Is this a good knife & Price

I don't know if that is a good price (I don't know what is retail), but there are a lot of people on here that like that knife a lot!

Of course, if you want my suggestion, get a Swamp Rat!
 
That's a good price, given what most distributors are charging for them. The lowest I've seen it online is $80.00 plus shipping. You might want to check here, as one of our forum members has one at about the same, and you won't have to mess with watching the bid. Good luck!


BTW, I'll second the recommendation of Swamp Rat--if not now, then later. :)
 
Try the sheathmechanic online. You can get a custom sheath while you're at it!
 
The one on the forums is a very good deal with the shipping included in the 75.00
 
75.00 for a hunk of 1095 is, for me, way overpriced...and Ontario is hardly the most trusted name in knives; which is my own opinion..ymmv
 
A lot of custom makers work with 1095 - a hard to beat steel.
If you think $75.00 is too much, I'd love to see what you consider a better value in a knife like this. TOPS charges two to three times as much for a similarly sized knife in 1095. Ask Siegle to make you one of these (he made the prototype) in 5160 (a comparable steel) and you will pay over three times as much.
Additionally, if you want to knock a knife company I would suggest you not pick an American company that still makes most if not all of it's product here in the USA with American workers.
 
Well "Average"...you can have your precious 1095..it is the all time rust champ and it stays sharp for about as long as it takes for a pop fly hit the ground...it is also very "average"...as for Ontario, just because the company is geographically located in the USA and hires (you say) "American" workers means what? Let me put it another way so even you will understand it...they make crap.
 
Don Adelfson,
if you think 1095 is bad give Bill Bagwell a call and ask him. what is good steel to you?

Just for your information, 1095 is one of the best edge holding steels there is.
 
1095 has good edge retention, toughness, and strength. It is not the best in any of these categories, but can be a good all-arounder. It can be done excellently and very poorly, and the same applies to ATS-34, D-2, 52100, and any other steel you want to name.

Ontario does not have the best record on some of their cheaper stuff, but seems willing--by many accounts and from what I've seen--to pull out the effort on the higher priced models. That's also true of most large knife companies, and indeed most of any industry.

Ontario will never be my favorite company. Honestly, I really wish Camillus was who RAT had struck up a deal with. But, too many people have praised these particular knives for me to discount them. If they sell well, perhaps Ontario will take the message and start working a little harder on their whole line.
 
Well, guess that'll teach me to recommend before I've tried. Maybe it's not the norm, but I posted some comments here.

Mind you, this isn't because it's 1095, it's because it wasn't heat treated properly.
 
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