New Contest !

[texastonydobbs]

This Contest is about the RC knife being used.(includes Izula & HEST) Pictures of the RC knife doing something Survival related,Such as Skinning Game,Building Fire,making a Shelter or Traps,emergency repairs to your gear or chores around your campsite. Let's all have fun .
Prize for the winner : http://www.ratcutlery.com/survivalkit_basic.htm
2nd place rc-4 knife
3rd place RC zippo
The 1st. place winner will have choice on the prize He/She may want (kit or rc4 or zippo)then after winner has chosen one item ,we'll distribute remainder of prizes

Rules are easy:
You must have RP# to enter.
picture must have RC knife in pic, doing survival task.
no more than 1 post per RP member in your post up to 8 pictures w/ description.
No Chatting or comments; makes the thread long and shotty & I hafta sort out the BS.
Shotgunner & I are judges this will run 1 month and a winner will be decided 1st. week of November , rules are simple and if not followed you'll be DQ'd.

 

[Fletcher Knives]

I'm in. RP#13

This is, what I consider, a very important survival skill... being able to teach someone else how to do survival tasks so that it won't just all be on you. These pictures are from when I taught my wife how to make a fire with a firesteel. She keeps one in her Leatherman pouch, which I'm very happy to say she keeps on her ALL THE TIME. Man that makes me proud. At first, she didn't act like she wanted to learn how, but I knew that once she figured it out, the pyro in her would come out and love it. Every single time we have gone into the woods since then, she has built a fire. I also taught her other tasks, like how to make traps, filter water, etc., but making fire came very natural to her, and I dare say that she is actually A LOT better at it than me. Her are the pictures. She used the RC4 to shave up some fuzz, make fuzz sticks, and then played with the Izula for a while. Also, you'll notice that the ground is all wet and all of her tinder and wood that day was also wet. She did a great job. I know people who consider themsleves experienced with a firesteel that can't start a fire in wet conditions.

Edit: Sarah said that since I'm technically showing HER skill, if I win, you have to send the Zippo to her and I'm not allowed to have it.

She's watching me type this.

She says she's going to sit here until I push the save button and she's going to check it from time to time to make sure I didn't delete this part.

 

[johnspark]

Read the rules! Your post was deleted by R.A.T.

 

[BenchmadeBoy]

I usually carry a magnifying loupe with me (for looking at rocks) I've always wanted to try starting a fire with a magnifying glass. A snap right? Wrong! It was tougher than I thought. It was all about the proper angle and distance from your tinder. Anyway, I gathered up some dry twigs, grass and bits of birch bark. I used my RC-3 to shave some curls of of my sticks and also to cut some of the dry grass. I made a nice little nest and tried to light it with my loupe. I say tried because it didn't happen right away. I would estimate it took me a good 1/2 hour to get 'er going. This was in bright sunshine and dry conditions!! Eventually I did get it going, but learned some valuable lessons in the process, notably "practice more". Not a lot of pics but I consider this one of my more significant outdoors learning experiences. Rat Pack # 51. Thanks for the contest!!

 

[jeff_c]

My pics were of my knife "posed". Even though I used my knife to make my traps, I guess it wasn't "hard" enough work.

Thanks for the contest.

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

Me using my (goofy looking) aluminum hat to make ramen noodles (with a little help from my good friend, Mr. RC-6)!

 

[mainewoods]

Read the rules!!!

 

[R.A.T.]

Even though the rules say no chatting, since we are giving these knives away I figure I needed to jump in here for a minute. We plan on giving away a LOT more knives, survival kits, survival tools, etc. in the future. Except for our monthly drawing, all future contests are going to require a RAT Cutlery knife being used in the photo, not simply laid beside something and a photo snapped. It seems like a lot of the photos I see of RC knives, they are in pristine condition. Our knives are made to be used! So, keep this in mind for future contests. Pristine, pretty knives will not win a thing around here. Now, back to the contest. DO NOT comment on my comments since this is a contest thread and no chatting is allowed.

 

[Hornady]

Here's my input.
RAT Pack # 58

Today I went to the woods.

After some hiking I decided it was time for some soup.
Since this was the first time I hung my cup instead of placing it into the fire I had to make 2 holes for the rope.
No problem for the RC-4:

Got the fire started with my firesteel.
Plus lots of birch bark, plus some really small stick, carved and batonned with the RC-4.
Was really glad it worked out so quick since it was pretty wet today in the woods:

Maybe a strange setup but it worked perfectly, actually the rope was just to make sure, without would have worked also.

