Well I can't really afford to have safe queens, and if I have a dogfather I doubt the battle rat is going to get a lot of use. I actually like the battle rat more than I like the m9 (which I also bailed on just recently) and I'm not really a collector so much as in the mindset that if I'm not going to use it, somebody who will should have it (or somebody who will at least value it as a collectible). I'm keeping a few short bladed knives (a couple wardens, a HRLM, and a WD), 2-3 middle bladed knives (coupla ratmandus), and 2-3 larger bladed knives of which 2 are my regulators so I see no need for redundancy in the knives.
That being said I actually really REALLY liked the battle rat but I had a feeling it was just standing in until I could get my mitts on a dogfather <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
In my humble opinion, res c feels sooo much better in the hand for big knife than micarta or G10 do.
