Looking for 7" fixed blade for outdoors

i have no experience with chesnut ridge knife shop but i'd heard a lot of good feedbacks here.
 
Nice but for a little more money you could get a RAT Cutlery rc-6,better quality with perfect fit & finish.
& one of the best customer service and warranty on the market.

the ontario rat 7 will do the job for sure.
 
kta2402 said:
Well then you're of good consulting then, KSF by what means do they ship ? 5$ for shipping ? How long did the shipping take usually ? How's dealing with customs?
Any experience with chesnut ridge?

If I may ask where in Québec ? (Quebec city for me)
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We typically ship the next business day. We have had shipments to Canada take 3 days to 3 weeks. Funny thing, we sent one international priority--2 weeks. I think it is customs as much or more than the travel time.
 
I also agree that the Ontario Knives Ranger RD7 is a good choice. Also, you might want to check out the KaBar Short Heavy Bowie. I've had a Large Heavy Bowie for over a year now, and I think it's a ton of knife for the money! (the sheath, however, leaves something to be desired...I actually like the sheath design, but I really wish KaBar would offer higher quality replacement sheaths)
 
dawsonbob said:
Becker BK-7. Around $65 - $70.
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+1 on the BK-7. Good knife for the price in that size range. :thumbup:

kta2402 said:
The Becker BK 7 seems nice but I have trouble finding any to sell online
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Are you looking for the Ka-Bar BK-7 or the older, OOP Camillus BK-7? They are basically the same knife and the Ka-Bar version is widely available from lots of on-line retailers. :confused:

Varulv said:
1095 for great toughness & ease of sharpening.
D2 is brittle & really hard to sharpen.
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That's a bit of an over-generalization and a lot depends on the heat treating, I think. The Kershaw Outcast in D2 for example is a big, kukri-style knife designed for heavy duty cutting and chopping. It has a pretty good reputation for durability and I have not seen or heard of any problems with brittleness in this knife.
 
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mdauben said:
+1 on the BK-7. Good knife for the price in that size range. :thumbup:
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Ruled them out as well as the Ranger Knives because of the bowie type blade I'm looking more of like a drop point, I need belly on the blade.


Are you looking for the Ka-Bar BK-7 or the older, OOP Camillus BK-7? They are basically the same knife and the Ka-Bar version is widely available from lots of on-line retailers. :confused:
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My mistake at first I was looking for the original Becker than I was told on the forum that Ka-Bar took it over at the end of Camillus. My bad, but went to sleep less stupid.

That's a bit of an over-generalization and a lot depends on the heat treating, I think. The Kershaw Outcast in D2 for example is a big, kukri-style knife designed for heavy duty cutting and chopping. It has a pretty good reputation for durability and I have not seen or heard of any problems with brittleness in this knife.
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I remain in the blur about using D2 in the wild, I don't want something brittle plus in winter we go down to -30 -45 degrees celsius up here so brittle is not what I want to get, but I also need a reasonable corrosion resistant blade. D2 is said to be a very hard metal to machine, so that also tells me that it might be a pain in the @$$ to sharpen. But once again almost zero to none experience with D2.
 
kta2402 said:
Ruled them out as well as the Ranger Knives because of the bowie type blade I'm looking more of like a drop point, I need belly on the blade.
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Fair enough. I probably hold a slight favor for the drop point style myself as a general purpose outdoor blade.

I remain in the blur about using D2 in the wild,
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I think it's more productive to ask about specific knives than about steels in general. True, in general, D2 is more brittle than say 1095. However, so much depends on the shape and geometry of the blade, and even more on the specific heat treating it recieves, that different knives with the same steel can differ in properties almost as much as a pair of knives in two different steels could.
 
my vote goes to the RAT rc6. great company, tough ass blades.
for my purposes at least, 1095 is fine. good enough sharpness retention and super easy to sharpen
 
I made my decision, here is my response from RAT forum

I've read some very interesting opinions that are well supported

First of all the decision is made to go ahead with a 1095 blade.

Then I just spotted that the RAT-7 is just 0.25" longer than the RC-6 so that makes no leverage differences between the knives.

I crunched up the numbers :

a 1095 RAT-7 at chesnut ridge knife shop is 85.99$ + 31.99$ for a kydex Sheath (there nylon sheath is worthless to me) + 25$ shipping for Canada = 142.98$ + customs

a RC 6 Plain Edge from KSF is 136.23$ + 5$ shipping for Canada = 141.23$ + customs

For 1.75$ I say its the same price for a 6-7" Outdoor plain edge Drop Point in 1095 steel with a usable knife sheath.

I have confidence in RAT Cutlery and I had a bad experience with Ontario's Pilot Survival Knife (went to the trash I was ashamed to even give it to someone, the tip broke, the handle came apart the steel is $#!!) Since then I had a Gerber LMFII which is great for a survival knife, a lot of good experiences with it still going strong but I need something bigger without getting a machete so I turned to something in the knid of a RAT-7.

I hear of the great fit and finish on RATs blades and of a good customer service. I need to trust my blade in the bush I do care for all my knives because they take care of me.

So I'm giving it a night thinking before jumping into the RATs.

Thank ya all for those answers they sure help.

KSF might see a Canadian ordered RC-6 soon enough
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