Spderco's new Assist boasts a deployable carbide tip advertised as being able to break glass in an emergency.
It's a solid, no-nonsense tool combining a VG-10 Blade with a blunt round tip......a 1 inch razor-sharp flat edge...and about 3 inchs of rugged Spyderedge.
It's designed to be a rescue tool...easily slipped under a seatbelt, and able to chew thru it with no effort.
The heavy Fiberglass-Filled handle (?) boasts deep grasping grooves, and the blade snaps back into place with enough force to cut anything in it's way back in the handle. ( a knuckle of mine unfortunatly) .
Being a "back-lock", it's a little awkward depressing the closing bar of the lockwork...without getting your fingers in the way of the rapiding closing blade...BEWARE!
It's got an ambidextrous wire clip held to the handle with a large screw that feels very solid despite its rather thin diameter.
But the niftiest feature is the carbid tip "window breaker" that can be engaged thru the blunt end of the handle by grasping the blade into the handle..forcing the carbide tip out.
My only concern is the tip only protrudes maybe a quarter inch or so, and I question whether it will really break thru a window in an emergency.
The down side of these kinds of devices, from my earlier testing, is some "emergency glass breakers" really don't work well.
The tips are too soft, and after few practice tries....the tip blunts so it may not really work when needed.
Also, some of the "seatbelt" blades are so dull...they really don't cut at all.
This unit will cut, very well. Don;t know how it'll shatter window glass...maybe it will, maybe it won't. If it's a solid carbide tip..it should last a few tries.
Overall , its a well-built solid worktool for anyone in the rescue biz...though the little built-in whistle on mine doesn't work well...and frankly....is a little silly.
I bought it to keep in my Jeep in the event of an emergency, I suspect it should work well if ever needed.
Couldn't resist trying to see how it would zip thru an envelope: It sucked!
The blunt blade tip worked great to protect the envelope..I couldn't even slide the blade into the envelope because the tip is so thick. I guess that's good news for anyone who's being cut out of a wreck....which is what this knife is all about!
It's a solid, no-nonsense tool combining a VG-10 Blade with a blunt round tip......a 1 inch razor-sharp flat edge...and about 3 inchs of rugged Spyderedge.
It's designed to be a rescue tool...easily slipped under a seatbelt, and able to chew thru it with no effort.
The heavy Fiberglass-Filled handle (?) boasts deep grasping grooves, and the blade snaps back into place with enough force to cut anything in it's way back in the handle. ( a knuckle of mine unfortunatly) .
Being a "back-lock", it's a little awkward depressing the closing bar of the lockwork...without getting your fingers in the way of the rapiding closing blade...BEWARE!
It's got an ambidextrous wire clip held to the handle with a large screw that feels very solid despite its rather thin diameter.
But the niftiest feature is the carbid tip "window breaker" that can be engaged thru the blunt end of the handle by grasping the blade into the handle..forcing the carbide tip out.
My only concern is the tip only protrudes maybe a quarter inch or so, and I question whether it will really break thru a window in an emergency.
The down side of these kinds of devices, from my earlier testing, is some "emergency glass breakers" really don't work well.
The tips are too soft, and after few practice tries....the tip blunts so it may not really work when needed.
Also, some of the "seatbelt" blades are so dull...they really don't cut at all.
This unit will cut, very well. Don;t know how it'll shatter window glass...maybe it will, maybe it won't. If it's a solid carbide tip..it should last a few tries.
Overall , its a well-built solid worktool for anyone in the rescue biz...though the little built-in whistle on mine doesn't work well...and frankly....is a little silly.
I bought it to keep in my Jeep in the event of an emergency, I suspect it should work well if ever needed.
Couldn't resist trying to see how it would zip thru an envelope: It sucked!
The blunt blade tip worked great to protect the envelope..I couldn't even slide the blade into the envelope because the tip is so thick. I guess that's good news for anyone who's being cut out of a wreck....which is what this knife is all about!
