Ontario Rat II Linerlock Coyote Brown

My husband's knife arrived today and he loves it. There's no wiggle in the blade, it opens easily with a crisp liner-lock click and closes smoothly without the spring snapping or pulling it shut. He's opened and closed it maybe 100 times already. The blade is perfectly centered when closed. He lost his Spyderco Delica 4 earlier this week and was desperate to get another everyday carry knife but didn't want to spend so much money on the replacement. The Delica was an outstanding knife but he feels this Rat II may be a better quality knife at a much better price point. It used his ceramic sticks set at 40 degrees to put a razor sharp edge on it. It's his first D2 blade so we will see if going with that steel was a wise idea. Time will tell. The delivery was very fast (three days) and it wasn't an Amazon Prime order. Thanks eCop! and Ontario.

I carry and use the Rat 1 a lot, but wanted to try something a little smaller. Very impressed, high quality, very strong, compact and unnoticeable in a pocket, and sharpens easily!

So far, this thing has been amazing. Who'd think you could get such a wonderful knife for such a good price? Came sharp enough to shave with right out of the box, and is still scary sharp. It's tough, it looks great, and it works even better. It's also surprisingly light. Definitely a worthy competitor to my Tenacious Lightweight. Easily one of my favorite knives.

First let me say I am a knife guy. While I would love my EDC to be my Benchmade Bugout (So Light and slim) I just worry about losing a $150 knife. I like a compact knife so, RAT II and I say get the the D2 steel. I have subjected the knife (This is number 2 lost the original) to hard dirty use and it withstood it. It did need some clean up after the abuse, but it cleaned up and worked just fine. And the D2 steel likes frequent touch up but some swipes on the ceramic rod ant it is sharp again. This knife just does so much right.

I own the rat, one, two, and sevenThey are all fantastic, quality knives, and not just good budget knives!They are awesome and dependable in any price category!

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Also a work knife, cardboard box use. Dulls extremely quickly. Size is better in the pocket, but a little small in the hand in use. Sharpen almost daily while in use. Not quality D2 edge retention. If it dulls this quickly on remanufactured wood, imagine trying to use it for any actual wood use. Nope. Don't really know what it's good for.

For a cheap beater knife, you can't ask for more. It's ergonomic, small, lightweight, has great D2 steel, locks firmly, and has a functional blade shape. I use this often for work, when I'm afraid of losing my more expensive EDC knives, and it works flawlessly.