It’s quite possible this design makes obsolete the traditional rescue knife. Purpose built for emergency cutting of heavy cloth, webbing, leather, tactical nylon, and pretty much everything that will fit in the hook, the Model 5 of the Benchmade Rescue cutters is amazingly portable at just 2.2 ounces. And it small, taking up little room on your belt or LBE. Made of 440C steel, it is razor sharp and as Benchmade’s videos show, it’s quite capable of shearing apart all those materials with ease …