AEB-L Partially Serrated Rescue Knife

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Chris Meyer

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Greeting everyone,

My daughter joined the local volunteer Fire Department, so I made what I’m calling a Rescue Knife for her to use while on duty. I used AEB-L steel for the partially serrated blade, red G10 with orange and white liners for the handle, and titanium for the pins and thong tube. The edged portion of the blade is about 3.5 inches long. I’d call the blade shape a Wharncliffe, but perhaps it’s actually a Sheepsfoot (I’m not really sure of the difference).

This was my first go at serrating a blade, but I think they came out alright. They certainly breezed through the rope I tried them on. I also drilled and tapped the tang for the removable glass breaker.

The sheath is molded of EMT Red Kydex, which I got from KnifeKits.com.









 
that's pretty neat- I like it. Great purpose built tool, there
 
some grip tape might help keep it in the hand when it's wet or gloves are on
 
That glass breaker isn't very sharp .You should try it out on auto glass .My car tool is a large size automatic center punch but it has a much sharper point .How glass works is to scratch with a glass cutter then snap it . Give it a try.
OT - in Binghampton NY we had a big crash recently we and a surprize - instead of taking videos they got fire extinguishers . put out fires and got people out of burning cars !!!
 
I really like this knife!
Can you make a version with a chisel point?
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Thanks for the interest guys!

Lorien, I'll guess I'll find out if she needs grip tape once she's had a chance to use it. The adjustable lanyard should keep her from dropping it anyway.

Mete, I don't have a lathe, so I had to buy the glass breaker. I bought the one I did because it had an 8/32 thread, which was the largest I could get into the knife's tang. I wondered about it not being sharply pointed, but none of the tips I found were. In fact, some of them had ball ends, as you can see in the photos below. I don't think anyone will volunteer their car windows to test it out, so I'll have to wait until my daughter gets a chance to try it in training or at a crash. I know that when I was a Police Officer, our old captain had the bright idea to equip our cruisers with Life Hammers, and the tips on those were pointy as heck. I never saw anyone use one on a window, but they sure made a mess of the steering wheels and aluminum dash that the bored cops kept tapping on them.[FONT=&amp][/FONT]
Rolf, I thought long and hard about putting a chisel point on the blade, but in the end I decided against it. I even have a piece of L-6 that I was going to use for the knife. However, it seems to me that, unless you have the chisel tip at 90 degrees to the bade, it's not going to be very useful for prying. And, if you do make it a 90 degree angle, then the tip won't be any good for penetration. Also, a 61 Rc stainless blade with a relatively thin edge probably won't hold up well to prying in the first place. On top of all that, she's working for a Fire Department, which has all kind of prying and chopping tools in their vehicles, which are usually only a few feet away.
 
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Thank you, Chris! Understood.
I'd still like a CG point for the cool-factor.
rolf
 
Chris , the sharp one in the drawings is the way ! The problem with rescue hammers is that if your car is under water the water will greatly reduce the hammering force . auto- center punches avoid that problem.
 
I keep coming back here, to look at that knife!!

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that knife so much!! And I would LOVE to own one.
 
I don't know if you have ever made this pattern before (minus the serrations), but I think it could be a good seller. The handle shape and contours look comfy and the knife overall looks very useful.
 
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