dunc5 said:Hi Doug yes the life hammer springs to mind , the one i have is a orange plastic handle with a metal hammer head and a seat belt cutter in the other end (i think a very big mag lite might be good for breaking car windows aswell and at night you can see what your doing at the same time ).My leatherman supertool 200 has a serrated sheepsfoot blade which correct me if im wrong was put on the tool by Lm as direct feedback from EMT crews but i dont have much info on this so would be very pleased if anyone could shed a bit more light on this (the idea with a sheepsfoot blade is the tip is rounded so you can slide it under cloathing whithout fear of the piont digging in the casualty , you still have to be carefull though ).Eickhorn do a range of rescue knives that could loosely be could multitools as they have some rescue features on them http://www.eickhorn-solingen.com/englisch/framesets/firefighting/frameset_firefighting.html another one that springs to mind is the smith and wesson 911 rescue knife .
And the charge xti has a hook blade which could work for seatbelts.Im sure there must be many more .
dunc
Hi Dunc and Bob ,
The Life hammer is not quite what I had in mind . There is probably a dozen or more variations of these and it does not have a independant knife blade
( this is blade forums ) The Eickhorns I had seen and the Smith and Wesson 911 First Response is another an example of this can be seen at ;
http://www.knifecountryusa.com/store/product/100462.100465/smith-wesson-911-first-response.html
There was an earlier version of this that did not have the rounded nose that it has presently .
That is interesting what you said about the development of the Supertool 200and its serrated sheepsfoot blade Dunc , I will have to make inquiries into that . It certainly could be used for that . The Charge XTI ' s hook blade is described as a gutting hook but again it could possibly be used as a seat belt cutter . One that I distinctly had in mind was the Victorinox RS which lists a seat belt cutter as one of its implements . Example can be seen at ;
http://www.swissknifeshop.com/Merch...ode=SKS&Product_Code=53935&Category_Code=SWTL
Here are a few others that are sold at suppliers to emergency people and law enforcement .
The Galls Rescue tool ;
http://www.galls.com/style.html?assort=general_catalog&style=FE389&cat=464
EMI XTREME MULTI-RESCUE TOOL
http://www.thecommandcenterwinchester.com/emi.htm
Another Law enforcwement is the ASP - T2 tool which can be seen at ;
http://mrknifeguy.com/cart/comersus_viewitem.asp?idproduct=179
Are there any others that anyone may know of ? Please feel free to add to the list ( As long as it possesses a knife )
O K Bob , You have been champing at the bit . Have you thought of a question for this thread . Two rules , it has to have been made/distributed since Leatherman and it has to include a knife . I assume that you will choose scissor/shear based multi tools ? You also have to let the question stand on the board for three days to give others a chance to respond .