Knife vocab help: Search and Rescue?

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Hi,

I notice a few knife companies market a knife designated as "search and rescue". Can anyone help describe what the intent of this kind of knife is? What kind of tasks does one use the knife for in a "search and rescue"?

As examples, i have noticed these models

Bark River Bravo 2 Search and Rescue
Busse SAR3,SAR4, SAR8 (S.earch A.nd R.escue)

The lines of these knives appeal to me aesthetically, just not sure what their mechanical purpose would be.

Thanks
 
The intent is to sell the knife.

"Tac", "Gov", "Ops", "Spec", "Mil", etc are also particularly effective.

So is "Survival." Particularly "hot" lately.

I am carrying my X-Treme Ops Tac Rescue, Survival, and Evasion-1 peanut right now.

I cut stuff with it. Extreme stuff.
 
marcinek said:
The intent is to sell the knife.

"Tac", "Gov", "Ops", "Spec", "Mil", etc are also particularly effective.

So is "Survival." Particularly "hot" lately.

I am carrying my X-Treme Ops Tac Rescue, Survival, and Evasion-1 peanut right now.

I cut stuff with it. Extreme stuff.
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lol marcinek you always crack me up

yep marketing gimmick, probably in reference to some extreme operators that do search/rescue missions behind enemy lines or something
 
Seems like marketing-weasel speak to me.

There are some things I imagine that a rescue worker's knife should have, though.
- Brightly coloured, maybe safety orange.
- Blunt blade, so you can cut seatbelts without stabbing the person.
- Able to be operated using gloves.
- Window breaker.

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