Ontario RAT-7 military use?

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Hi. Was doing a little internet cursing and stumbled on info that the Ontario RAT-7 has a national stock number 1095-01-523-1972. Does that mean they are recognized/available through the military supply chain? Thanks for any info.

[SKIPH]

Popcorn- Need a picture my friend! I do not know what an Ontario RAT-7 is. SKIP

[jw517]

I curse at the Internet daily and I don't know either.??

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Popcorn- Need a picture my friend! I do not know what an Ontario RAT-7 is. SKIP

 

Hi. Here is the pic. These are made by Ontario Knife Company.

 

[SKIPH]

I found it on internet. It looks like a decent, practical knife. Have seen troops carrying these, suspect they are PX purchases. SKIP. I also was trying to edit my previous post, and it said I could not do that. What's going on, it was my post! SKIP

[popcorn]

Thank you. From what I found on the Ontario RAT series, only the RAT-7 and a folder have National Stock Numbers although there could be others I don't know about.

[popcorn]

I found it on internet. It looks like a decent, practical knife. Have seen troops carrying these, suspect they are PX purchases. SKIP. I also was trying to edit my previous post, and it said I could not do that. What's going on, it was my post! SKIP

 

Hi. I got this one at a pawn shop. It is a good knife. I chopped and batonned through some frozen tree limbs and it barely marked the coating. My main question is if the assigned NSN number has any military significance. I thought these were solely commercial knives.

 

[DRE66]

 

Hi. I got this one at a pawn shop. It is a good knife. I chopped and batonned through some frozen tree limbs and it barely marked the coating. My main question is if the assigned NSN number has any military significance. I thought these were solely commercial knives.

 

 

Various manufacturer's products (COTS) are given NSN's which simply means they can be purchased through normal supply channels. Not very exciting.