Design a RAT Knife

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I drew this one up for the last Design a rat contest.

Not as nice as some of yours but its all I got.

The RC4-S (Skinner)

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Well, I was messing around with Solid Works and came up with something for this design a RAT contest. After I made it, I noticed some similar designs already, but here it is:
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It has about a 9 inch long blade and a 5 to 6 inch handle. Sort of like a new RTAK type knife. I think I'll still have to come up with something else. This is too fun!
 
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Need a design, not just pics of other knives. Draw it up and sketch it up and post it up.
 
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Edit: the top drawing of the top view should have a palm swell instead of the "valley" like on the drawing
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Blade with is 1.18" and thickness 3/16
 
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OK, here is my second submission, I call it the "RATOTA" which is slang for "big rat" (Spanish).

It has a slightly modifed RC6 handle, with a Nessmuk style, sabre-ground blade, 1/4" thick.

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It's a hefty yet compact chopper, with a 7.5" blade and lots of weight forward, I see this being great at chopping through bone, and would nicely complement the RAT "scandi bushcraft" (post #19).


Here it is again next to an RC-6 for scale

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A couple of people in the design discussion thread commented that my handle looked a little uncomfortable, here is my take on a more ergonomic (and RAT-like) design. Click the image for a larger version. For the record, I still think my original handle would give pretty good purchase with all the concave curves, but this one probably is prettier as well.



Here is the complete abortion of a handle I came up with before the one above:

 
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I thought there was room for a smatchet in the RAT lineup (well, it was fun to draw anyway ;) ), enter the SmackRAT (click image to enlarge):

 
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