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Swamp Rat knives
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Check this link for Swamprat info http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=427585
And read the stickied posts at the top of the swamprat forum here on BFC. Also a pics only thread
Welcome to the Swamp!
And read the stickied posts at the top of the swamprat forum here on BFC. Also a pics only thread
Welcome to the Swamp!
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Even that link isn't terribly helpful....
Swamp Rat usually only sells one knife at a time, and it's generally done on a pre-order basis. Right now, the knife that is selling is the Rodent Waki. To pre-order, you must send an email, and then a couple of weeks after they stop taking pre-orders, you will be contacted to send payment for your knife. Once you've paid, it will ship.
Apart from the current offering, the only other ways to get new Swamp Rat knives are at the few shows where Busse family blades are represented (BLADE, Knob Creek, and BLADE West). If you don't want the knife that's on pre-order, and you can't make it to one of the shows, your only other option is to buy second hand from someone who has what you want. Swamp Rat knives are sold fairly regularly on ebay, and there is also a forum for selling them (and other Busse family knives) here:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=805
Good luck - I became interested in these companies fairly recently, and it's a bit of a hassle to get your hands on the knife you want - but once you do, it's completely worth it! I hope you stick around and learn the details, and get in on some sweet steel.
Swamp Rat usually only sells one knife at a time, and it's generally done on a pre-order basis. Right now, the knife that is selling is the Rodent Waki. To pre-order, you must send an email, and then a couple of weeks after they stop taking pre-orders, you will be contacted to send payment for your knife. Once you've paid, it will ship.
Apart from the current offering, the only other ways to get new Swamp Rat knives are at the few shows where Busse family blades are represented (BLADE, Knob Creek, and BLADE West). If you don't want the knife that's on pre-order, and you can't make it to one of the shows, your only other option is to buy second hand from someone who has what you want. Swamp Rat knives are sold fairly regularly on ebay, and there is also a forum for selling them (and other Busse family knives) here:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=805
Good luck - I became interested in these companies fairly recently, and it's a bit of a hassle to get your hands on the knife you want - but once you do, it's completely worth it! I hope you stick around and learn the details, and get in on some sweet steel.
It's worth the wait.
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Depends on what size knife you want - I'm a big fan of my Mini Uncle Mojo, which I got for just over 200, including the sheath, second hand. For a small everyday carry kind of knife, the little swamp rat vex, which was released at BLADE, is very cool, and can be found pretty easily second hand, since it's a newer design.
The bigger, chopper-sized knives, will generally run you over 200 bucks - the M9LE, for example (one of my favorite knives) went for 250 retail, and is selling for 300+ second hand.
The bigger, chopper-sized knives, will generally run you over 200 bucks - the M9LE, for example (one of my favorite knives) went for 250 retail, and is selling for 300+ second hand.
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Yep, scrap yard is where the sub-$200 knives are most easily found now. Plus they've got those sweet res-c handles :thumbup:
