I've been looking at both of these knives and I don't know which one to choose. Any Advice?
I own them both. I carry them both alternating. The blade on the spyderco always starts to tarnish on a campout. The Ontario has yet to develop any kind of rust on it. The blades are both great, around the same amount of cutting edge, but I like the sweep better on the ontario. They both hold a fine edge for the same amount of time. But I love the G10 on the spyderco, I love it. the ontario is just as good after some custom jimping. But the spyderco just feels so damn large in the pocket. The blade on the ontario also swings out way faster than the spyderco with much less effort, and there is 0 play in the blade. To get the tenacious to swing out that fast there has to be a little play in the blade, not much, just a little.
Long story short, if you are looking for an outdoors pocket knife, go with the Ontario RAT-1. If your looking for a good knife for around the home or office, go with the spyderco. If your looking for both, get Leatherman Wave.
Are you carring a Ontario RAT-1? If its a RAT-1 that is AUS-8 steel in your Ontario and its holding up better than a Spyderco? What steel is in the Spyderco you are comparing to the Ontario? Oh and is the Ontario one of those black painted models? I have some SOG's with AUS-8 steel but think SOG does a really good job of heat treating that steel making a decent knife.
I have also read that the "First Production Runs" (what i have) of the Rats were much better than the later runs. So you might want to look into that some more if you think you might pull the trigger.
The spyderco tenacious is 8Cr13Mov steel, which is more like AUS-6 steel from what I have read. My Ontario RAT-1 is the satin finish AUS-8 blade, not the black blade.
Ditch that Cold Steel you think is gods gift.
^^^^You see it in the Byrd line, and their low end stuff. Pretty crappy steel IMO. My vote for the OP would be an Endura / Delica, depending on what fits you better.
I am going to punch you next time I see you..
I laughed out loud on this one, it just struck me as funny as hell
For me the steel they use is not an issue at all.