Green liners?

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cutterman

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I'm a recent Rat convert. Are the green fiber liners on the 3's 4's and 6's for appearance or do they serve a function?

They sure look great. I am now a Rat fanatic. I have all of the above plus an RC 5, Izula,and that fabulous HEST. The Izula, 3, and HEST are my daily neckers. Very hard to decide which to put on daily. Took a walk last night and just tek lok'd my RC 6 to my belt and never knew it was there. Perfect!

I'm a Busse guy and own many brands of knives, but these Rats are practical, comfortable, light weight, and all around totally useful.

Just wondering about those green liners.

Thank you RAT for GREAT KNIVES!

Cutterman
 
they have a mint flavor to them for when you lick them.
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They also make a great brew of tea if you are ever stuck in the woods in the middle of a snow storm.

I believe the liners are to make the handle a little thicker, they are really easy to remove so depending what kind of handle size you like you can just adjust it yourself. They sure do look pretty.
 
I think they are there as a water barrier so that if/when the micarta gets soaked, it won't hold it against the steel and let it rust. Linene/canvas micarta can absorb water.

If you notice, the G10 (G10 is basically fiberglass micarta) scales do not have liners, because they don't absorb water.
 
Thanks for the welcome. The thickness thing sounds right. Funny though, mine don't smell like mint. They smell like basil.

Perhaps it's Italian green fiber.

I'm going out on a woods walk later RAT'ED to the teeth,

and CP that water barrier idea of yours above makes real sense. Thank you.

Keep em sharp.

cutterman
 
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Did the OP says he carries an RC-5 as a necker? Can you do it all day without noticing it's there or does it look and feel like a hernia comin out of your chest?
 
OOPS...........Double post............NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Not the RC 5. Herniated neck discs for sure, but what a beast of a blade. It's a favorite now.
 
I believe Shon also mentioned on here once that it helps improve the fitting process of the linen scales. Could be wrong, though. :)
 
cutterman said:
OOPS...........Double post............NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Not the RC 5. Herniated neck discs for sure, but what a beast of a blade. It's a favorite now.
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Sorry man, I misread the post I think. But you go all day with the 3 or hest as a necker? I don't have either so I don't know how doable that is.
 
Cpl Punishment said:
I think they are there as a water barrier so that if/when the micarta gets soaked, it won't hold it against the steel and let it rust. Linene/canvas micarta can absorb water.

If you notice, the G10 (G10 is basically fiberglass micarta) scales do not have liners, because they don't absorb water.
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No, this is a misnomer. Water is absorbed at the first layer, outer surface where exposed fibres will swell up fluids. However, the fibres do not transfer the water into the interior epoxy. Mircata does not absorb water aside from the surface little bit above.

Liner do provide protection and help keep water from the tang not in the way described above, but because the liners act like gap fillers and fill any small imperfections between the micrarta surface and the tang when the liner tightened down. Besides, the tang of the RC-knives, like the rest of the blade is powder coated. You can sit that coating in water all day long and it won't make an iota of difference to corrosion.

When Ratcutlery first formed, and before they had a subforum on blade forums (they had their own forum on their own website), I asked Jeff the same question regarding the liners on the new at the time release of the RC-3. His response was that the liners were there to make the knife more dressy and to act as a distinguishing characteristic between the Ontario produced Rat-3 and the RC-3. This was all before the 'issue's' came up, when RC was just starting on its own and Jeff and Mike still in communication with Ontario.
 
kgd said:
When Ratcutlery first formed, and before they had a subforum on blade forums (they had their own forum on their own website), I asked Jeff the same question regarding the liners on the new at the time release of the RC-3. His response was that the liners were there to make the knife more dressy and to act as a distinguishing characteristic between the Ontario produced Rat-3 and the RC-3. This was all before the 'issue's' came up, when RC was just starting on its own and Jeff and Mike still in communication with Ontario.
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+1 what kgd said, the main reason they are there was to distinguish the difference between the two knives, the ones produced by Rowen and the ones by Ontario.
 
DeaconXX said:
I heard it was Kryptonite.

I dunno, just sayin...
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Nobody want's to hurt SUPERMAN. Don't go starting rumors. In fact, the liners can be UNFOLDED and worn as extra underwear if you $h1t your pants in a survival scenario.
 
Thanks to the BOSS Mike P, and all of you for your thoughtful and entertaining responses.

I don't think I've enjoyed getting acquainted with a line of cutlery this much in years.

Just ordered a couple RC 4's to round out my Rat users. A black and a green/orange combo.

I can't wait for the JUNGLAS big boy. Any idea when thy're gonna start showing up at the dealers?

Simply great tools!!!!!

cutterman
 
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