Spyderco Rescue 93 mm or D'Allara Rescue?

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Does anyone out there have any experience with the Spyderco Rescue 93 mm or D'Allara Rescue?
I'm looking to purchase a new rescue knife and this one looks very interesting.
the others I've looked at are: Cold Steel Land & Sea/Rescue
Gerber E-Z Out Rescue, or River Shorty

Usage would be primarily marshaling (car & motorcycle racing), canoeing, hunting & fishing. Does anyone have any experience with any of these?
I appreciate all your input, thanks.
Flash II Rescue

Not all who wander are lost. - JRR Tolkien
 
Take a look at the H-1 Salt line from Spyderco... they have 3 models and 1 in particular, the Atlantic Salt, that would match your prefrences. :)
 
canotmaitre said:
Does anyone out there have any experience with the Spyderco Rescue 93 mm or D'Allara Rescue?
I'm looking to purchase a new rescue knife and this one looks very interesting.
the others I've looked at are: Cold Steel Land & Sea/Rescue
Gerber E-Z Out Rescue, or River Shorty

Usage would be primarily marshaling (car & motorcycle racing), canoeing, hunting & fishing. Does anyone have any experience with any of these?
I appreciate all your input, thanks.
Flash II Rescue

Not all who wander are lost. - JRR Tolkien
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The Gerber is made of cheep steel they won't name (probably 420hc I would guess). The Cold Steel is probably AUS8 like most of their stuff. It's a little softer than Spyderco's AUS8. The Spyderco Rescues are now made from VG10, which a completely different class of steel. Very good stuff.

The Gerber EZ-Outs have a little too much rounding of their lock area in my opinion. Unlocking feels a little less secure compared to a Spyderco or Cold Steel.

The 93mm spyderco has a significant unsharpened portion near the tip. I am not sure if I would want that, but otherwise I like the knife.

I kind of like the regular handle shape of the Cold Steel and the flat grind of the blade, but I like Spyderco's serrated edge pattern better and the steel is about half a world ahead. I wish Spyderco put that unserrated portion near the handle instead of the tip.
 
Between the two you mentioned, I like the D'Allara's ergonomics more. I'm still kicking myself for not picking one up at the outlet sale.
 
i greatly prefer the rescue 93 over the d'allara. the ball lock is hard to use with gloves on, in my opinion, and the way that i use the knife, the handle ergonomics are upside down, so there is no benefit. but you might as well get the atlantic salt, as it's vertually the same design as the 93mm with h1 steel, so rusting should be no problem.

for fixed blades, there are not really any good options out there. i designed a rescue fixed blade for spyderco and will (hopefully) soon be testing it for use as a swiftwater knife, but i believe it will be just as useful as a land based knife (especially seatbelts and clothing and such). i will, of course, keep everybody here updated.
 
You definitely want a Spyderco, better steel and ergos. I recently bought a Rescue Jr for my brother who's a paramedic. Although I don't have a D'Allara, I have a Dodo, so I have used the ball bearing lock. It's nice, but I think the plain Rescue lockback is a simpler i.e. "better" knife.
 
The D'Allara is a beefy knife -- 3D handles (palm swell), dual steel liners, wider blade width, heavier.

The regular rescue & the Atlantic Salt are lighter, less blade width, 50/50 choil.

Good luck with your choice.
 
I carry a D'Allara every day at work (LEO) and think this is the best rescue/emergency knife I could find in it's price range. The dual steel lined scales provide all the lateral support I might need for heavy torque situations. The ball-lock is a bear to release with heavy gloves, but the blade deploys in a snap in any condition (closing the knife is less of a problem for me than getting it into action).

The large Rescue is a great knife too. Slim profile, lighter weight, and the same VG-10 steel. Just depends on your preference. I've stated mine, though.
 
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