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Pros: Blade Material, Blade Sharpness, Ease of Opening, Handle Feel, Handle Material, Lock Ease of Use, Lock Type, Overall Quality, Pocket Clip, Weight
Cons: None
You want a knife. The RAT Model 2 is a knife.
You want a practical, lightweight EDC folder that no one is clamoring for, yet every knife collector seems to have? You want a dependable beater knife that you can rely on, abuse, lose, replace, beat up, and not be afraid to lose again? You want the Honda Civic of the knife world: the RAT Model 2. Features: Blade that never needs sharpening: No Corrosion resistance: Sort of Resistance to chipping: Mostly Handle: Yes Multiple deployment options: Not here Finger choil: No way Ease of sharpening: If you knew how to sharpen a knife without help, you would buy a better knife Bluetooth: ?? No, what? You can drop this knife outside, lose it, find it, clean it, and never miss a beat. This is the knife you lose, replace, lose the replacement, find the original in the mud, and then feel happy about it. It can slice, it can pierce, and it can probably pry—though that is not recommended, but we do what we do. What do you want your knife to do? Cut staples? Get a better knife. Cut tape on the packages you have delivered every day? Winner, winner, chicken dinner. Did you know R.A.T. stands for Randall’s Adventure Training? Of course, you did. Randall’s Adventure & Training designed the original RAT knife line for Ontario Knife Company. After several years designing knives for Ontario, Jeff Randall and Mike Perrin formed RAT Cutlery, which later became ESEE Knives. Did you even know?! The Ontario RAT Model 2 is roughly 13 now. That is old enough to have already attended its first cotillion. This is a knife with history that has done some wild things. You can loan this knife out. You can lose this knife. You can abuse this knife. This is a knife that will not judge you the way a Spyderco knife would. This isn't the knife you wanted. It's the knife you deserve. Why are you still reading reviews? Just buy the RAT Model 2. Buy two of them so you can lose one. You will be glad that you did.