EDC III Which knife or knives are you carrying today?

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stefan_wolf_ss said:
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Ha ha ha... :D Well, I'm suffering here with this:

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9blades said:
Ladies and Gentlemen, I'm proud to present, EDC thread number 3!

Native FRN today....
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In on one:D
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Received a Candiru sheath from AzWelke.

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really brings the knife to another level, love the sheath!
Superb fit 'n finish.

Thanks Al!
 
POCEH KOCEB said:
No, not at all... This is he's second RAT1, he manage to kill the first-one for about 8 months, I gave him the second for Christmas, I already cleaned and sharpened it once about a month ago, this is second time already, he does AC and he's pushing this little Rat really hard...
No side play on the blade at all, perfectly centered and smooth as a mofo... :D
It's all mine today... :D
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Very cool. I did some testing with my Rat II yesterday and took it from hair popping sharp and sliced and diced 3 large cardboard boxes into shreds purposely trying to dull the knife to where it wouldn't cut paper. Surprisingly, after all that mess, it was still fairly sharp so I started whittling an old broom stick I had in the trash to dull the edge.

Eventually it was unusable, so I wanted to see what it took to bring it back from butter knife status. After about 25 swipes on the sharpmaker coarse stones, and 25 on the fine stones, it was razor sharp again and able to shave arm hair with 1 swipe. I love this little blade, and the AUS8 really surprises me.
 
d0nut said:
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Looks awesome! :) Did you have any problems getting the blade aligned during reassembly?

I took my Rat 1 apart to clean and still can't get it straight. :\ It doesn't rub, but it's annoying.
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flatblackcapo said:
I had the same problem. After about the 400th time of re-assembly something made a "click" noise and everything was straight and good. Don't really know what it was that got it to go but I will not be taking it apart again.
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I also had the issue, but I figured out what it is. The washers just barely fit over the pivot bushing, and that click you heard was it popping into place. The washer sometimes gets off center and squished. The way I reassemble it is to build one side at a time and built it by layer. That way there, you know that the washers and pivot are flush.
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d0nut said:
Very cool. I did some testing with my Rat II yesterday and took it from hair popping sharp and sliced and diced 3 large cardboard boxes into shreds purposely trying to dull the knife to where it wouldn't cut paper. Surprisingly, after all that mess, it was still fairly sharp so I started whittling an old broom stick I had in the trash to dull the edge.

Eventually it was unusable, so I wanted to see what it took to bring it back from butter knife status. After about 25 swipes on the sharpmaker coarse stones, and 25 on the fine stones, it was razor sharp again and able to shave arm hair with 1 swipe. I love this little blade, and the AUS8 really surprises me.
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I love the size of the knife and the way it's build. I'm not that crazy about the geometry of the blade only because I like to carry a blade designed as a weapon and after stabbing some various materials I found that the tip of the knife does not penetrate the way I like it. Regardless my personal preferences, this is one outstanding general purpose knife.
I got the II version and used it a lot, but I didn't have good luck with the blade - it was wearing out just by looking at it... I find the two RAT1s that my son had to retain sharpness better than the small model, even they are (I assume) coming from the same factory ? Both models are absolutely solid in terms of blade side play, no matter what I do with them. Small-one will fail the spine hit test ( if one cares about such details), big-one passed.
I used the same assembly order Bladeboss is describing, never had any problems. Love the way they put blue Loctite on every small screw...
Whatever it is, I'm buying a large RAT... :D I love the desert tan version that I got for my son and I want one badly.. :D

(Sorry for the long post and large picture!)

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