Ontario RAT knives quality???

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ToFarToTurnBack

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I just bought an Ontario RAT 7 and i am not happy with it. The handle is really thick and the blade seems flimsy, feels like i could snap it in half but it is light. Any opinions??????
 
Suggest you talk with Tom of Chestnut Ridge -- think his BF handle is CRKS (or something very similar). He often posts in the Camillus sub-Forum under BF.

As the Beckers he loves to offer become harder to find, he's been talking about Ontario. Suspect he'd like to talk with you about your experience.
 
I just got a RAT 7 and my impression is completely different. It sounds like you are talking about a different knive..........................
 
Same here. I have 2 RAT-7s, and they are built like tanks. Flimsy blade? Not mine. :)

cheers
 
its not that the blade is flimsy im comparing it to my chris reeves green beret knife and the blade seems so much lighter i dunno just my opinion. and its 1095 whoever asked
 
I was the one who asked. :)

You've got 3/16 inch thick stock on the Ontario.

It shouldn't feel flimsy; but might not feel the same as
a much more expensive knife like the CRK you mentioned.
 
hmmmm... I just got the RTAK II. It's also 3/16" thick (like the RAT 7) and definitely not flimsy.
Are we talking about the same thing?

rtak II and rat 7

 
Anyway, if the Ontario is too light for you,
you really go for very very very duty blades.

Do you have a Busse?
 
I agree on the Busse recommendation. Also Ranger knives.
I don't think they come much sturdier and tougher than these...
 
I cannot beleive you actually think the blade is "flimsy" on a RAT 7, what are your comparing it to, an Ax? I smell a "rat" with this post.
 
I agree comparing a $100 Rat-7 1095 blade to a $300 CRK 7" S30V GB is not a fair comparision.

I to own a 7" Green Beret and do like it. Although, there have been threads/posts of folks complaining about how the GB tang extends above the handle.
 
ToFarToTurnBack said:
thanks the busse knives are a bit to big for me i dont like knives that big but the ranger knives looks pretty badass
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Busses come in all sizes. You just have to try your hand at the secondary market if you don't want a Battle Mistress at present time.
 
Sounds as if you should take a prybar in for a slack belt grind. . . .:rolleyes:
 
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