I use Sebenza in addition to shears when working as an EMT. I was thinking about getting one of those blunt knives with hook seat belt cutters but I never saw one in action. Until last Saturday… We get called to a very shady area in downtown Brooklyn for shots fired, men down. We get there and there is a guy in front of us saying that he got shot in the back. He is standing upright, crying for painkillers. I look at his back and there is no blood, not even a puncture on his leather jacket but if he got shot with 22 it will be hard to see anyway. I put a collar on him and dig up my shears to cut his jacket and my partner pulls that Benchmade hook from his belt and slices thru leather like it was nothing. In less than 6-7 seconds we have this guy’s leather jacket off. Shirt was even faster. Something that would take forever with regular shears or knife was done in no time. Of course guy wasn’t shot he just wanted some pain killers since he couldn’t afford or find his daily dose of crack. Bad enough for him we were the Basic Unit and couldn’t dispense medicine anyway so he got a night date with a PD. I was just really amazed how small this hook was and how sharp it was. If that was a real emergency those 20-30 seconds could have made a difference between life and death… Than I started thinking about it as a part of everyday carry for all other little jobs. Also this tool has a bottle opener and oxygen tank key so it’s a good deal.

See it here: http://www.benchmade.com/search.asp?blade_style=Hook

Matt