alaskanativeson
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I just bought several Old Hickory and Ontario knives off ebay and really had mixed results. I got another Rat 3 D2 which is a fantastic knife, remarkable edge, great sheath, and high quality feel. I also got a Rat 5 D2, this is my first one of these. It's remarkable how much bigger it feels in the hand than the Rat 3. I think I'm going to take a wheel to the micarta slabs and round them out a bit to custom fit them to my hand, but this knife also has a super edge and the feel of a knife that I'll have and use till my death. I am a little disappointed in the sheath, it looks a lot like the Eagle sheath that came with my Kabar Extreme D2 fighting knife, but it's far less quality. If anyone knows where I can get a good nylon sheath like the Eagle, let me know.
The Old Hickory knives are a completely different story. I was buying 2 sets of 5 knives for each of my sisters for Christmas. They still haven't gotten their knives because I wouldn't give a knife to anyone in this condition, I may not give them at all. The handles have a really poor quality feel to the wood, the blades are poorly mounted in the handles, and worst of all every single knife had a rolled edge over to one side. I have used my ceramic rods to straighten out one of the blades. It really bothered me, I guess I'm just spoiled by the quality of the Old Hickory knives I inherited from my mom, who got them from her mom. I wanted to get my sisters matching sets since these are the knives we grew up with in our homes, now they all need immense work to get straightened out. Maybe I'll just send them all to the Tourist (did he disappear around here?)
Is this getting to be normal for Old Hickory? The Ontario Rat knives and the Air Force survival knife I have gotten from them recently are fantastic. It's a shame if this is going to be the case.
The Old Hickory knives are a completely different story. I was buying 2 sets of 5 knives for each of my sisters for Christmas. They still haven't gotten their knives because I wouldn't give a knife to anyone in this condition, I may not give them at all. The handles have a really poor quality feel to the wood, the blades are poorly mounted in the handles, and worst of all every single knife had a rolled edge over to one side. I have used my ceramic rods to straighten out one of the blades. It really bothered me, I guess I'm just spoiled by the quality of the Old Hickory knives I inherited from my mom, who got them from her mom. I wanted to get my sisters matching sets since these are the knives we grew up with in our homes, now they all need immense work to get straightened out. Maybe I'll just send them all to the Tourist (did he disappear around here?)
Is this getting to be normal for Old Hickory? The Ontario Rat knives and the Air Force survival knife I have gotten from them recently are fantastic. It's a shame if this is going to be the case.