What's the difference between RAT cutlery and ESEE versions?

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erik the red

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Is there any difference between the older RAT cutlery versions and the new ESEE versions as far as materials used? Is the RAT RC 3 the same knife except for the name as the ESEE 3? The RC version is about 30 bucks cheaper. Thanks.
 
you sure you're looking at an rc-3? sounds more like a rat-3, by ontario...

the rowen made rc-3 and esee-3 are identical in manufacture. the logo is the only difference.
 
You mentioned a 30$ price difference... all of the RAT cutlery and ESEE knives say ROWEN

on them. There is not a price difference between them because they are the same other

than the logo.

The older ONTARIO ones may be 30$ cheaper. They will say ONTARIO on them where the

others will say ROWEN.

The ROWEN ones whether ESEE or RAT cutlery are IMO superior to the ONTARIO ones.

This was most likely thoroughly confusing....
 
"The ROWEN ones whether ESEE or RAT cutlery are IMO superior to the ONTARIO ones. "

I would concur:) Mike
 
Personally, I don't (and won't) make claims to superiority in this industry. There are thousands of Ontario RAT-3s being used all over the world. Once you go down the road of elitist superiority statements then basically you're saying that people who bought our Ontario design have a sub-par knife. Zero Tolerance folders are probably far better than the simple Benchmade I carry every day, but the Benchamde is cheaper and it works every day for me. My point is I'm not sure why there has to be an argument for what's best. Some of the best survivalists and real knife users that I know carry an Old Timer 3-blade pocket knife and would never even consider one of our products.

As for the orginal post, it's pretty simple, if it says Ontario then it's made by Ontario, it it says Rowen then it's made by Rowen.
 
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