Whats your latest knife purchase?

[Blademan21]

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[crufflers]

Just received my Ontario RAT 7. Couldn’t pass up the price at 50% off retail. Now I have to find a good sheath that cost less than the knife! Any suggestions out there?

I have one that came with a gorgeous basket weave leather seath, but it is actually sitting in the stock one that is secured to a gun case for a Ruger PCC.

I'd opt to find something like this:

https://theknifeconnection.com/tkc-ontario-rat-7-esee-6-kydex-sheath-w-slide-lock-gunmetal-grey/

OR

AZwelke for an ESSE 6 sheath, but check with him to make sure his retention is good for the RAT7.

https://www.azwelke.com/sheaths/esee/esee-6/

You could also grab a SPEC-OPS large and mold the insert to the knife with a heat gun or iron - I've done that many times with knives 8" or less and those sheaths are great. I probably still have a dozen of them.

OR

https://clevelandkydex.com/ontario-c-28_3_13/ontario-rat7-sheath-p-55.html

RAT7 is a popular knife and there is kydex out there for it.

[crufflers]

You'll see what I was talking about when you get it. I wish I could just buy some aftermarket scales for it. I'd just drill through and put a couple rivets in.

Looking for some old pics of a RAT7... found this old series of posts.

You had it figured on the CS drop forged knives handles. They did just what you said on the Survivalist... drilled holes and added textured scales. They should do the same for the smaller one. I do think the skate tape improved mine though.

[c-mo]

Benchmade 87

single channel Titanium handles running on bearings. This thing is indestructible.

[etwinam]

XM-18 skinny sheepsfoot

[Exiledviking]

Finally sprung for a Snecx/Hoback Buster collaboration. All I can say is Wow.

[etwinam]

XM18 skinny skinner

[recpark99]

Hogue EX-02 Elishewitz Sig

Just picked up a Hogue EX-02 Elishewitz, Sig series with laminated walnut scales. This is a great knife, big for EDC, but perfect for hunting. Goes well with my Legion too.

[etwinam]

Just picked up a Hogue EX-02 Elishewitz, Sig series with laminated walnut scales. This is a great knife, big for EDC, but perfect for hunting. Goes well with my Legion too.

Nice!

[recpark99]

Muela Bison

Saw some good reviews on Muela knives from Spain, so I decided to try one out. Just got the Muela Bison skinning knife. The stag handle is beautiful and this thing is razor sharp. Fits in the hand perfectly. Leather sheath is very nice too! I just prepped a pheasant for dinner in no time at all. Amazing how easy it is to prep game with a sharp knife. Going hog hunting next weekend and hoping to use this in the field!

[Blademan21]

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[yellowsulphur]

Waiting on a Protech half-breed auto with the 3D wave grip from Southern Edge Knife Works.

[Marthor]

Got me an Ek 44 Commando currently produced by Kabar. This was a famous knife for American GIs in World War II. They had cherry wood handles back then.

[racinjason233]

Finally sprung for a Snecx/Hoback Buster collaboration. All I can say is Wow.

thats a NICE KNIFE!!!!!!!!!!

[ScottsBad]

Picked up my first LT Wright knife. This is a new model called the Illuminous 5. It has a 5.7" blade of CPM 3V steel. A .1565" thick spine (by my measurement) that is 1.5" tall. Weighs about 10.2 oz. and has an overall length of 10.3". Handle length is 4.6".

I have large-XL hands and this has an extremely comfortable fine micarta handle (other materials are available). The handle is a little larger in diameter than most knives in this blade length. The fine micarta grip and diameter gives you tremendous grip leverage when carving.

I would say this is my favorite all around medium sized outdoor knife (belt knife) at this time. The handle is really comfortable and unique. This big knife can still perform most small tasks you might do with a smaller 4.5" bushcraft knife, but can also perform small chopping tasks like removing small limbs from a sapling, chopping points on tent stakes, chopping thumb sized kindling, batoning thick wood, and batoning cross cuts in wood. The shape of the rear of the handle makes two or three finger snap chops easy without worry of losing control of the knife.

It comes with a super sharp scandi grind which is easy to strop back to razor sharp after use. The steel is 57-59 HRC which is slightly softer than Bark River 3V at 59-60 HRC, but it seems to hold its edge well and it may be slightly easier to sharpen.

Personally, I prefer a Bark River type convex grind, but I'm impressed with the LT Wright scandi grind, especially in 3V.

This will be a very tough knife in 3V and I pounded, (literally) with a baton, over and over through aged California Blue Oak firewood without a worry. The height of the blade gave me extra confidence that it would not break. Of course 3V is one of the toughest knife steels used today.

This is a quality knife with competitive pricing for this package of quality materials, a great design, made by a well known quality knife craftsman.

BTW - It comes with a very nice leather sheath.

Here it is with some practice carving scrap.

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