RC-5 Pass around review thread

Thaumaturgist said:
Just wanted to let everyone know the knife arrived today. The family and I are going camping this long weekend, so I'll get a good chance to use it. I'll send the review when I get back.
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Glad to hear it.

I didnt have time to really sharpen it and I didnt want to mess with reprofiling or anything since it isnt mine.

I put a pretty good working edge on it. Hope its OK.

Have fun with her!
 
First I want to thank Shotgunner11 for setting this up. Next I'd like to thank Derrick from KnivesShipFree for putting up the knife.

Well, my first impression was that the RC5 is a very large knife. I've never had a knife with serrations, but I'd already made up my mind that I didn't like them. I wouldn't know how to sharpen them, they would make cutting most things a hassle, etc. I know a lot of people have/had the same thoughts I did.

My 11 year old was pretty impressed with it. It was pretty nice that I got to take it out for the long Memorial weekend. My first task was to do a little splitting of some wood for the evening camp fire. I honestly think this thing works better than most hatchets I've used. Since I didn't want to ding it up, the next night I was using the hatchet. The rest of the family members were commenting on how it looked easier using the RC5. I had to agree.

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The next task also had to do with shaving some wood for getting a fire started. It worked very well, and although it doesn't make as good of fuzz sticks as my custom scandi grind, it did well enough.

The rest of the tasks were mainly normal camp stuff. Cutting some rope, a little food prep, etc.

I honestly don't know if I've changed my mind on serrations, but I really wouldn't hesitate to order this knife with serrations. They didn't bother me with any of the tasks I set before it. The more I handled the RC5, the more it grew on me. The size which seemed a bit big in the beginning was very comfortable after handling it for just a few minutes. It's balanced very nicely, and you can tell that RAT put a lot of thought into this knife.

The sheath is awesome. I like how it seems to be very versatile, You could attach it to your pack, or attach it to your belt. Either way, it would be an easy carry. Especially for a larger knife.

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Well, that's about it for the review. I'll get this in the mail for TBlock1 tomorrow.
 
Kind of forgot this was still going on. Any updates from anyone.
 
Well I sent it out this Monday, the 15th, to Hector Padilla. Great knife, I'm getting one as soon as possible. It is an absolute beast. It also felt great in the hand, better than any other knife included my rc-4 and an rc-6 I tried in another passaround. I took pictures but can't get them posted.
 
I haven't heard anything in a while. How's this going? Was hoping to hear what some other people thought of it.
 
Well, if I don't hear from Deereman soon, I'm dropping him off the list and we will have a drawing for it.

Remember guys, you needed to adhere to all the rules to be included in the drawing, that includes your review/impressions posted to this thread.

Thanks.
 
Thanks everyone for the feedback. These sheaths are going to be a little bit of a rarity going forward. :)
 
How does someone get on the pass around list ? I would love to get in on it. if someone would please let me know what the requirements are, I would greatly appreciate it.
And even if I cant get in on this one, I would love to participate in a future pass around.

Thanks
 
shotgunner11 said:
Well, if I don't hear from Deereman soon, I'm dropping him off the list and we will have a drawing for it.

Remember guys, you needed to adhere to all the rules to be included in the drawing, that includes your review/impressions posted to this thread.

Thanks.
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Where were those rules for the drawing posted? I forgot you were giving this thing away...:D
 
How many Altoids tins will fit in the pocket on the sheath? I know lots of peeps who try to cram a whole survival kit into those tins so I'm curious if it'd fit in that little pocket.
 
Well guys, I went through, wrote down all the people who posted a review, cut them up, put them into a hat, threw the hat in the garbage, got to missing the hat, picked through the trash for the hat, pulled the hat out, cleaned out the fridge, dumped 2 week old chilli onto the names, took the trashbag out, poked some holes in the bottom, took it out into the back yard, spun around three times till the bag broke and spilled all the trash out into the yard, let the dogs eat the 2 week old chilli/names, waited to see if they threw up, they didn't, waited for my min-pin to have a BM and when he did, guess who's name I saw in it?

*******MP510 is the drawing winner!********

Which is really perfect because he has the knife, no need to ship it my friend!

Thank this guy:

(this is him right before he attacked, killed and ate an entire cow.)
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Also everyone, thank Derrick and Knivesshipfree.com for putting up the knife for the passaround!

Thank him with your words and if your able, thank him with your dollars.

This passaround has been very smooth and painless to run and I just wanted to say thanks to all of you who took part, it shows the honesty and integrity of those who find themselves drawn to RAT!
 
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