I want to see your ontario fixed blades

[wolverine_173]

I want to see your ontario fixed blades please.

 

[wolverine_173]

please

 

[mcrow]

This sounds a little kinky to me...........

 

[Inazone]

Well, I don't carry pictures of them around in my wallet, so I'll just grab some from the OKC website I guess . . .

SP15 LSA:

SP1 Marine Combat:

SP2 Air Force Survival:

SP8 Machete:

Pilot Survival Knife:

Here are a couple of discontinued ones . . .

SP19 TaskForce:

SP25 Pilot Survival Knife:

Tactical Mission:

 

[Ulf Krogstad]

Here is my Rat 7 with a crappy edge. I bought it on ebay in a desperate attempt to save money on combined shipping after i didn't win a benchmade CSKII and already won a buck punk. Somebody grinded the serrated part of of it and left a totally f*cked up notch on it. So i took a file and a dmt dia fold and got it to where it is now. Cuts but badly. Gotta pick a day where i feel up to it to put a complete new edge on it. All i have for sharpening equipment is a dmt dia fold and dia sharp so it's gonna be a bitch to get a good edge on. I might go to friends house that has a grinder and make everything awhole lot easier though. Here's before and after pics.

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[crom]

 

[wolverine_173]

I have been eyeing the rat 5 the tak 1 and a ranger 4 or 6.

I cant decide, someone make up my mind please. only requirement is micarta grips

 

[midnight flyer]

I have been eyeing the rat 5 the tak 1 and a ranger 4 or 6.

I cant decide, someone make up my mind please. only requirement is micarta grips

You are in luck as all the knives you mention have micarta handles.

I looked at the RTAK1 and didn't like the blade geometry and didn't feel like it would be that good at slicing. A smaller knife like this isn't going to be a chopper so it needs to be what all knives should be, a cutting tool. It felt OK in the hand, but not that nimble, if that makes sense.

I wound up buying the RAT5 and really like it. Great blade geometry, great slicer, good steel that is easy to sharpen and maintain in the field. It can do some fine cutting too, and is a fair skinner due to the large choil that allows you to safely choke up on the blade for fine control. I have done all kinds of camp chores with mine and it is a favorite on hikes. A sturdy, reliable performer.

I looked at the Ranger series knives, and this is a different kettle of fish. This is more of a heavy duty survival tool. It isn't 1095 like the RAT or RTAK, but a spring steel, 5160. I don't know how they temper it, but I have seen examples of nothing short of abuse that these knives have taken and they stand up to it with no problem. I have a knife dealer friend that sells them and he used an RD7 on a camp trip when he left part of his gear at home and he was amazed at the knife. He opened food cans with it for three days, chopped firewood, split firewood, made tent stakes, did some shelter building, and then goofed around a lot chopping and just playing with it. He told me the knife was still fairly sharp after three days, plenty sharp enough to still be usable. No damage to the blade even after all the chopping and the cutting open of the food cans.

His only gripe was something I picked up on, and that is the handles themselves aren't all that comfortable. Also, again the knives are thick bladed and don't make the best slicers. But for super heavy duty camp use he gave it a excellent rating. While he uses other knives on is outings, he always has the RD7 stashed in the truck, "just in case".

In the end I decided I wanted a good knife that could do all my cutting, slicing, light wood splitting, and finer cutting if I needed it. You can still easily open food cans with this knife, but I won't ever need to chop my way out of anything, nor will I need a heavy duty utility blade like that to do as is popular here, "process wood". So I bought the RAT5 and it has filled the bill for me perfectly. Your own mileage may vary, but I think you will find the most overall utility value in the RAT5.

Robert

 

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[digitalurbancamo]

This sounds a little kinky to me...........

:applause:

 

[Mike-The-Knife]

Here is an Ontario TAK 1 that (as you can see) I've had for a while . It's one of my favorite knives and to ME a better knife than the RAT 5 . Here is a Youtube comparison of the RAT 5 and the TAK 1 . Hope it helps . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcaDKNlqK_8

And here is my old TAK 1

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[DShiflet]

I have a few:

Pilot Survival Knife

SP10 Marine Raider

SP43

SP24 USN-1 Navy Survival Knife

Mark 3 M3 Trench Knife

SP15 LSA(Land Sea Air)

Freedom Fighter FF6

SP45

 

[wolverine_173]

thanks for the info. im still leaning towards the tak or the rat 5 but also looking at the RD4 and 6.

keep the pics coming

 

[TwinStick]

Ontario SP-8. After mods to the saw back.............which now works GREAT !!!









Ontario 12" machete. After the mods....................now works GREAT !!!



^^^ Check out the tip in this pic !!! Looks like i toasted the blade. NOPE, it went back to perfectly straight, due to it's excellent heat treat !!!



Ontario SP-Kukri. KLO to the purests. Stuck in a log. BK2 to the rescue.



Ontario SP-53.



Ontario SP-51

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18" saw back machete, SP-Kukri, SP-47, SP-17, & SP-8 in this pic.

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SP-10.



SP-2 in bottom of this pic.

Ontario Spec-Plus line ROCKS !!! :thumbup::thumbup:

 

[DShiflet]

I forget this one in my above post, my Ontario Old Hickory Butcher's Machete, with special grade courtesy of our friend FortyTwoBlades:

 

[wolverine_173]

great looking knives

I just purchased a rd6 on ebay for $47 bucks had a little chip on the coating due to batoning from previous owner.

 

[Alex_G]

So how much are the tactical mission knives worth because I bought one for $10 yesterday

 

[Yo Mama]

The RD4 is all I have from Ontario, but I LOVE IT!:

 

[marcinek]

So how much are the tactical mission knives worth because I bought one for $10 yesterday

Here's some info on that for you.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/904093-NEW-MEMBERS-Please-read-this-WHAT-IS-MY-KNIFE-WORTH

 

[SAK Guy]

My SP1 Marine and my Case 334 USMC which I think is made by Ontario.