Ontario RAT-1
After having quite a few national made or chinese blades I finally started looking onto more expensive ones, and the RAT-1 caught my attention for it's price and simplicity, it's not a fancy knife you'll be too afraid to damage, but it's also not a cheap knife you can't rely a 100% on it.
The blade haves a simple design, 5" linerlock, made with AUS8 stainless black finish blade with G10 grips, it's a really solid blade, I never had any problems with the safety at all and tested some of it, it comes with a lanyard hole but I never used it, I got the version with black handles and black finish blade, there are several versions with different colors, and even the RAT-2 which is basically the same blade, but a bit smaller, personally I don't think it's worth it and I'd rather stick with the RAT-1.
It's been my main carry blade for about a year now, never had any problems with it, no rust at all, it's a perfect, cheap and solid blade that will take some abuses without problems.
Pros
- Cheap for the quality
- The size is just perfect, not too big on my hands, but not too small
- Great finish, even after a year the black painting on the blade itself is still intact
- Linerlock safety, it's the only "con" I can think of, personally I'm not a big fan of it but it's quite reliable, maybe I've just got too used to Axis Locks after years of carrying Ganzo models