Make a small stirring stick:

After the soup, I made a shelter:

As you can see it got pretty dark overthere and since I had to hike back, I couldn't finish the roof on the shelter.

Here's the last picture of the RC-4.
I used it to cut/chop off some small branches from a live tree, which had fallen over due to storm.

I had a great time!

Thanks for the chance in this contest!

 

[-sro-]

RP #280

For my contest entry I have decided to showcase the RC-5 and it’s splitting power!

These pictures show how well the RC-5 can prepare fires in a survival situation; however they were taken while I was preparing firewood for my chiminea. (outdoor fireplace)


A relaxing October evening brought to you by the RAT Cutlery RC-5!!!


The chiminea has a small fire pit, so I need to split the logs I use in my regular fire place.

I pick out one log and chop off thin pieces to help start the fire.

Even though the RC-5 has a very thick blade stock, it can split even the thinnest logs perfectly!!

The spread for the night. You will see that the RC-5 slices cleanly through paper even after all that work

Even thought the RC-5 is a hard use knife, you must still take good care of it. This picture demonstrates proper knife maintenance. I have cleaned the knife off with water, thoroughly dried, and am rubbing on a coat of anti rust before putting it back in its sheath.

The base of the fire. The RC-5 is relaxing now. The hard work is over, just light a match and keep throwing logs on!

In this final picture you see my fire going right before I throw on some more logs. I also decide to demonstrate another survival task...food preparation! In this case I am using my RC-3mil to cut the char markings off the hotdog I burned while messing with the camera.

Thanks for the contest!

 

[crowdog]

My Brother calls me out to help him drag in his first deer killed by bow, so I grab my Rc-6, PSK, and stuff my Izula in my pocket. It is already dark out by the time I get to him and the doe. She is a very large doe with beautiful markings and good amount of well wanted meat. I notice that she is not field dressed, I ask why this is and my brother responds with, "I forgot my knife." He does not own a Rat, and honestly was not overly interested in the Rat blades; from his purely utilitarian perspective his passed down buck knife works just fine. So immediately upon hearing "I forgot my knife." I got a smile, heres the perfect test for the Izula.

We get the doe into some light and start Cutt'n and gutt'n, hear is the eight photos I am allowed to post I hope you guys enjoy.
I would like to mention, he hunts to fill his families needs for food. We all live within one mile from one another and all raise various animals; and share our harvests amongst the family.

Opening the animal to remove skin, organs, and most fat.

Exposing the little man to the skill that he will learn someday.

He choose and favored to use the Izula for most all of the process but opted to use the brut force of the RC-6 to crack the ribs apart.

Severing and removing the heart, which will soon be placed in spices and boiled.

Slicing out the tender loins and back straps.

The finishing touches to a very well done job, skimming the thin layer of fascia from the outer side of the muscle meat. This takes a stead hand a very sharp knife. Neither of which were ever a problem.
In closing my brother has walked away with a new perspective regarding Ratcutlery knives. The first cut made by the Izula slid a bit faster through the meat than he expected which was followed by "Holy ----" and a grin. He later said that the Izula worked amazingly for doing the full process from dressing skinning and processing the meat into freezer form. He felt maybe a little bit more blade but just a little bit and If you don’t mind your Para cord with a slight blood color and odor; that knife is perfect for a hunter.

 

[HICKMAN]

Edit by Jeff: why is it you can say "no chatting" in a thread and people decide to chat anyway. NO CHATTING!!!

 

[Furync]

I concur with Crowdog, the Izula is a great little hunter.

Here's my entry. The whole story can be "chatted about" here.

Long story short, 4 of us made it up to the camps for the week-end opener for moose. Our area has very few moose (compared to deer) but we see some moose every deer season, so we decided to give it a shot. We stumbled upon some fresh tracks and we decided to do a small sort of "drive" in the hopes of moving some moose. We got lucky and moved a big cow to one of the 2 guys we dropped on the logging road. Again, the full story of the hunt can be read/chatted at the link above.

