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For the viewers, skip to the 6 minute mark and you will start to view what you came here for.

I want an AUS-8 version for those of us who don't care about Magnacut. This is literally the perfect size pocket knife.

To easily apply the compound...... rub it on plentyfull. Then take a hairdryer and warm up the leather.... When the compound starts melting rub it in with you fingers. Perfect spread and better results.

Have a better way to clean your strop. I use rubbing alcohol. Spray it over the surface wipe off with paper towel. It gets it clean and you don’t have to wait for it to dry off from all the oil. For smooth side of leather not rough

An eraser will clean the rough side,, rubber and rub..!

The compound sticks don’t work as well as the liquid stropping compound. The liquid stuff has very accurate Diamond sizes. You can get a much better stropping experience.

Try stroppy stuff it’s so good

I got the gray g10 version with gray coating on the blade. It's super sharp, excellent action (especially for the thumb) and lockup is rock solid. Ergos are great as well. The only thing I'm not totally thrilled about is the reverse flick functionality... I'm not sure if it's the shape of the hole (it's too small or doesn't go far enough toward the point to get the proper leverage) or the angle the blade excites the handle (or both), but my finger gets to get caught up rather than cleanly deploying the knife. Even so, it's still one of the best budget knives I've ever seen and it's crazy how good the tolerances and fit and finish have gotten for knives in this pricepoint.

The old school barbers with the thick stap hanging on the wall looks like a good way to go.?.?no wood.might be something to look into

The old school barbers with the thick stap hanging on the wall looks like a good way to go.?.?

Thank you! You've done the best video on stropping I've seen. Period. 👍👍

Hey Fred, you might want to give CBN emulsions a try sometime. CBN works for both budget knife steels along with the super steels. I have found the white and green crayon compounds don't really work well on the modern super steels, the media used in the white and green crayon is not hard enough. IMHO stropping with white and green compounds just leads to rounded edges due to needing to over strop to try and bring an edge back, even on budget knives. Look at the edge under magnification and you will see the results. The CBN cuts vs abrading thus needing fewer strokes to debur or touch up and edge. I have probably used every compound available to strop a knife, CBN emulsion is my choice to get the job done. A couple of my favorite substrates to use the CBN on is Bass wood for V type edges and Balsa wood for convex. Both can be purchased in just about any hobby store or big box building supply store. This is all just food for thought, give it a try and see what you think.

I've always wondered how to use those those straps I use a diamond steel for my kitchen knives and pocket knives but now I know thank you for the tutorial outstanding as always oh and by the way good morning😊

I just ordered this off eBay.....I paid up big time unfortunately..but hey it's a great knife....I used to have the Wilson combat umbumzaan and it was stolen by a coworker...so I'm glad to get one back in my collection...

What caught my eye immediately was all jimping which I love this it real EDC I love belly great food prep when camping 😊😊

I will wait legit sharpening on this knife and do the cut test. This is not legit for that steel is maybe legit for coarse grid sharpening.

Hey fred, found your channel recently and loving the videos! Would you recommend the ok-81cf or this rat 1.5 for an edc under $100? or if you have other recommendations you like more i'd love to know. Thanks!

Wow so much for the super steel the Wonder Steel my blades I have two MP 2 ,PM3 ,S45VN two M390 , VG 10 . I have one magna cut that ProTech Auto TR 2 . What I've learned in a revised people is to do your Intel first because as soon as they added a super steel to any Knife company now the knife has jumped up $150+ and another 200 for the knife itself you're looking at 325 and more 😊 and yes another great review thank you😊

I bought this knife cuz MagnaCut well heat treated at $85, seemed a no brainer. Plus it is a classic that just belongs in a collectors pile. I doubled down and got the RAT1 s35vn in red. I am happy with them, bargains and a bit better than a budget knife. Not gonna turn into my edc though. The 1.5 would make a good tackle box knife. I really liked your review. I got a question. Why are the edges of the spine sharper than the blade (j/k) but they are uncomfortably edgy. I heard it is to work better with a flint to start fires?

Going to church knife 😂😂😂😂😂😂

I heard that these 1.5 MagnaCut Rats didn’t have a great factory edge but that they did run the MagnaCut pretty high at 62-64 hrc. It may be helpful to redo some of the tests with a second edge and see how they perform with at least one sharpening.

