#967 in Sports & Outdoors
Reddit mentions of Ontario Knife Co. 8846 Rat-1 Black Coated AUS-8 Stainless Steel 3.6 in Plain Edge Blade Nylon Handle 4-Position Reversible Clip Folding Knife for Outdoor, Tactical, Survival & EDC (Black)
Sentiment score: 4
Reddit mentions: 8
We found 8 Reddit mentions of Ontario Knife Co. 8846 Rat-1 Black Coated AUS-8 Stainless Steel 3.6 in Plain Edge Blade Nylon Handle 4-Position Reversible Clip Folding Knife for Outdoor, Tactical, Survival & EDC (Black). Here are the top ones.
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- Sport type: Hunting
- 3.5 inch plain edge blade
- Knife Closed Length: 4.5-Inch
- Knife Open Length: 8.5-Inch
- Weighs 5 ounces
Features:
Specs:
Color | Black |
Height | 1 Inches |
Length | 5.6 Inches |
Number of items | 1 |
Weight | 0.30625 Pounds |
Width | 1.9 Inches |
Seconding that you should upgrade the knife.
There are a lot of good options, although I would recommend you shy away from the Gerber brand as they have some quality control issues, and have been running quite a few recalls (Including on that utility knife you're carrying). I was hoping to have a link for you to an article comparing their number of recalls versus several other companies but can't seem to find it currently. A quick googling though will show you what I mean.
For a list of nice knife options for less than $100 (and most around the $50 mark) check out some of these:
Spyderco Endura
Cold Steel Recon 1
Cold Steel American Lawman
Cold Steel Voyager
Kershaw Blur
Benchmade Griptilian
Ontario RAT 1 Folder
CRKT Heiho
I think these on top of the list /u/OC4815162342 provided should give you oodles of options!
Also if you want to upgrade that wallet of yours here are some options to look at.
www.Popovleather.com
Guy is also a redditor.
Leather Mimalist Wallets
Minimalist Wallets
For the record, I feel the same that the Cryo is too slippery - which is why I'm super glad Kershaw released a G10 version of it last year.
I also agree that the Tenacious is just a bit too big for EDC - and they do make the Persistence, which is a shrunken version of the Tenacious, with a 2.75 inch blade vs the Tenacious' 3-3/8 inch blade. If you wanna go even smaller, the Ambitious has a 2.25" blade. All 3 knives share a similar design (though the Ambitious is small enough that the proportions might look a little weird to some).
A few other knives of note that are standouts in the sub-$50 price range:
A few notes here
ETA a few more links and some clarification of my still-awake-at-5am rambling.
i dont think your friend gave you a very good deal. For $30, a rat-1 would be a better investment.
http://www.amazon.com/Ontario-8846-Folding-Knife-Black/dp/B001E8EM2E/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1395251283&sr=8-3&keywords=ontario+rat-1
Titanium is not an ideal knife material. A stainless steel blade, even one made of cheaper steel will perform better than a titanium equivalent.
The knife you linked is not titanium, I think they are claiming the coating is Carbonitride Titanium but the blade itself is good old AUS 8. Which is a decent steel. If you like that knife, it would probably work just fine.
In this price range, I was going to recommend Kerhsaw, Benchmade and Spyderco. But, I just looked through the UK amazon store and your choices are really slim. So, I looked through the store and picked a couple solid choices.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/g6q/Ontario-Knife-Company-Folder-Plain-Folding-Blade/B001E8EM2E/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Spyderco-Resilience-Plain-Folding-Knife/dp/B004AWOLV8/
If you end up further down the rabbit hole /r/knives, /r/knifeclub, /r/turtle/
Watch 25.49
Knife 24.00
Wallet 10.92
Flashlight 23.95
S Biner 1.78
Free Key 7.49
Total: 93.63
lmao those knives of quality and then the piece of shit mtech cant make this shit up. her eyou go my man, budget AND quality for ya:
https://www.amazon.com/Ontario-8846-Folding-Knife-Black/dp/B001E8EM2E
roughly the same size too
visit us in r/knives or r/fountainpens for more stuff (your pen could use an upgrade too)
Things in my EDC:
This is one of my EDC Kershaw Black Clash its a great little knife to eye
if you got 28$ i would def get this Ontario RAT