ESEE Machete from RAT

dante

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Went to Vegas for the Shot Show and saw it, the handles is the best handle on a machete I have seen, very light made from 1075 steel (Mr Perrin was there) VERY sharp in convex fashion, classical South American pattern. Did not measure but I guess about 18" blade very handy.
 
It is, indeed, an 18" blade on it. Retail will probably be around $50. Sheath will be super basic canvas or nylon. Natural canvas micarta handle. The blade is made by Imacasa and the handle is made by Rowen.
 
That was the price I was told also at the show ($49.95). Looks good. If you browse the new RAT blades they are using 1075 and Mike Stewart changed the Goloks to 1085, looks like 1085 and 1075 are even tougher.
 
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Whatchu talkin 'bout willis.
 
The sheath is a simple black nylon sheath. The handle is a hidden tang, and the last hollow rivet goes through the last part of the tang to give you an idea of how much steel is under that puppy. Last time I heard though, they may change the hidden tang a little bit to help facilitate production, but it will be all the way to the back and tough.
 
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Looks like a solid performer. I love the handle, no real surprises there but it looks like the distillation of alot of collected wisdom on machete handle design with excellent execution.
First impression, I'm impressed. The price is about where a high end machete should be. Machetes are not safe queens, they are intended to do the most brutal and abusive blade tasks a bladed could be called to do. In the process they WILL suffer edge damage, it just comes with the territory. From what I have seen in this post that machete is spot on.

I can only hope this is the first in a line of machetes and there will be other models available. That machete and a RAT4 and you're covered for the tropics. Mac

ETA - Is it just an impression or has the handle been left a little large to allow for individual tailoring?
 
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