RAT Serrations

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Munky88

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I know the forums concessus towards serrations, but there seem to be quite a few people with serrated RATs. What gives?

They look to me like they're easier to sharpen, and not chisel ground like most. But are they any good for woods work? or still a nuisance by taking up the best part of the blade?

what are the thoughts on the RAT serrations? are they worth it, or just in the bunch to give people some variety.
 
RAT's serrations from what I have heard are pretty good and have turned some combo edge haters to people who actually like the serrations. I don't own any combo edged RATs so I can't speak from personal experiences though.
 
They are useful for fibrous materials & tendons & ligaments of game animals (and other things as well I'm sure).

My sales ratio is about 50/50.

The serrations on a RAT knife are sharpened just like the rest of the blade which is a BIG advantage.
 
hwpaintballer said:
RAT's serrations from what I have heard are pretty good and have turned some combo edge haters to people who actually like the serrations. I don't own any combo edged RATs so I can't speak from personal experiences though.
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Very true!
 
I have bought knives over the years with serrations and found my self regretting it. IMO if you only carry one knife it should not be serrated partially or fully. Don't get me wrong serrations are useful but their usefulness is limited to specific tasks. I now only carry a small folder that is fully serrated for those times that I need it. I don't have a RAT that is serrated and I agree they appear better than most but you can get the benefit of serrations by using a course stone on your edge to get micro serrations to do the job.

Just my Opinion and you know what opinions are like.

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ill never buy another fixed blade with serrations! i own one and regret it.! i own one RAT but plan to buy the whole line and all will be plain edged. if i need a serrated edge ill go to one of my folders if its that neccessary.
 
perchjerk said:
ill never buy another fixed blade with serrations! i own one and regret it.! i own one RAT but plan to buy the whole line and all will be plain edged. if i need a serrated edge ill go to one of my folders if its that neccessary.
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I'm curious... Why?
 
hwpaintballer said:
He said fixed blade, I don't believe it was a RAT with serrations. It was probably one with crappy saw teeth. Don't worry perchjerk not all serrations are created equally.
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That was the way I understood it as well. That's why I wanted to hear what he didn't like about it so the differences could be pointed out. I know serrations aren't for everybody but as mentioned earlier, my sales are about 50/50 so a lot of people do like the RAT way of doing them.
 
:D there is a huge difference between the serrations on the front end of a butter knife, a hand saw, and a spyderco with a spydie edge.

[sarcasm] But they are all serrations, and if the hand saw does a crappy job at detail work and the butter knife sucks at cutting, then why would any other serration be different[/sarcasm]
 
...why do butter knives have serrations on the front.

does anybody here have both and can compare them pro's and con's?
 
Munky88 said:
...why do butter knives have serrations on the front.

does anybody here have both and can compare them pro's and con's?
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You can actually use those serrations to cut through some food, a little barbaric if you have a nice sharp knife on you, but some people view it as the other way around :rolleyes:.
 
I really like a partially serrated blade. It helps when cutting rope, zip ties, wire, etc...I don't however like a full serrated blade, I need some regular surface to do finer cutting with.
 
I perfer the partial serrated blade. It doesn't get in my way and I think it comes in handy for rope,webbing, etc. The RAT serrations are really easy to sharpen and work well. On the other side, if I have really fine work to do, I use an "old style" 3 blade stockman folder.
 
The RAT serrations are spectacular given what most people will use the knife for. They don't get in the way or cause any weird behavior when batoning through stuff, and hold a nice edge even longer than the plain edge section.

Mostly mine get used for rope cutting, I had to reprofile the edge pretty heavily to get a good sized ding out and decided to leave out most one serration and its even better since I now have more of the straight part of the blade for fine work. Awesome design
 
I own only one RC with Serrations an RC3MIL SE and I use it at work,I like the Serrations on a work knife but I carry a PE in the Woods. The SE is easy to sharpen with a Stone or Rod.... I think RAT/Rowen Came up with a Great Serration set up,the spacing between the teeth are key to resharpening SE knives.... I have even used the SE to strike my Ferro Rod to save the PE portion on my Knife.
 
RAT serrations are indeed the best serrations I have ever used. Although I still will probably never own a serrated blade other than the RC-3MIL.

I just prefer the plain edge.
 
Another PE fan here, too. And as mentioned, the RAT serrations are really good. I don't own any RC's with the serrations, but I do have a few Kershaw folders that use the same style. They work great and sharpen easily.
 
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