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I was wondering if there is a mod where you can put a glass breaker tip on the handle of a paramilitary 2? Does anyone sell an accessory like that online?

I'm curious, too. I'm trying to put together a build for some LEO family members.

With the new safety glass(think windshield glass on side windows) the glass breaker is becoming a thing of the past. I smashed one with a halligan tool several weeks ago and had to pull the whole window out. A local deputy crashed and was trapped upside down in water on a desolate road. He had to take the muzzle of his rifle and make a bunch of holes in order to kick it out.

Check out 5x5 Combat.

They come close, but no cigar. They have a seat belt cutter/glass breaker combo for the delicata & endura, they might be able to make one for the Para 2.

Hi Eagleknives, Crybot and Motor51,

Welcome to our forum.

We have a glass breaker on our Assist model, but retracts so it doesn't scrape up your hand sticking out of the back of the handle of a knife clipped to your pocket. It's specially shaped carbide for optimal breaking.

sal

MOTOR51 wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 17, 2020 10:57 pm

With the new safety glass(think windshield glass on side windows) the glass breaker is becoming a thing of the past. I smashed one with a halligan tool several weeks ago and had to pull the whole window out. A local deputy crashed and was trapped upside down in water on a desolate road. He had to take the muzzle of his rifle and make a bunch of holes in order to kick it out.

Cullman County?

Robbob wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 18, 2020 4:55 pm

MOTOR51 wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 17, 2020 10:57 pm

With the new safety glass(think windshield glass on side windows) the glass breaker is becoming a thing of the past. I smashed one with a halligan tool several weeks ago and had to pull the whole window out. A local deputy crashed and was trapped upside down in water on a desolate road. He had to take the muzzle of his rifle and make a bunch of holes in order to kick it out.

Cullman County?

No sir, East Baton Rouge La.

sal wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 18, 2020 10:11 am

Hi Eagleknives, Crybot and Motor51,

Welcome to our forum.

We have a glass breaker on our Assist model, but retracts so it doesn't scrape up your hand sticking out of the back of the handle of a knife clipped to your pocket. It's specially shaped carbide for optimal breaking.

sal

Thanks you sir, might be the wrong place for this but I recently ordered a few PM2’s using your LEO discount. I just want to say thank you for offering this discount, it is much appreciated.

double tap

sal

So cars are now shipping with laminated side glass? This is the first I’d heard of that. That’ll make getting out really hard to do if the doors and windows don’t work. Wow. We will all need shaped charges to escape a wreck.

Bill1170 wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 20, 2020 11:31 pm

So cars are now shipping with laminated side glass? This is the first I’d heard of that. That’ll make getting out really hard to do if the doors and windows don’t work. Wow. We will all need shaped charges to escape a wreck.

That is correct.

Bill1170 wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 20, 2020 11:31 pm

So cars are now shipping with laminated side glass? This is the first I’d heard of that. That’ll make getting out really hard to do if the doors and windows don’t work. Wow. We will all need shaped charges to escape a wreck.

Here is a link, if I’m allowed to post it on the forum

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.carand ... breakable/

Laminated side-window glass is definitely becoming more prevalent. At the SHOT Show, I discussed this with several law enforcement officers who were concerned with vehicle breaching. They were giving the Warrior Hawk long looks and were curious how it would do against laminated glass. Laci Szabo, the hawk's designer and a SWAT cop (who was also at the show), confirmed that it does quite well. He uses the spike side to punch through an upper corner of the window, spidering the glass and hooking the spike through the laminate layer so he can pull the window out.

Stay safe,

Mike

Hi Motors, Mike,

Thanx for the info.

And Motors, you're welcome. thanx for your service.

sal

Welcome to the forum fellow Louisiana person

JonLeBlanc wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 21, 2020 4:03 pm

Welcome to the forum fellow Louisiana person

Thank you sir

MOTOR51 wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 21, 2020 2:29 am

Bill1170 wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 20, 2020 11:31 pm

So cars are now shipping with laminated side glass? This is the first I’d heard of that. That’ll make getting out really hard to do if the doors and windows don’t work. Wow. We will all need shaped charges to escape a wreck.

Here is a link, if I’m allowed to post it on the forum

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.carand ... breakable/

Thank you, MOTOR51. That article was helpful. The sound thing was my first thought, then I read about the anti-ejection thing.

sal wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 18, 2020 10:11 am

Hi Eagleknives, Crybot and Motor51,

Welcome to our forum.

We have a glass breaker on our Assist model, but retracts so it doesn't scrape up your hand sticking out of the back of the handle of a knife clipped to your pocket. It's specially shaped carbide for optimal breaking.

sal

I've previously posted this, but +1 for the Assist. I have used one on duty (firefighting) for years. Several members of my department and neighboring department have purchased them based on seeing mine. The H1 alloy is nice because I can forget it in my bunker gear and not worry about it being seized up with rust the next time I go to use it. The Assist replaced a rescue knife from a competitor of Spyderco.

Having said that, I'd love a backspacer with integrated glass breaker (round variety) for use with a PM2. Make it GITD while we're at it!

Wow I had no idea the orange hammer tool I keep in my car is basically useless for it's intended purpose! I wonder if cops here will believe my warrior hawk is mounted in the car within reach for safety/emergency use?

The problem that I ran into while testing glass breakers that stuck out of the back of the knife would rake my hand every time I brushed past it. Another problem is that many companies use steel instead of carbide. I've even seen some companies use broker carbide router bits and try to pass them off as glass breakers.

We broke hundreds of windows in wrecking yards developing our carbide glass breaker on the Assist. Shape makes a difference. Type of carbide makes a difference. We also made the handle come apart at the back so the carbide glass breaker could be replaced if broken.

sal