SOG Pocket Rescue Knife - Trident Elite Tactical

One of the most useful knives I've ever owned. The anti-reflective coating is nice. Ridges on the spine of the knife make gripping it easy. The blade is nice and sharp and has remained so throughout my use. The clip is removable and able to be installed on either side of the knife. When I tried to do this, the screw was too short to secure it in place. I emailed SOG and they shipped out a longer screw to me in a couple days for FREE! Very good customer service. I'm very pleased with the SOG brand. My only gripe is that the seatbelt cutter does not work well. One has to ensure the safety is on before using the seat belt cutter or the blade might inadvertently open, which can be dangerous.

Everyone who touches this knife comments on how light it is. I'm pretty rough on knives, and I have tried to baby this one since I don't want to break the tip. That said, I've made some exceptions that should have cost me a tip or chip of the blade, but the steel is amazingly strong. I've got 2 other SOG knives and the outstanding market is that they all hold an edge forever (it seems) and are super easy to sharpen. It looks cool, for sure. Unlike most knives I carry, every time I pull it out, someone asks to see it. I'm not sure how practical the seat belt cutter is as the pocket clip partially obscures the back of the cutout. It still cuts Paracord and the like with no problems. I haven't tested the window breaker, but I think it's my favorite design of any Knife's dimple. It's small, so it doesn't hand up on things, and very hard and strong.

I received the excellent SOG Trident Elite today. What an excellent piece of hardware! After 30 seconds on a leather razor strop the factory sharpened blade was shaving hair smoothly. A drop of oil in several places had the moving parts of the knife functioning smoothly also. As others have stated, the blade does jump out of the handle with more power than I expected. (The Trident Elite video does not do it justice.) And the blade locks open with no looseness in any direction. The handle is ergonomically perfect for my hands. The blade safety lock functions very tightly and much better than most blade locks. The pocket clip works very well for deep carry with none of the handle visible. Overall, I can find nothing negative to report except that, 5 stars are not enough for me to give the Trident Elite a proper, well-deserved rating.

Great knife. The SOG assisted opening is very fast, almost like a switchblade. It's a good size for everyday pocket carry yet still a formidable knife. The only negative is that the aggressive grip and very tight pocket clip make it a tad difficult to get this knife out of your pocket in a hurry

Its a really good knife, effective, sharp, sturdy and super concealed! The only defect I'd say is in the clip... It bent nasty after about 3 months and when I tried bending it back, it just completely snapped and broke in half (The clip not the knife). It would of been nice if it came with spare clips.

Very easy to open (spring assist), Very sharp and hard blade, the blade folds into the cord cutter making it easy to sharpen... Although, the lock release is very stiff. you may or may not like that about it. and the clip is very tough to use at first. I took mine out (small allen wrench) and bent it slightly to better slide off of my pocket material. All in All ... Love this Knife.

Better ergonomics than my Benchmade Boost or Griptillian. Light weight and the arc lock seems to be pretty good; solid lock-up with no blade play. As others have mentioned, the “assisted” opening is so stiff I’m not sure if it’s an assist or an impediment. You have to press hard to get it started and then once it’s going it snaps open so fast and hard it practically pops the knife out of your hand. So taking off one star for that. The cord cutting slot is nice enough for camping and outdoors stuff I guess, but I doubt it would actually be useful to cut a seatbelt as they advertise. But I’m not going to test that either so... I’ll use it as an EDC for a while and time will tell whether or not it stays my EDC. Update: I was able to adjust the pivot screw so that the opening and closing was much smoother. The somewhat unique recurve blade shape with the nice belly near the tip is excellent for many EDC tasks, and it holds it's sharpness very well, even better than some S30V knives I have. The more I use it the more I like it. Upping to 5 stars.

This is top of the line! Like all the features of this well designed knife/tool. The locking mechanism works well. The blade snaps back nicely when closed and has the best feature that allows it to be locked which is great if you want the safety of knowing you won't loose your valuables if if opens unexpectedly. Perfect size on the glass breaker and bonus seatbelt/cord cutter. I've purchased several window break knifes and this is by far the best unit. It was a bit more money but so much better to have a quality performing product.

Gut durchdacht, gut umgesetzt. Stabil gefertigt. Für den gröberen Einsatz konzipiert. Wird mein Begleiter bei Rettungseinsätzen und kann sehr hilfreich sein. Der Antirutschgriff für ein sicheres Handling ist für schwierige Umweltbedingungen gut geeignet. Die Griffschalen sind für höhere Beladtungen extra mit metallspangen gesichert. Jetzt muss es nur noch maximalbelastungen aushalten. Noch nicht probiert, aber es wirkt so, als ob es das könnte.