Probably should have been sharpened better from factory, or maybe refined on ceramic or stop at beginning

Would be nice to see the cut test of actual knife like kershaw link in magnacut vs link clone so we know geometry n other factors are same .

I've been trying to convince myself that I don't need another knife..yet..but, the in between size of the 1.5 plus Magnacut?! Stay strong self, stay strong! Thanks for another one Fred!

Good vid! I have both of these. I think I’m going to completely mirror polish the skeletonized one, scales and blade

I'm only 70, but I've never had a pocket knife with a clip. Or even seen one!

The Fakedacious😂 Beefy joker, it holding up good?

First time viewing your channel, thanks for showing these! The Rosie is one that I've never quite understood... it just looks basic to me. Flat slab sandwich construction framelock, and the only claim to fame is that specific profile/pattern. I'm sure the real ones are done with superb fit and finish, but so are a lot of competitors that offer more complexity for less money. I might have to track down a Fosie and maybe once I get it in hand I'll see what the fuss is about, but for that kind of money I'd rather have a Koenig Arius. Next on your channel you can showcase a Farius 😂.

Just a suggestion a review of Koenig arius clone.

Hands down best knife you can get for the price range.

As always an outstanding reviews and I've been looking for the McNeese PM2 on ok knives but website very slow to reply or respond any ideas how I can get ahold of them 🤔😊

Small world I’m in nc as well. very detail review very well done. My radial milled has a super tight clip and does not ride in pocket very well. My batch 1 plain Jane and ano blue one the clip works great on both but the batch 2 has better action than my batch 1. There very good for what they r. I just got my xl version by lemifshe and it has better action out of box than the jufule it also has better build quality on the xl but it’s a beast of a knife at 5.7oz.

As someone who owns both a S90V Shaman and the OK knives Shaman Clone- if I swapped out the pivot ball bearings for phosphorus washers, one could be hard pressed to tell the difference… micarta handle for the cost of the gas station price is worth it. Threadlocked it and forget it 😅 If not for the Ozark D2 Wugout, would have picked up some Narrows from OK too. My Spydercos see a lot of action, but their size are intimidating.

Trumps USPS just suspended all packages from China. Hope you've got all the knives you want from Temu

Great vid brother, I'm watching everything you upload

Thanks for the info. And content. I will probably end up getting the vosteed porcupine. Really enjoy the redneck sharpness scale:)

real rosie blade shape is slightly different, but aside from that aesthetically they're damn close. action wise the real ones are a lot better, but not 800 dollars better, though I'm not sure if any action is worth 800 dollars.

It’s a posie lol

Aren't you afraid you might have legal problems for showing replicas? 😜

wow, real hinges on that box/case!

Funny, the originals aren't even on my radar. I'd buy one having no idea it was a copy of something else.

If I didnt have a Hogue Deka , PM2 and Para 3 LW clone I would be all over this.

I was gifted 2 Benchmade clones at Xmas and they're pretty fun knives and actually pretty decent quality. Not as good as the OG, but still usable, but I ended up putting mine up bc they were gifts and are more sentimental value than financial.

Where did you get the skeleton style knife?

PS. Have looked at OK 2 times .will be back to look more

I’m rolling with a little buck in the bottom of my pocket with my change. Lock back & small. Barely got 8-9 inches of 550 cord through the hole. Melted it & pressed it flat,same on the other end. No knots to hang up on anything. Getting a knockoff 940 2020aTi. Jayfual (sp?)& or night shade. No potmeatal civivi clips!

Thx fred. Hope everything $ gets sorted out somewhat..soon. BUt,not complaining. Middle aged white American man problems,aren’t problems. No bombsme & mine are ok .pocket knife surely is not top priority but a little something nice now & then is a good thing. Take care.

I bought a Spyderco Para Military 2 knock off from ebay a few days ago for 30 bucks and will carry it for 2 years and then compare it to my original Para 2 that I also carried for 2 years. What I can say so far is that the knock off has up and down blade play which it shouldn't have if the lock would lock up the blade solidly...

Is it possible OK lie about their steel ..?