About this item

• Always Ready Knife: The Spyderco Assist Black Blade is a lightweight folder for emergency fire/rescue professionals and the well-equipped citizen who rely on knives to be straightforward in use and perform flawlessly.
• Double Duty Blade: The blade is coated in non-reflective black carbon nitride with a blunt-nose shape made from high-carbon VG-10 Stainless Steel and loaded with teeth. It has 3-3/8" serrated cutting edge with PlainEdged tip.
• FRN Handle: The black lightweight Fiberglass Reinforced Nylon (FRN) handle with a survival whistle built into the butt end, shrill and high-pitched enough to get you noticed and reinforced wire pocket clip attaches through the handle on either side.
• Dependable: The Cobra Hood is a metal cap that guides the thumb over the hole for quick, by-feel opening then doubles as a textured leveraging platform for your thumb during cutting.
• Iconic Design: A retractable and replaceable carbide-tip glass/ice breaker is housed inside the handle and is exposed when the closed blade is squeezed into the handle, retracting when pressure is released.

Assist I Rescue Features

The Spyderco Assist was designed specifically with emergency, fire and rescue professionals who rely on their knives to function flawlessly under pressure. The Assist from Spyderco features a blunt-tipped VG-1 stainless steel blade with an 80% serrated edge for cutting seatbelts and fibrous material.

Above the round thumb hole, a Cobra Hood positions the thumb directly over the hole for quick blade deployment and doubles as a leveraging platform for the thumb. The wavy pattern cut from the top of the blade (created by a fireman from Sweden) and along the inside of the handle let you place a piece of rope (between the half-open blade and handle) and scissor the blade shut- especially convenient for cutting rope in-and-around flesh without having to fully open/expose the knife's blade. 

The FRN handle is Bi-Directional textured and contours with bulges that ergonomically wrap around your palm. In the closed position, squeeze the blade deeper into the handle and a retractable carbide tip protrudes out from the base for breaking glass. If that weren't enough, the handle has a built-in survival whistle. Reversible tip-up wire clip for carry.

Assist I Rescue Specifications

• Overall Length: 8.38"
• Blade Length: 3.69"
• Cutting Edge: 3.19"
• Blade Thickness: 0.13"
• Blade Material: VG-10
• Blade Style: Sheepsfoot
• Blade Grind: Flat
• Finish: Black
• Edge Type: Serrated