Pink Rats ?

[upnorth]

I kind of liked the contrast between the black blade and pink grips/scales, that I saw in some pink Rat1 pics. They should also be high visibility along with my blaze orange, when I want that, while getting lost in the bush. I also have them in dull/dark tones for in town carry. Of course my initial response back when I first saw them was knee jerk negative. But isn't this just a socialized response drilled into us since childhood ? Anyway, I have three Rat 1's coming in and two are pink. It will be interesting to see if my mind is still open when I handle them.

 

[upnorth]

Two pink Rat 1's and a coyote brown came in. I wanted a black blade coyote to easily differentiate it from my satin blade in D-2. The pinks are indeed high viz and will go along with a blaze orange I have. One more blaze orange and I should have enough high viz. 1's. I might grab one or two Rat2's in blaze. It is easy for me to drop or knock a cutting tool into the snow or brush in cold weather..... I took a pink out to the lake, along with the warden, and made a fire in the frozen frosted up wood pile. The Rat sliced like a razor. Cheap, high viz, works great, no pain if dropped in a lake.

 

[Mikel_24]

I have a few pink, orange and yellow handle knives. High visibility is a plus always. Also, bright colors seem to give peace of mind to non-knife people who still see blades as weapons instead of tools.

My one and only Rat 2 is pink.

Mikel

 

[upnorth]

I have a few pink, orange and yellow handle knives. High visibility is a plus always. Also, bright colors seem to give peace of mind to non-knife people who still see blades as weapons instead of tools.

My one and only Rat 2 is pink.

Mikel

Yes sir, there where many positive factors in getting a few pinks, once I examined my own personal biases.

 

[Mikel_24]

Yes sir, there where many positive factors in getting a few pinks, once I examined my own personal biases.

I also read somewhere that some brands (Spyderco and Benchmade if I recall correctly) gave some of the benefits from their pink handled knife sales to breast cancer research funds... or something along those lines. I don't know if that also applies to Ontario RATs...

Mikel

 

[jbmonkey]

I prefer orange as it sticks out enough for me, but im not against pink. have a pink Buck bantam.. it was on sale and dirt cheap and what do i care, it cuts and works fine. given a choice I'm pickin orange though.

 

[jbmonkey]

Two pink Rat 1's and a coyote brown came in. I wanted a black blade coyote to easily differentiate it from my satin blade in D-2. The pinks are indeed high viz and will go along with a blaze orange I have. One more blaze orange and I should have enough high viz. 1's. I might grab one or two Rat2's in blaze. It is easy for me to drop or knock a cutting tool into the snow or brush in cold weather..... I took a pink out to the lake, along with the warden, and made a fire in the frozen frosted up wood pile. The Rat sliced like a razor. Cheap, high viz, works great, no pain if dropped in a lake.

just saw in your pics ya got a curling setup there. that's game or activity as foreign as ice hockey or ice fishin to me here in the deepest south.

got to be in Canada or that part of USA that is cold like Canada.

 

[upnorth]

I prefer orange as it sticks out enough for me, but im not against pink. have a pink Buck bantam.. it was on sale and dirt cheap and what do i care, it cuts and works fine. given a choice I'm pickin orange though.

Yes, I prefer blaze, but I'm kind of blazed out. The pinks where kind of an experiment. It's hilarious as I was going to get one, then they were sold out while I was getting various colours. Then they came back and I grabbed two lol ! I figured that a few ladies that I know would be fine with them if I couldn't deal. But I don't really care. They are just cheap high viz users. I like the black contrast actually. Pink is kind of like a serrated edge to me. I have a low number of serrated blades. But they where specificaly chosen in serrated......... I'm switching hobby focus right now but one of these days I'll likely grab a black bladed blaze R2D2 in an order. I went through another buying streak and I still have machetes that have never been taken out from 2-3 years ago. It gets kind of weird to me when I slide from buying to use, to buying just to buy.

 

[upnorth]

just saw in your pics ya got a curling setup there. that's game or activity as foreign as ice hockey or ice fishin to me here in the deepest south.

got to be in Canada or that part of USA that is cold like Canada.

lol. My wife is a Hockey and Baseball phreak and I can barely watch it. I grew up with a fishing rod in one hand, and a .22 in the other. Curling ? I would find staring at rocks as they slowly dissolved to dust more stimulating, lol. But I guess that I'm pretty weird anyway as I'm totally obsessed with metal detecting. I admit that being in the remote Boreal forest searching for the remnants of 1700's fur trade activity, with a Becker Brute on my hip, presses the right buttons for me. Last year it was a Condor Undertaker. No one to judge other than a bear, grouse or moose lol.

 

[jbmonkey]

lol. My wife is a Hockey and Baseball phreak and I can barely watch it. I grew up with a fishing rod in one hand, and a .22 in the other. Curling ? I would find staring at rocks as they slowly dissolved to dust more stimulating, lol. But I guess that I'm pretty weird anyway as I'm totally obsessed with metal detecting. I admit that being in the remote Boreal forest searching for the remnants of 1700's fur trade activity, with a Becker Brute on my hip, presses the right buttons for me. Last year it was a Condor Undertaker. No one to judge other than a bear, grouse or moose lol.

aren't these curling stones and ice patch to do it...



guess I'm lookin at it wrong? what are they Sir? thank you.