Good $60 Knife

**hunter63** · 01-25-2015, 08:48 PM

....yeah, there is something kinda cool about looking up at the stars through the smoke hole.......

**Zack** · 04-14-2015, 07:17 PM

Just a quick update on the situation: I just found an old Schrade knife (one of the old USA made ones) that I think I'd like to use as a belt knife. Thanks for all the advice though!

**Lamewolf** · 07-09-2015, 11:46 AM

Originally Posted by Zack

Does anybody own a RAT 3 or 5? Are there any good reviews?

I have a RAT 3 and a RAT 7, love them both - very tough knives ! Wish they made a RAT 4 !

**Rick** · 07-09-2015, 12:26 PM

Lamewolf - Look at the ESEE 4P. There are several different models to choose from. Randal became ESEE so it's the same knife as Ontario was making. It 9 inches long. In between the RAT 3 and RAT 5.

**Lamewolf** · 07-09-2015, 03:07 PM

Originally Posted by Rick

Lamewolf - Look at the ESEE 4P. There are several different models to choose from. Randal became ESEE so it's the same knife as Ontario was making. It 9 inches long. In between the RAT 3 and RAT 5.

Yeah, I know but the ESEE 4 is much more expensive than a RAT 4 would be ! I only paid $68 plus tax for my new RAT 7 ! One of these days I'll probable end up with an ESEE 4 though, I already have an ESEE Laserstrike.

**Rick** · 07-09-2015, 03:08 PM

It only costs a tad more to go first class.

**crashdive123** · 07-09-2015, 04:50 PM

I've got a RAT 5 and am very happy with it.

**Lamewolf** · 07-09-2015, 05:19 PM

Originally Posted by crashdive123

I've got a RAT 5 and am very happy with it.

Know what you mean crash, I've never seen a bad product from Ontario myself. And one of their products that is very useful in the outdoors is their Old Hickory butcher knives. Around $13, 1095 high carbon steel and full tang with hickory handle scales. I've got 2 of them, one I reground into a Kephart style blade and the other I left as a butcher knife. They are not real thick blades, but I have never broken one even under hard use. I've seen them used at fleamarkets for as little as a dollar !

**randyt** · 07-09-2015, 06:18 PM

Originally Posted by hunter63

....yeah, there is something kinda cool about looking up at the stars through the smoke hole.......

TBH taking up tipi living with a indian gal really wasn't about the tipi LOL.

**Batch** · 07-09-2015, 10:26 PM

Originally Posted by Lamewolf

Know what you mean crash, I've never seen a bad product from Ontario myself. And one of their products that is very useful in the outdoors is their Old Hickory butcher knives. Around $13, 1095 high carbon steel and full tang with hickory handle scales. I've got 2 of them, one I reground into a Kephart style blade and the other I left as a butcher knife. They are not real thick blades, but I have never broken one even under hard use. I've seen them used at fleamarkets for as little as a dollar !

I am a fan of Old Hickory Butcher Knives. Solid knives for the money! And you can flip food on the grill with it in a pinch.

**randyt** · 07-09-2015, 10:36 PM

I've been using a russell skinner cut down into a nesmuck of sorts. I prefer the old hickory type knives over bout anything else. Been thinking about a cold steel bushman.

**Lamewolf** · 07-10-2015, 07:09 AM

Originally Posted by randyt

I've been using a russell skinner cut down into a nesmuck of sorts. I prefer the old hickory type knives over bout anything else. Been thinking about a cold steel bushman.

I had a Cold Steel Bushman, and I think that's where Cold Steel got its name because that steel handle was colder than a well diggers butt in the winter ! Gave it to a friend, just didn't like it at all !