correct....
The nylon holster is comes with is a POS..

The Kydex holster should be much better...

I use my rescue hook as a gutting hook to unzip my critters.. Works Very well indeed and did a couple of deer this year for me...

As far as sharpening goes.. It's not a hard as it may seem..Get yourself a tapered diamond rod from DMT... That should do it for you... A small dogbone crock stick will also work...

ttyle

Eric....
 
...I just roll a sheet of it into the right sized tube and use it like a crock stick. I pick it up at auto parts shops

BTW, the plastic sheath is the way to go for the rescue hook. I have one zip-tied to my whitewater PFD. It stays put, even when I am getting chundered, but draws fairly easily.

Thom
 
You can get that changed to. Just box it and send it back to BKC and they should swap your Recue hook's Nylon POS( I agree I changed mine) for a molded plastic one. Much much better.
 
Jeffrey,
Just an idea, but you could probably take your nylon sheath to a seamstress/tailor etc. and have additional velcro sewn into place for the same price as it would cost you to ship it to Benchmade for a replacement. Plus, you would only have to be sans sheath for 20 minutes or so. Good Luck
 
Thanks for the responses.
wsyocum, the problem with the nylon sheath is not entirely that the velcro doesn't match up. The gap left at the sides of the tool is so large that the tool can be passed through it. That should not be. The way the tool sits in the sheath, the cutting hook is tucked into a slot made by the nylon, and the flap covers the round handle-part. This handle part can slide laterally out of the gap, even through movement, let alone if it is pulled with the fingers.

Thom, I've never handled the hook with a plastic molded sheath, so I don't know if the force required to unsheath the tool is sufficient to be able to count on it not coming unsheathed in a skydive. Sometimes the opening-shock forces can be pretty severe. (I know because I torqued a muscle in my back the other week from a hard opening.) Not only would I hate to lose the tool, I also have a responsibility to those on the ground to not drop things on them from altitude! That must be taken seriously.

Also, I have seen the way the tool's handle is exposed when in the plastic sheath. I think this is a possible snag-hazard (also taken very seriously in skydiving) and must be avoided. I think the nylon sheath is the way to go, but the sheath as offered is inadequate.

Also, thanks for the advice about rolling up sandpaper for sharpening.

Nimravus, did you send the sheath alone? Did Benchmade simply send you back a plastic sheath free of charge? I ask because I know that they charge a different amount depending on whether you order the plastic or nylon sheathed tool. Wouldn't they see this as trying to get it for free (cost of shipping the nylon specimen back to them notwithstanding)?

Hey, anyone here have the newer Rescue Hook in H-1?? Now I'm thinking of getting *that*, because my normal one DOES have some spots of rust on it! (It had been in the nylon sheath in a front pocket of my knapsack and really not exposed to the elements...)

---Jeffrey
 
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