I really like the RAT knives I purchased in April. I bought a couple of Izulas. At purchased the knife and sheath alone, not the complete set. After placing my order I was interested in finding out how to wrap the handles. These were the first knives I had purchased that weren't a folder, so I really had no idea on where to start. It was nice to find instruction on the manufacture website about how to wrap the handle. As a bonus I saw that there was a contest. I entered and hoped for the best. In May I entered again, and found out in June that the contest had cancelled and all further contests would be held here. I came over from the RAT Cutlery website, opened a acct. and entered here. Now it seems I am suppose to contribute to these forums to enter. Lucky for me I like to read as there were no contests for this month listed, I had to look through a couple of topics to find out what was what.
I can appreciate the difficulty in running a contest every month. It seems more trouble than I myself would want to go through. I also appreciate the fact that no one can demand you hold a monthly contest. Thank you taking on the challenge of holding a monthly contest. In the first post of this topic, it was stated that you do not need to own a rat knife, though it would make you cooler. By the rule 25 posts or more, it seems obvious that your are more interested in forum members than you are in customers. While I enjoy both these and the other threads on these boards, I doubt I will be able to be member of the Rat Pack, as I tend more often than not to avoid posting anything (primarily due to length of my post's and poor communication skills). I enjoyed entering the contest's while I could, and I enjoy the knives I have purchased. However I wont be purchasing any more knives, as it seems supporting the company who links to these forums matters less than supporting the forums themselves.
