Quick story of what happened this morning

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So there I am checking over my fireteam's bags to make sure we all have our gear strait for the next mission, and I was talking to my friend on a different fireteam about the new RAT-3 and he was looking at mine and really liked it. So this new E-3 know-it-all says "can I see that?". I handed it to him and the first thing he does is starts to shave the hair off his arm and then tells me the knife is OK, but isn't very sharp. I thought he was joking, so I thought I would let him check out my small micarta Sebenza, that I just got yesterday. I havn't cut anything with it yet so it was typical CRK "Hair Splitting" sharp. He took the Sebenza, looked it over and felt the edge and said the same thing again. Then he said something that made me think he was retarted. He pulled out a Gerber Gator. The one with the cheap steel and said that the Gator was a much nicer knife and that it was sharper, which it wasn't, and that Gerber made nicer knives than CRK. I swallowed my CRK owning pride and asked him how he came to that conclusion. He said he was from Oregon and that Gerber was made in Oregon and that they were the best knives made. I laughed a little bit, took my Sebenza back, re-sheathed my RAT-3 and walked off in disbelief. I tried to explain the differences, and I didn't even talk about price. He couldn't understand, and refused to agree. I just left it alone. So on the way home I wondered how many people out there, and maybe on here feel the same way?
 
I suspect this sort of thing happens to a lot of Sebenza owners. The Sebenza may be the darling of a certain section of the knife knut world but the averge pocket knife carrying guy on the street has no clue what a Sebenza is, or what it's worth... The plain utilitarian look of the knife doesn't help much either. It may be an outstanding knife with top quality components but a basic Sebenza will never win any beauty contests.
 
It's natural that someone from Oregon would have a preference for the "home grown" product. Probably your teammate isn't familiar with other brands of knives.

I think the Gator is a decent knife too, for $30.

-Bob
 
Yeah, but he also said the same things about the RAT-3. That is not an expensive knife. It is very nice, but very affordable on the same token.
 
What is the plural for of "ignoramus"? Ignorami? well- the world is full of them, and they, in turn, are full of "it".
 
I think it's "ignoramuses". :) (sorry, I'm bored at work)

Rat Finkenstein said:
What is the plural for of "ignoramus"? Ignorami? well- the world is full of them, and they, in turn, are full of "it".
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In my experience it's usually just a matter of someone not having any clue about the knife (or knives in general) you just handed them to look at. They most likely have no concept of the difference in blade steels, handle materials, construction, fit and finish and craftsmanship. They just see a knife for the most part, and don't understand how someone could spend "that kind of money on a knife" :rolleyes: :)
 
I just figured that he would have interest. I love showing good cutlery to new people to the hobby. I also didn't mention, that the other day I was out with my roomate who is a local police officer, and this idiot almost ran me off the road, and when we came to a stop, my roomate identified himself to the other driver by using his creds. and told him to pull over. The other guy just gave us the finger and sped off. So my roomate got this guys information and payed him a little visit at home and hooked him up. So I was telling a co-worker what happend, and this same guy who said the Gerber was better than the Sebenza, told me that you are not required to do anything a police officer says when they are off duty, and that if it was him, he would have rammed us and sped off. I really think he is stupid. I am glad he isn't on my team. He is going to be a handfull do deal with in Iraq.
 
USAFSP said:
I just figured that he would have interest. I love showing good cutlery to new people to the hobby. I also didn't mention, that the other day I was out with my roomate who is a local police officer, and this idiot almost ran me off the road, and when we came to a stop, my roomate identified himself to the other driver by using his creds. and told him to pull over. The other guy just gave us the finger and sped off. So my roomate got this guys information and payed him a little visit at home and hooked him up. So I was telling a co-worker what happend, and this same guy who said the Gerber was better than the Sebenza, told me that you are not required to do anything a police officer says when they are off duty, and that if it was him, he would have rammed us and sped off. I really think he is stupid. I am glad he isn't on my team. He is going to be a handfull do deal with in Iraq.
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wow, this guy sounds like a real tool, glad he's not on your team either..
 
A bit of advise for what its worth,

When you get overseas stay as far away from that guy as humanly possible.
 
Stay away from him because when the fit hits the shan, he'll ask to borrow your rat 3 and micarta sebbie. :D
 
4 Ranges said:
Stay away from him because when the fit hits the shan, he'll ask to borrow your rat 3 and micarta sebbie. :D
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"I dont want to risk messing up the fine edge on my Gerber, let me see one of your junkers- I want to try cutting this rock"
 
Sounds like guys I run into that tell me that their "off the shelf" (won't mention brand names) rifles will shoot a one holer at 500 yards :rolleyes:

Often said when looking at my Shilen barrelled SAKO AII actioned...McMillian stocked sniper.

Also like the statement "this rifle will keyhole them at 500 yards"....if my rifle keyholed at all....it is time for a bullet or barrel change!

Don't argue with idiots....they'll just drag you down to their level and beat you with experience
 
LOL@RAT! So true. I can hear him saying that too.

USAFSP:

Dude, have you had a chance to field test the RAT 3? I'm really eyeing this piece, but I want to know how it performs. What kind of jobs is it excellent at, and what kind of jobs is it good enough for? Also, let us know about the ease of sharpening.

Thanks!
 
You should have told him to check the opening and closing smoothness of the Sebenza. He would have gotten it open, but probably would've fumbled around for a while, unable to close it. I think it's funny when knife a know-it-all can't figure out how to close a knife.

Scott
 
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