MEGA RatManDu Coming This Wednesday 6/3/2020 At 9:00 PM Eastern!!!

joeldworkin307 said:
Right now my main woods blade is a SYKCO War Dog. Spine is .22 in on a 5 in blade and I am thinking about thinning it. I just don't see the appeal of something mega thick.
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In this case the benefit would be more lateral strength with a negligible weight increase and with the advent of Hybrid Combo grind, better slicing and cutting abilities.

My MegaWarden has really sold me on the HC grind. It might be one of the most ground breaking blade geometry features.....dare I say ever ? It’s pretty nifty
 
northern1 said:
In this case the benefit would be more lateral strength with a negligible weight increase and with the advent of Hybrid Combo grind, better slicing and cutting abilities.

My MegaWarden has really sold me on the HC grind. It might be one of the most ground breaking blade geometry features.....dare I say ever ? It’s pretty nifty
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I’d really like to hear more about this—pics or demo would be awesome.
 
Aias said:
I’d really like to hear more about this—pics or demo would be awesome.
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Theres plenty of pics of the MegaWarden, better ones than I can take, i don’t even know how to post pics on here with my phone... but unfortunately the intricacies of that HC grind have to be seen and felt in person.

As far as the comparable weight and improved slicing and cutting ability of the .350 MegaMandu vs the standard RMD I’m taking Swamprats word on that per the first post.
 
I dunno. I’m a huge fan of Swamp Rats. Heck, they were the gateway drug to the Bussekin-addiction. And I like the MEGA Swamp Warden. But for my uses? It works, but no better than a thinner Warden. I just don’t use my knives to pry. And barring that...
Will it work? Yeah, sure. But to be honest, I have LITERALLY had knives made from sawmill blades with black-pipe scales that did all I REALLY need done by a blade. They were LESS than 1/8 inch thick.
I’m just not feelin’ this. A lot of that is PROBABLY that the RMD was as close to perfect that I’ve found. What WOULD have made the RMD perfect would have been a hollow grind, which is all I can see this hybrid grind as being. No matter how I look at the MW, all I see it as is a massively thick blade that redeems it’s cutting ability with a REALLY good Hollie grind. Nothing more. Well, damn good steel and a stellar heat treat.
So will I get a mega RMD? Probably. But do I think it’s better? No.

If I get it, it will be because I can’t say no to trying another incarnation of one of the best knife designs out there, bar none.
 
northern1 said:
In this case the benefit would be more lateral strength with a negligible weight increase and with the advent of Hybrid Combo grind, better slicing and cutting abilities.

My MegaWarden has really sold me on the HC grind. It might be one of the most ground breaking blade geometry features.....dare I say ever ? It’s pretty nifty
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Not really in terms of lateral strength... I-beams & C-beams are used in construction because they have more lateral strength than solid square or rectangular beams...
The HC grind might have a better slicing/cutting ability... but then if vanilla RMD wasn't 1/8 (rolf) thick above secondary bevel ('the edge')... or god forbid a hollow ground with thin shoulder...

And up to a little while ago, there was a fella here (sometimes) who allegedly used his RMD (one of the first runs) as climbing aide, as in hanging off it and standing on it while it was jammed into cracks in the rock face. I'd say that's plenty strong without excessive thickness.
 
Max,

Just out of curiosity... Do you think this will be the last variant? I have an original and it might be pretty cool to have the other end of the family tree (can't afford to collect/find all the 'tweeners).

This'ns a CHUNKY RAT!!!
 
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