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Randall's Adventure & Training ® Knife Design History
Randall's Adventure & Training ® has been designing,
marketing and
selling survival and military styled knives since 1997. One of their first designs was the RTAK
which was built for them by Newt Livesay's Wicked Knife Company long before Ontario Knife Company produced the design.
In fact, Ontario Knife Company used a Newt Livesay knife to build the first
Ontario prototype. Read about the RTAK here: Page
1 and page 2. We also produced and sold the RAT skinning
/ survival knife made by John Greco (read TK
article), and the RAT Laser
Strike knife made by TOPS (Photo left of US Army SERE class using the Laser
Strike knife). The RAT Laser Strike was the cover story
of the September 2001 issue of Tactical Knives magazine. You can also read about
the initial design phases and see a prototype of the RAT Laser Strike
project in the October 2000
issue of American Survival Guide magazine.
Randall's
Adventure & Training designed the following knives: RAT
skinner, RAT Laser Strike, RTAK, RTAK II, TAK, RAT-7, RAT-5, RAT-3, Model 1
(Folder), RC-3, RC-4, RC-5, RC-6, Izula, Junglas, Lite Machete and the sheath systems for the RC-3, RC-4 and RC-6.
Randall's Adventure & Training ® designs and the manufacturers who built them (Historical
Information
Only): Knives & Gear Manufactured
For Randall's Adventure & Training ® Prior To 2002: RTAK: Newt Livesay, Wicked Knife Company, Ontario
Knife Co. (After April, 2002)
RAT Knife: Randall's Adventure & Training
RAT Knife: Greco Knives
RAT Laser Strike: TOPS Knives
Jungle Kit (Survival Kit): Randall's Adventure & Training
Mini Jungle Kit (Survival kit): Randall's Adventure & Training
Jungle Charger (Solar Charger): Randall's Adventure & Training
Knives Manufactured By Ontario Knife Company Beginning
April 2002: (These Knives Are Still Being Built And Sold By Ontario Knife
Company) TAK: Ontario Knife Company
RAT-7: Ontario Knife Company
RAT-3: Ontario Knife Company RTAK: Ontario Knife Company
RTAK-II: Ontario Knife Company
Model 1 Folder: Paul Lin (Ontario Knife Co. - Knife made in Taiwan)
Knives / Gear Manufactured After April 2007 By Randall's
Adventure & Training And Rowen Manufacturing. These Knives Are Not
Manufactured By Ontario Knife Company: RC-3 (Now ESEE-3) :
ESEE Knives, formerly RAT Cutlery Company
RC-4: (Now ESEE-4) ESEE Knives, formerly RAT Cutlery Company RC-5 (Now
ESEE-5): ESEE Knives, formerly RAT Cutlery Company
RC-6: (Now ESEE-6) ESEE Knives, formerly RAT Cutlery Company Izula: ESEE
Knives, formerly RAT Cutlery Company
ESEE Fire Kit (Formerly RAT Fire Kit): Randall's Adventure and Training /
ESEE Knives
ESEE Survival / E&E Kit: Randall's Adventure and Training / ESEE Knives
DPX HEST: ESEE Knives, formerly RAT Cutlery Company (Knife designed by
Robert Young Pelton) Junglas: ESEE Knives, formerly RAT Cutlery Company
Lite Machete: ESEE Knives, formerly RAT Cutlery Company
Randall's Adventure & Training ®
only guarantees and offers customer service on knives built by ESEE Knives
(Formerly RAT Cutlery Company) and any knife manufactured by RAT Cutlery
Company before the name changed to ESEE Knives. Randall's Adventure &
Training does not guarantee or offer any customer service for knives that are
manufactured by any other company. Randall's Adventure & Training does not
guarantee or offer a warranty on any knife manufactured by Ontario Knife
Company.
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