Our first ever moose needs to get field dressed and all eyes turn to me. I was impressed by the up close size...This thing is freakin huge! I dress most of the game our camp gets every fall and I enjoy doing it. Luckily, I got my first Rat Cutlery knife a couple months ago, the Izula. I've always preached about using a small knife for field dressing game, much more control and you can see what you are cutting. I'm sure some people think I'm crazy for using such a small blade on a moose but it worked absolutely great.

So this is first pic of knife and moose. I took off the whistle before I started cutting...

I wish I could have taken more pictures but I had my hands covered in blood most of the time. I started by reaming vulva/colon as one. Opened up the belly all the way to the brisket. Then cut the fatty skin/stuff over the brisket. That's me cutting, with the Izula, obviously.

I kept cutting all the way to the throat, to get the wind pipe out. Then used a small saw on the brisket.

Then I cut the diaphragm on one side, turned the moose over to cut the other side. Then pulled on the wind pipe to get everything out, top to bottom, in one piece, while freeing some of the stuff that's still attached to the cavity. Easy peasy. I did stop 3/4 the way though to touch up the edge, just to help me finish.

Once the insides were out, we had to quarter it.

Now there is a nice Rat!

Liver and heart were shot so we could not eat them.

A good knife makes the job so much easier. When I got to the camps, I used the sharpmaker on the Izula to bring it back to scary sharp. Then I was at it again... (going for bonus points! lol)

I tried my first ever bow drill. I managed to make the bowdrill, a hell of a lot of smoke, but no fire
I was making a lot of brown powder. I used the paracord from Izula handle to make the bowdrill. I batonned and cut and stabbed all the elements into place but was unsuccessful in my efforts. I will read up on it more and try it again next time.

Here's a pic of the full setup:

I look forward to using my Izula a lot more!!!!


Rat pack number 275. Thanks for the opportunity!

 

[PastorMarko]

Rat Pack #344

YES, it is raining. You never know what the weather will be like when you are forced into a preparedness/self-reliance type situation, so you need to practice in different weather conditions. At least that way when the weather is bad it won't be that big of a deal for you because you have already "been there done that".

Here we have the RC-6 mounted "scout style", this took me a few tries but I think I got it working okay, using only the materials it came with (sometimes you have to work with only what you have at hand.)

This sappling never stood a chance!

Gettin' down to bidness. You ever wonder what Uncle Jed did with all those sticks he wittled?

He might have been making a perimeter to keep the critters out while he camped in the back yard.

Actually this kinda reminds me of the old drive-in movie theatres. When you drove out they had a row of LARGE metal spikes that faced out, if you tried to drive back in and get in for free, you would loose all of your tires.


The RC-6, what can I say, I have NEVER used a knife that made sharpening sticks so easy.

The RC-6, "this branch is for you"!

Oh, I almost forgot to mention:

The RC-6 makes a GREAT Fighting Knife for in the woods or home defense.
(Hunt Filipino Arnis Knife Fighting Stance).

You can even make a "nifty" home made escrima fighting stick, to do the "dreaded", "poke in the eye with a stick".
(Hunt Filipino Arnis Stick fighting Eye Strike).

Disclaimer:

NO animals or humans were hurt during the making of this short content presentation.
The pungi was immediately removed so as to not have any accidents.

As always, please be CAREFUL in the woods!

P.S. Thanks everyone for this wonderful opportunity to win some GREAT RAT Gear, it is GREATLY APPRECIATED, especially in the economy we find ourselves in today!

 

[Munky88]

ah, So i went out and built a shelter for the other thread. Thought I'd enter here too. The full writeup is in the other thread, but I'll do an abridged version here.

Gathering bark

Chomping branches for the frame

Under the bark is about 2 feet of foliage

Why hello there.

 

[kyturkey]

Here's my first fall bird this yr. Perfect to break in my RC 6.

And since its a hen- I cut out the wing bones to make a call with.

Here's a photo of a couple of wing bone calls- a two and three bone.

Then I used the RC 6 to make the pieces for a fire bow.

Didn't have time to finish that day, but I'm going to as soon as I get the chance.

I need to find a photographer, sometimes it's hard to get good photos by yourself with a timer. Or you get busy and forget to take pictures of what your doing.
RP # 203

 

[texastonydobbs]

Winners of Contest are

FuryNC -1st. place

-Crowdog -2nd.

-Munky88 -3rd.


Please email or PM me with your ship info , 1st place winner please choose prize and I will sort out the rest
Thank you !!! :thumbup: