Description
Benchmade Houdini Pro 30200 – Yellow Emergency Rescue Tool
The Benchmade Houdini Pro 30200 is a dedicated emergency rescue tool built to live in a glovebox, a first-responder bag or a duty belt. It pairs a 0.50" 9Cr13CoMoV rescue hook with a spring-loaded tempered glass punch and a 5-lumen LED lamp, so a single tool covers cutting a jammed seatbelt, breaking a side window and lighting the scene. The high-visibility yellow handle is the point of this version, because a rescue tool you cannot find in a dark footwell is not much of a rescue tool.
Shoppers looking at this category typically search for a rescue knife with a seatbelt cutter, a rescue knife with a glass breaker, or a firefighter rescue knife. The Houdini Pro covers all three jobs in one lock back package, and the shrouded hook keeps the cutting edge away from the person you are cutting free.
Specifications
- Blade Length: 0.50"
- Blade Thickness: 0.100"
- Blade Material: 9Cr13CoMoV Stainless Steel
- Blade Hardness: 57-58 HRC
- Blade Style: Rescue Hook, ambidextrous thumb studs
- Handle Color: Yellow
- Lock Mechanism: Lock Back
- Overall Length: 5.90"
- Closed Length: 4.67"
- Weight: 3.60 oz.
- Pocket Clip: Tip-down, removable, black
- Sheath: Nylon pouch with hook-and-loop closure
- Other Features: Spring-loaded carbide glass breaker, 5-lumen LED lamp with roughly 10 hours of runtime
What are rescue knives used for?
Rescue knives are built for freeing people rather than for general cutting. The Benchmade Houdini Pro 30200 is a good example of the type: the hook blade slips under a seatbelt or a jacket and cuts it without an exposed point that could injure the person being freed, the glass punch breaks a tempered side window when a door will not open, and the LED lamp lets you see what you are doing. Firefighters, EMTs, tow operators and ordinary drivers all carry tools like the Benchmade Houdini Pro 30200 for exactly these situations.
How does the glass breaker on the Benchmade Houdini Pro 30200 work?
It is spring-loaded rather than a hammer point. You press the punch on the Benchmade Houdini Pro 30200 firmly against the corner of a tempered side window and the internal spring releases a carbide tip into the glass, which shatters the pane. Because it is spring-driven you do not need room to swing, which matters when you are pinned in a seat. Note that it works on tempered side and rear glass, not on a laminated windshield.
Is it legal to carry a rescue tool like the Benchmade Houdini Pro 30200?
In most of the United States a hook-style rescue tool is treated far more permissively than a conventional pocket knife, because the Benchmade Houdini Pro 30200 has a 0.50" shrouded hook rather than a point, and it is plainly a safety device. That said, knife and tool laws are set at the state and local level and some jurisdictions still regulate any locking blade. Check the rules where you live and where you travel before carrying the Benchmade Houdini Pro 30200 daily.
What is the difference between the Benchmade Houdini Pro 30200 and the 30210?
Only the handle color. The Benchmade Houdini Pro 30200 has the high-visibility yellow handle and the Benchmade Houdini Pro 30210 has the black handle. Blade, steel, glass breaker, LED, sheath and dimensions are identical across both. Pick the 30200 if you want it to stand out in a bag or a dark vehicle, and the 30210 if you want it to stay discreet on a duty belt.
Are there any rescue tools made in the USA?
Benchmade is an American company headquartered in Oregon City, Oregon, and a large part of its catalog is made there. The Benchmade Houdini Pro 30200 is not one of the models Benchmade marked as USA-made, though, and its 9Cr13CoMoV blade steel is one Benchmade used on imported designs rather than on its Oregon City production. We would rather tell you that plainly than imply an origin the product data does not support. If USA manufacture is a requirement for you, look at the Oregon City-made rescue folders in the Benchmade line instead.
Does the Benchmade Houdini Pro 30200 come with LifeSharp?
LifeSharp is Benchmade's lifetime sharpening service, and it is designed around conventional knife blades. A shrouded rescue hook like the one on the Benchmade Houdini Pro 30200 is not a normal sharpening job, and this model is discontinued, so we would not promise LifeSharp coverage on it. Contact Benchmade directly about general factory service if the hook on your Benchmade Houdini Pro 30200 needs attention.
Where can I buy the Benchmade Houdini Pro 30200?
Going Gear is an authorized Benchmade dealer, so the Benchmade Houdini Pro 30200 sold here is genuine factory stock and not gray market. This model has been discontinued by Benchmade, so availability depends on remaining inventory. If the Benchmade Houdini Pro 30200 is out of stock, our current Benchmade rescue selection is the place to look for a replacement.