Rat 3 to the rescue!

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hey guys, New guy here thought I'd introduce myself with a little anecdote from a couple weeks ago which was the first time I had taken my pretty new Rat 3 camping.

It was out at El Capitan beach and we were all huddle around the campfire.
Now this was a Boy scout trip so i've got all these scouts running around and some of the other adult leaders are around the fire as well.

One of the other adult leaders was cooking some steak and sides up on grill that flips over the fire ring, little did he or I know there were four pins that held the grill up, except one of the pins was missing.

I had fireproof gloves on because I was being the fire martial (person in charge of fire safety, putting more wood on, etc) and I was just sitting there watching him flip the steaks from time to time. Trusty Rat3 on the front of my belt.

Suddenly, he flips a steak and the whole grill tilts and drops everything in the fire, i mean, steaks, bread, potatoes, everything! without hesitation I grabbed my Rat and dove in, (mind you it wasn't a roaring fire and I wasn't doing anything necessarily dangerous) I scooped out at least 4 or 5 of the 6 steaks in moments. They were very grateful and I was pretty lucky to have had my knife ready. :D


Anyways, thought ya'll might enjoy that story.
 
A true savior! A RAT-3 or an RC-3 or an ESEE-3 ;)
 
ohh gotchya!
It's a Rat 3 by ontario,

I dove into it without fully doing my research.
I've got an esee 5 and an Esee 3 on my list coming up next.
 
SocalSurvivalistX said:
hey guys, New guy here thought I'd introduce myself with a little anecdote from a couple weeks ago which was the first time I had taken my pretty new Rat 3 camping.

It was out at El Capitan beach and we were all huddle around the campfire.
Now this was a Boy scout trip so i've got all these scouts running around and some of the other adult leaders are around the fire as well.

One of the other adult leaders was cooking some steak and sides up on grill that flips over the fire ring, little did he or I know there were four pins that held the grill up, except one of the pins was missing.

I had fireproof gloves on because I was being the fire martial (person in charge of fire safety, putting more wood on, etc) and I was just sitting there watching him flip the steaks from time to time. Trusty Rat3 on the front of my belt.

Suddenly, he flips a steak and the whole grill tilts and drops everything in the fire, i mean, steaks, bread, potatoes, everything! without hesitation I grabbed my Rat and dove in, (mind you it wasn't a roaring fire and I wasn't doing anything necessarily dangerous) I scooped out at least 4 or 5 of the 6 steaks in moments. They were very grateful and I was pretty lucky to have had my knife ready. :D


Anyways, thought ya'll might enjoy that story.
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I'm also a Scout leader! We have the Klondike coming up soon and we will be using an ESEE firestriker kit to tear up the competition.
 
SAVE THE BEEF!!!
I wish Id have had an Esee through my scouting experiences. Come to think of it, a BSA edition izula would be pretty sweet!
 
Great work you do with the young boys of our country. Builds character and skills they will use for the rest of their lives. Thankyou to you Sir.
 
I would think that the ESEE-3 would make a good knife for Boy Scouts. It's about the size of those old Western-made ones we had. The hard sheath is much safer in the event of a fall. Good for you for being a good scout leader and saving those steaks. :thumbup:
 
i have a RC-3 and an old RAT-3. If you would had a RC/ESEE-3 you would have been able to get all the food out of the fire. he he he he :D j/k


Mike
 
alsj727 said:
Great work you do with the young boys of our country. Builds character and skills they will use for the rest of their lives. Thankyou to you Sir.
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Thanks! I went through the entire program myself from cub scouts to eagle and at the end of it I couldn't just turn my back and leave so I decided to stay as an adult leader and help teach these guys the skills and give them the experiences I was so lucky to get!




threatx3 said:
I'm also a Scout leader! We have the Klondike coming up soon and we will be using an ESEE firestriker kit to tear up the competition.
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That's awesome!! What council/area are you in?
We used to do Klondike a long time ago and it was a ton of fun!
 
SSX,

Any man who saves someones dinner is a good man in my book! Glad to have you with us. Thanks for the anecdote.

God bless,
Adam
 
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