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 Re: Comparison Request: S5 vs Ratmandu
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06/29/09 09:53 PM
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I have never given the RMD much thought until now. I really like the looks of it, and after getting the M9LE and HCLE I think this might be on the to find list. Of course, I get the S5 with mudders so it might not get past that LOL.
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Re: Comparison Request: S5 vs Ratmandu
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06/29/09 09:55 PM
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I have never given the RMD much thought until now. I really like the looks of it, and after getting the M9LE and HCLE I think this might be on the to find list. Of course, I get the S5 with mudders so it might not get past that LOL. wait until you get it in your hand...knife perfection! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowdown.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Comparison Request: S5 vs Ratmandu
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06/29/09 09:57 PM
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skipping out on the RMD is one of my biggest knife regrets.
one of my friend has one so I'll do a comparison when I get the s5.
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06/29/09 09:58 PM
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Re: Comparison Request: S5 vs Ratmandu
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06/29/09 09:59 PM
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I have never given the RMD much thought until now. I really like the looks of it, and after getting the M9LE and HCLE I think this might be on the to find list. Of course, I get the S5 with mudders so it might not get past that LOL . . . nor may there be any reason to get past that, sumo. As much as I like my RMD, it's entirely possible that I'll like the S5 better. Time will tell . . . <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> That is the question! Hopefully answered this week!! Yeah!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Comparison Request: S5 vs Ratmandu
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07/01/09 02:49 PM
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What was the grind on the S5?
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Re: Comparison Request: S5 vs Ratmandu
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07/01/09 05:11 PM
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The best non-scrapyard handle I've held is the hand-shaped linen micarta on my NMSFNO. Some of the others definitely aren't very comfortable to hold, but that hand shaped smoothness feels oh so good. Maybe not res-c good, but good. Interesting. I don't really like the handle on my NMSFNO a whole lot, myself. I may be weird or something, but my favorite handle is the TAC handle with magnums. It just feels best in my hand. Is yours the hand shaped? I picked up and held some of the machined micarta handled NMSFNO's at BLADE and didn't like them nearly as much. Maybe that's it. I do believe mine's got machined handles. I can't quite put my finger on it, but the swells in the handle just don't feel quite in the right place or something to me.
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Re: Comparison Request: S5 vs Ratmandu
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07/01/09 07:08 PM
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did they make the Ratmandu in Satin?
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Re: Comparison Request: S5 vs Ratmandu
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07/01/09 07:33 PM
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well that's good and bad. Good that now I don't have to search one out and see if I can amend my rainwalker order to a triple piggyback with the M9LE and HCLE.
Bad because that would have been an awesome set to have.
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Re: Comparison Request: S5 vs Ratmandu
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07/01/09 10:37 PM
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I think if you are an ardent collector the S5 and RMD are both worth having...but if your budget is tight or expenses elsewhere are heavy...then if you already have a RMD the S5 may be such a similar knife that you might want to consider the issue of duplication...but if you don't own a RMD then the S5 is a MUST....plus on the price it is good value compared to the secondary market price of the RMD...however on a specification distinction comparison...there is not much to seperate them IMO except the different grips and both grips are good choices!
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