Carrying a BM Rescue Hook

Well, I bought one, and got it for under $18 including tax! What a steal! I am impressed with it, and it seems like a nice little piece. I hope that the only thing that it rescues me from is a crisis of a missing bottle opener. The thing is razor sharp and would definitely go through a seat belt.

Oh, I purchased it at a Galyans sporting good store.
 
Hi All-

Just a friendly reminder: Be very careful if using the Rescue Hook as a bottle-opener!

The RH is quite short, so there is minimal mechanical leverage. Your thumb is therefore extremely close to the honed blade. One slip and you'll lay your dominant "opposable digit" open to the bone. I didn't learn this lesson from experience...but I could easily envision it happening.

Do yourself a favor and purchase a cheap aluminum keychain bottle-opener if you must have one available at all times. I get chills thinking of this potential injury.

~ Blue Jays ~
 
I understand that, its pretty darn sharp, but thanks for the concern and warning.

Plus, most of us college kids use cans!
 
Hi All-

My first RH was tested just once on a 3-inch bolt of fabric to verify the sharpness and then promptly put away. The second one that resides in my motorcycle jacket is completely unused. I put a drop of oil on them every couple of months to keep any rust away, but that's about it.

Hats-off to Benchmade, because these tools leave the factory scary sharp. :cool:

~ Blue Jays ~
 
I carry one around my neck pretty much every day. 'Course, that's practical only 'cause I've never worn anything else around my neck...

It does come in handy every once in a while. It's an emergency seat-belt cutter, sure, but it's also useful in other, less family-friendly cases when somebody has to be freed from something in a hurry.

But mine gets the most use opening bags of chips.

Lemme tell ya, when you use a knife, people either panic or wanna play with it. When you zip open a bag of Doritos with a rescue hook, they look at you like you just invented fire. :D
 
I bought mine with the kydex sheath, and customized it a little by cord-wrapping the handle with some stripped out paracord.

The paracord helps when using it in bottle-opener mode.

One of my rescue hooks rides on one of the chest straps of my radio chest pack, and is very useful for cutting webbing, accessory cord and rope. The other is clipped to my belt.

Like many others, I use it to open boxes and packages and bags when I'm worried about not cutting what's inside. It works great for this type of application.
 
Forgot to mention that I cord-wrapped mine, too. It makes the thing _much_ more comfortable. I highly recommend it.
 
Ok, I like the little plastic sheath, but I want to carry my rescue hook on my belt. The sheath that it comes with looks liek it'll do the job, but it seems that it has let some of yall down. Now what am I to do?
 
If you wear the nylon sheath on your belt, the RH will fall out and get lost. Period. Either modify it somehow to hold the RH better or rig the plastic sheath -- maybe it will take a Tek-Lok.
 
PWork said:
I got one for in the car. Someday I'll actually put it there. :rolleyes:
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:D
That reminds me of the el cheapo glassbreaker-seatbelt cutter combo tool I bought many months ago and hasn't left my desk ever since. :rolleyes: I'll put it in my car tomorrow...maybe.
 
Dateline or some show did a test on those things. They really suck. The guy couldn't bust the wondow open and the cutter didn't work at all.
 
Well, it's actually a small hammer with a hard, pointy (carbide?) tip, not one of those spring-loaded mini-gadgets.
The cutter could be better, but it cuts paracord acceptably well, so I guess it can handle a seatbelt.
 
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