Blind Horse Knives

I have a Large Tiger Knapp that was gifted to me by a friend and fellow forum member here. I love this little thing! It was beyond scary sharp out of the box, and shaved the hair off my arms that had already been shaved by other knives. I have mangy arms now because it was so thrilling to have a knife this sharp. LOL! great work L.T. And only $20??? Your prices are way too low for the quality my friend.
 
Have to put my two cents' worth in on this thread. Just got my RC-3 in a couple days ago. I had been hemming and hawing over what going-to-be-used-for-all-it's-worth fixed blade I should get. Wanted something around three inches, comfy handle (preferrably Micarta or similar) and preferrably carbon steel. Started hanging around the wilderness and survival forum as well as here and I've been thoroughly impressed with the way that the RAT Cutlery guys conduct their business, as well as general BSing. That pretty much made the decision. Haven't been able to use it much yet, but it's sitting here next to my computer and I have to say that the grind on this knife gets me all huffed up every time I unsheath it. It's beautiful. Still haven't warmed up completely to the sheath, but then again I'm extremely picky about sheaths. Glad I went with this choice, and I'll probably get another of RAT Cutlery's knives sometime in the future.

Those Blind Horse knives are very good looking as well. I'll definitely be picking up one of those Tiger Knapp knives before summer gets in full swing, that will make an excellent knife for work. The folks at Blind Horse seem like great guys, and I like doing business with people like that.

*Summary for people who don't like reading long-winded, rambling posts:

In short, as one who grew up on the farm and working with lots of other people over the years, I can really appreciate the type of people who are upstanding, do good work, and will make a deal on a handshake that you can trust to go through. I'm really excited to see companies like RAT and Blind Horse coming into their own, I'm tired of companies and people that jerk you around like you don't know anything. Good job guys.
 
One day there will be a Busse-like feeding frenzy at the RAT Cutlery booth. I almost got trampelled at the Busse Knife Group booth last year at Blade. Met Jerry and Dan Busse. Got lucky with a Steel Heart, a Ratmandu, and a bunch of Scrappers. I can't make it this year. I'd love to meet Justin at Ranger and Mike at Bark River (does he do Blade?). I enjoyed meeting Jeff last year. I wish all honorable American knife companies success.
 
Looks like good stuff :D May have to pick up a couple of those Tiger Knapps, they look perfect for kit bags.

not familiar w/ 4140 steel tho. can anyone give me the low down?
 
It's a high carbon steel, so prone to rust/patina. Stains pretty easy. I used it in the kitchen to cut lemon and some other small stuff, and it has this unique stain now (not a bad thing in my opinion). Just make sure to wipe it clean/dry before sheathing it (like any knife).
 
The folks at BHK are indeed great people. I met them at the Warther Knife Show and spent a good amount of time speaking with them. I bought a pair of their Tiger Knapp knives, one in green duracoat and another plain. Good people, great knives! Now, I need to get myself a larger BHK and a RAT in the future.
 
BoxANT said:
Looks like good stuff :D May have to pick up a couple of those Tiger Knapps, they look perfect for kit bags.

not familiar w/ 4140 steel tho. can anyone give me the low down?
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4140 is a high carbon ordnance steel, commonly used in rifle barrels. It's generally a bit tougher and harder than 1095. Takes and holds a good edge, not quite as easy to sharpen.
 
I remembered that this thread was here and thought I would add a quick note to it.

I saw a display of Blind Horse Knives today at the Indy 1500 gun show, and I have to say that they are amazing blades. I am not sure who I talked to there, but there were two people, a young girl and guy, and they could not have been nicer! I also really like the knives, and I hope to get one with the orange and black micarta as soon as I can. I did not see the bigger one as they were out, but they were very nice, VERY sharp on the ones I tested. Great grinds and bevels, could not see anything wrong at all with them that I sampled. Anyway, thought I would share.

I turned from a table and saw them and said, "Hey, I know your knives!" and they were thrilled and asked where I had heard of them. I mentioned BF and RAT and they recognized RAT right off. Kinda cool I thought as I did not expect them to be there at all.
 
Cpl Punishment said:
STOP IT! I'm in enough debt already!



You know, I've discussed this subject a lot in the last decade or so, that American manufacturing would once again come into its own, and it would do it the way it was done in the beginning: through the small businesses. The big companies are too top heavy, too worried about upper management bonuses and such. They are dinosaurs that use too much money just to keep running. Everyone talks about "lean manufacturing", and they don't want to hear it, but the biggest cost savings would be for the large companies to fire most of their upper and middle management that do nothing but suck resources and produce nothing but paper. It pisses me off that these companies cry poor, keep their employess barely scraping along at $8/hr, and yet take home multimillion dollar bonuses for themselves.

Whereas small companies are lean by definition, everyone, even the owners chips in for the win. I've seen a lot of really good companies fall victim to "big company disease" and go right in the can. Good example is Gateway computers. When they started out, they used excellent components, competed heavily on price, and had great customer service. Then they got successful and went to the "big business" paradigm: cut customer service, take to using the cheapest components, and charge more for them, to increase the profit margin for upper management. Used to be a time when all I would buy was Gateway computers, now you'd have to pay me to take one.

I think the future of American business is the small company. When you get so big an popular that you'd HAVE to expand into the "big business" arena, I think you'd be better off pulling a Jerry Busse and spinning off another company. Thing is, people don't want competition, what they don't realize (and apparently he did) is that while Swamp Rat makes (cheaper) carbon steel versions of the Busse INFI products, and Scrapyard makes even more "budget conscious" versions, they really have different markets, and aren't directly competing with each other, and what you have is 3 thriving companies instead of one swirling down the bowl trying to be a "big company".

Sorry for the rant, but I wish more people would get with the program, and make "American made" mean what it used to.
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RIGHT ON !! :thumbup: I'm glad some one had the intelligence to put these thoughts into words. I feel the same way about American business. I work for a big company who has the "big business" mentality. And a high percentage of our merchandise is m i c (made in china)
I always try to buy USA. Sometimes all I can find is m i c, and it pisses me off.

As for business practices too many company's have big bonuses for upper management who just work for the bonuses to hell with anything else. Or a board of directors who, when profits aren't what they expect sell off or break up the business and put a lot of people out of work.

Small company's usually have more loyal employes who care about the company, and each other... than a ton of money!

This is why I'm excited about buying from Rat Cutlery. I was looking at other knife company's and found some very nice knives, but noticed that they were not made in USA. So my search brought me here, and I will be a RC customer and support a small American company.
THE WAT IT SHOULD BE !! :thumbup:
 
you guys should watch Blind Horse.....watch them close....see what MAGIC is coming for Christmas this year...(think real big)










like a big freaking moster!
 
Well you guys got me. I just saw this thread earlier at work and as soon as I got home today I ordered a Small Tiger Knapp and the original style neck sheath! I've been looking for a decent neck knife for a while and saw photos of these in some of the EDC threads.
Anyone know where can I get a Kydex neck sheath for this?
 
Just got an email from LT saying that my Small Tiger Knapp will be mailed today.:D
Can't wait!
BTW, Have a great weekend all! Here in Toronto it's gonna hit 32 C today, sunny and I'm working from home today. Woo hoo.
 
LT is good people. Talked with him a lot at the Blade Show. In fact they were setup just across from us.
 
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