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RAT is great, but he was asking for fixed blade choppera rat2 is under $40 right now - with a great d2 steel blade - the ergonomics are great for such a low priced folding knife
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Recommendation? Looking for an Ontario Knife, not sure which one.
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context - I was answering his question about why a rat... I just responded to that
or in other words, NOT everything in an entire thread must be related to the first post, we should be allowed to have dialogue right?
or in other words, NOT everything in an entire thread must be related to the first post, we should be allowed to have dialogue right?
I have an Sp 10. When I first saw one it looked kind of like a joke to me, but reviews were almost all very positive so I had to try one out. While its edge was not ideal out of the box it took a good working edge on a sharpmaker fine for initial use, but IMO plan on giving it a better edge profile.
The knife is big and heavy and thus clunky feeling in hand. Size wise its nice for a "bush knife" or short machete but its design and feel is not, its a big knife, not a short machete.
Size and weight made it great for kindling, but the factory edge not so good at feather sticks.
I think the handle could be better...flat on top and rounder on bottom is how it is, where rounder top and bottom (oval shaped) would be about perfect. The sheath is long, too long to wear on your belt without looking like a nut job (again my opinion) A nice kydex sheath would help but its still going to be big.
As a fantasy combat knife I think its badass...if the walking dead world of zombies was real this is the knife of all my knives I'd carry. In real life military use, as a former Marine infantryman...its too heavy and large to want to carry in todays time period. As a camp/woods knife, its good, but get red of that clip point, let the spine extend out without any changes and meet the edge, which I think would add about 5/8" to its overall length, and a few ounces in weight, and I think it would become a much better tool.
After some time on a belt sander mine has a nice convex edge, and the more I use it the more I like it. I said a lot of negative things about this knife, and I think there are a lot of them, but I also think its a pretty cool knife as well, and its one I'm glad to have bought. I do plan on picking up the SP 5, SP 8 or 53 at some point, and suspect I may be happier with one of them then the SP10 for my real world use. But I still like this thing.
The knife is big and heavy and thus clunky feeling in hand. Size wise its nice for a "bush knife" or short machete but its design and feel is not, its a big knife, not a short machete.
Size and weight made it great for kindling, but the factory edge not so good at feather sticks.
I think the handle could be better...flat on top and rounder on bottom is how it is, where rounder top and bottom (oval shaped) would be about perfect. The sheath is long, too long to wear on your belt without looking like a nut job (again my opinion) A nice kydex sheath would help but its still going to be big.
As a fantasy combat knife I think its badass...if the walking dead world of zombies was real this is the knife of all my knives I'd carry. In real life military use, as a former Marine infantryman...its too heavy and large to want to carry in todays time period. As a camp/woods knife, its good, but get red of that clip point, let the spine extend out without any changes and meet the edge, which I think would add about 5/8" to its overall length, and a few ounces in weight, and I think it would become a much better tool.
After some time on a belt sander mine has a nice convex edge, and the more I use it the more I like it. I said a lot of negative things about this knife, and I think there are a lot of them, but I also think its a pretty cool knife as well, and its one I'm glad to have bought. I do plan on picking up the SP 5, SP 8 or 53 at some point, and suspect I may be happier with one of them then the SP10 for my real world use. But I still like this thing.
That sounds just like the look I get every time I buy a new knife. She'll get over it. Or not.
Check out ESEE and Ka-Bar knives as well.
This doesn't answer your question, in fact hits on both sides.
I have a Rat 1 & 2 and several Machetes mostly 22" range.
They are a great value as users throughout the range and inexpensive.
Just buy what you think you like and zero in in the "perfect" one.
I have a Rat 1 & 2 and several Machetes mostly 22" range.
They are a great value as users throughout the range and inexpensive.
Just buy what you think you like and zero in in the "perfect" one.
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I am sorry, I did not notice what you were replying to. I would certainly not discourage your dialogue, my apologies