Ratweilers

Originally posted by Thrill:

Damn fine looking knife! Give us more details on the finish please. Awesome picture with that chunk of wood!!
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Agreed! At first I thought it was a sterile Tanker Gray but now I am thinking that something has been done to get that look. :thumbup:

What can you share with us young Rats ? :)
 
I bought a ratweiler not long after the swamp was born, took it over the pond, brought it back and stupidly sold it. Tears later I found a gen two and bought it at a nearly 80% mark up from the original. I stripped it, over died the handle slabs black and polished them. I cold blued it but not to the perfection shown here. The hamon does not show through, but then again I did not polish the blade after stripping. My rat appeared to have "stretch" marks on the blade. Any one else see these stretch marks on their rats?
 
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We are indeed blessed.
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stjones said:
Ohhhhhhh! Look at that sexy hamon line!!! :eek:
Looks like a patina finish as well maybe?
Tell me the secrets to that sexy blade, please.
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Believe it or not, that blade looked like that after I stripped it. Don't know if it had to do with the coating or the stripper or what, but I just stripped it and cleaned it. That's it. That knife goes with me just about everywhere, and it holds an edge like nobody's business.
 
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although i gotta say the desret jack is like a mini ratwieler,,just awesome!!
 
Well, I was going to pursue a chopweiler, but after viewing this thread I do believe I'll hold out for the Ratweiler. Wait a minute, I'm just going to have to get both. I guess Swamp Rat is like a box of chocolates, you can't just have one!
 
jtsharp said:
My rat appeared to have "stretch" marks on the blade. Any one else see these stretch marks on their rats?
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If you mean those big, ugly zig-zag lines on the flat of the blade, yes, those are common on stripped CG knives.
 
I asked Eric about those lines at Blade, cause I had them on my waki after I stripped it, he said that's how the steel comes
 
I also have little embedded lines that look like some kind of hammer marks on one side of the blade. It is a cg model, had no logo on it. I love the ratweiler, but this one just doesn't have a very finished look compared to my first gen model. Still a great blade that I don't mind beating the ugly off of.
 
Jroden5446 said:
I asked Eric about those lines at Blade, cause I had them on my waki after I stripped it, he said that's how the steel comes
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Hey bro, did you buy your weiler like that or send it back for a custom coating? I have never seen a black canvas/sage weiler before that is sick looking :thumbup:
 
silverbullets said:
Hey bro, did you buy your weiler like that or send it back for a custom coating? I have never seen a black canvas/sage weiler before that is sick looking :thumbup:
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He told me earlier that was a custom coating. I believe it was originally black on black. Great color combo. :thumbup:
 
I bought it like that off the x, but yeah, it was a recoat by the shop , sweet blade, I don't know what it is about this rat, but it feels different from the 3 others that I had ( 2 old school ones and 1 second gen)
 
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