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Although an Import Rough Rider Brand by Smoky Mountain Knife Works continues to get high marks as a favorite for collectors.
Started by Ron Foster. Last reply by Fred Kemp Nov 8, 2021. 13 Replies 11 Likes
Many of the Rough Rider patterns I own are similar to some of the Case patterns I own. When comparing the quality, fit and finish these knives are a great value. What really makes them great is I…Continue
Started by Ralph West. Last reply by Jeremy B. Buchanan Mar 29, 2021. 6 Replies 3 Likes
I started collecting fixed blade knives at first and have about 30 from various companies, but once I got into Pocket knives I was hooked. I have about 50 and Rough Rider is the cornerstone of my…Continue
Started by Ugly Old Guy. Last reply by Ugly Old Guy Jan 18, 2021. 3 Replies 1 Like
In the "A Stroke of Luck" series, I have the RR1057 Large Stockman, RR1058 standard size Trapper, and RR1062 regular size Canoe.Does anyone know what the RR1059, RR1060, and RR1061 knives are?Since…Continue
Started by Ugly Old Guy Feb 15, 2020. 0 Replies 1 Like
One of my favorites to pair with a RR603 large Stockman.Large (4 inch closed) Rough Rider RR887 "Smooth Tobacco Bone" Sunfish…Continue
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I just received all three of the RR knives from the Tiger Stripe collection (RR 2218, 2221, 2222). They look and function great Just cant beat RR for the price.
Anyone else have the RR1838 "Hopalong Cassidy" moose, or one of the other "Riders of the Silver Screen" series moose?
Dewey, I used the method that I found over on BF.
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/dyeing-bone-a-tutorial.868446/
Figured it couldn't hurt. It was a matter of preference...I don't like red scales, so anything had to be an improvement. I'm pleased with the results. The combination of the brown dye on the red scales gave them some depth and warmness.
As for a list of All RR knives. I have a list of the first four years of production somewhere. But RR just celebrated 25 years of knife production. It would be hard to come up with a list of series let alone knives in each series and the year introduced. This becomes even more problematic at RR is now producing series that once were under the Colt Brand.
Not to mention, RR also made several “one off” knives that never made it in a series, as well as numerous fixed blades and modern folders. And then there is the Red Ryder conundrum. Sometimes SMKW lumps them in the RoughRyder line and other times they don’t!
As the series lacked a large toothpick or scout knife it was ignored by me. LOL.
That said:
The series was primarily 3 different styles of trappers:
Standard trapper
Slimline trapperlock with a disc style thumb stud for left/right opening
Mini Trapper w/ locking clip blade
Then four other knives
Small lockback
Congress,
Muskrat
Sowbelly
So seven in the series. They didn’t even bother with a canoe. I almost bought the Sowbelly but the lack of my favorites left me cold.
SMKW may be the best place to look for the battle axe series. RR is their house brand. You might ask Tobias Gibson about a list. He would be the one that comes to mind that might have some type of RR listing.
I only bought a trapper in that series.
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