Defer to the Experts. Best EDC Blade for FF/Paramedics

[cyprant]

Did Bullfrog4ever move to Detroit? I was wondering why I haven't seen him on here..

 

[tradertator]

You should look for a used Surefire Delta. For whatever reason, Surefire's line of knives were a total flop and the price has really come down on them. I absolutely love mine. Very well thought out tool, that has a ton of really useful features that don't inhibit it from feeling like a usable knife. Along with being a titanium frame lock with CPMS30V blade, it has a: glass breaker, strap cutter, screw driver (that doubles as a blade flipper), wrench's (2 sizes and an adjustable), and a wire cutter.

 

[bgray]

I'm an ER nurse and I carry a benchmade triage 915ORG at work. The safety hook (seatbelt cutter) zips through pretty much anything. I've cut leather chaps without a hitch. I got it in orange b/c people freak out when you go to use a knife on them. The orange seems less threatening and looks more like a safety tool. Honestly, I've always carried a knife at work for my own safety as well, so going with the blunted tip wasn't something I was interested in. The sheepsfoot blade is designed to be safe for the pt. The auto version is cool I guess, but it's much more expensive and I can deploy the blade and the hook just as fast manually. I've never used the glass breaker... you guys get to do all the cool stuff but I get a climate controlled environment.

 

[Ahburns]

+1 for the Benchmade Triage in orange. Its only issue is the g10 texture is so aggressive it tends to destroy jean pockets. 5.11 or similar pants do not have issues.

 

[IN_Sheepdog]

Did Bullfrog4ever move to Detroit? I was wondering why I haven't seen him on here..

No he is still around... He has had a really strange schedule with the Sheriffs Dept working Midnights and such. I haven't seen much of him either, but since I moved my office I don't cross paths with him as often...

ALL: Lot of great input and Ideas on the knife setups... The comments on glassbreaker yes or no made a lot of sense... And as to the Res-q-Me that someone commented on that's cool, because I was part of the development design group that first developed that at TFT back in the 90's... Its still around and I get a chuckle every time I see someone with it on their key chain... (and the spring loaded glass breaker works VERY well on it, Too)