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Do A Double Take...Rough Rider Did!

The Double Take.

Here is a series of Rough Rider knives I at first found of interest due to their novelty, but then discovered them to be high-quality, well-made, and usable pocket knives living up to Rough Rider's reputation for a quality product. They are available at SMKW, and also on the bay.

Here is my Double Take Yellow Synthetic Trapper, and my Double Take Tobacco Bone Muskrat. Don't be fooled, these are usable, well-built knives, not just a "novelty". For around $15 they are good, inexpensive conversation starters, fascinating to most who have never seen one. I carry both of mine at once in a dual WWII canvas 30 cal ammo pouch, and I hardly notice them. Because of the way they are built, you can actually apply quite a bit more pressure and down force to the blade due to the way they fit in your hand. I like the Muskrat the best, I just like it's profile and it's comfortable feeling in the hand.

Give one a try, I hear they may be discontinued, so better do so quick if you're interested. For around $15, (or less), they are worth a try, I don't think you'll be disappointed. They also come in a Canoe frame with both bone and synthetic handles.

Show 'em if you got 'em!

Tags: Double, Muskrat, Rider, Rough, Take, Trapper

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FeaturedPermalink Reply by Charles Sample on May 1, 2015 at 0:04

Here are some pictures of it.

Syd Carr said:

Ouch. They are like some kind of evil cactus in a way, I guess no matter how you hold them they will manage to get ya when ya ain't lookin'. I suppose if you only opened one blade at a time you'd be fine....but of course that wouldn't be any fun would it? Us boys just gotta play with our toys, it's kind of a rule.

Have any photos of it? (the knife that is, not your butchered hand)

Charles Sample said:

If you think four blades are bad, try six. One of my Rifleman Series Rough Riders is a six blade stockman. When I was opening all six blades to take a pic, I cut myself with three blades of that knife at the same time! I bet even Josh Hill of Knives Live TV fame never accomplished that! LOL

Syd Carr said:

A definite possibility I assure you. Getting all the blades open for photos is kinda tricky, it would be easy to slice up the back of a finger if not done carefully, and like all RR knives the blades are razor sharp ta boot!

Steve Hanner said:

Dont have one either Syd, I was always afraid I would lose a finger!

Permalink Reply by Syd Carr on May 1, 2015 at 0:18

Cool, I've seen those and wondered about them. I would be conflicted trying to decide which blade to use probably, but being a fan of 4" pocket knives in general I really like what I see there, (and now thanks to you I'll probably just have to have one of those now too). I really like the looks of RR's bone handles too, haven't seen a bad one yet. The jig on that knife is superb, and I really like the rifle shield. Thanks for the photo, cool knife.

Charles Sample said:

Here are some pictures of it.

Syd Carr said:

Ouch. They are like some kind of evil cactus in a way, I guess no matter how you hold them they will manage to get ya when ya ain't lookin'. I suppose if you only opened one blade at a time you'd be fine....but of course that wouldn't be any fun would it? Us boys just gotta play with our toys, it's kind of a rule.

Have any photos of it? (the knife that is, not your butchered hand)

Charles Sample said:

If you think four blades are bad, try six. One of my Rifleman Series Rough Riders is a six blade stockman. When I was opening all six blades to take a pic, I cut myself with three blades of that knife at the same time! I bet even Josh Hill of Knives Live TV fame never accomplished that! LOL

Syd Carr said:

A definite possibility I assure you. Getting all the blades open for photos is kinda tricky, it would be easy to slice up the back of a finger if not done carefully, and like all RR knives the blades are razor sharp ta boot!

Steve Hanner said:

Dont have one either Syd, I was always afraid I would lose a finger!

FeaturedPermalink Reply by Charles Sample on May 1, 2015 at 0:36

Syd, RR issued 12 of the Rifleman Series. I have all twelve of them. Here is a pic of them.

Here is the reason I wanted to collect this whole series. The shield on the knives depicts a Model 1873 Winchester rifle. This '73 Winchester was passed down to me from my father. It was made in 1891. You can read about it and see more pics here.

http://iknifecollector.com/group/ikc-arsenal/forum/topics/new-membe...

Permalink Reply by Syd Carr on May 1, 2015 at 1:34

Believe it or not, we had one of those very same rifles in the family, a '73 just like that one, and it was ultimately supposed to go to me, along with grandpa's Colt Peacemaker.

My great uncle was a gunsmith, & the Winchester & Colt both eventually went down to my father. He meant for me, the youngest, to get them eventually for some reason, and told me and my older brother about that, (I think older bro kinda resented that actually). My brother, (20 yrs older), borrowed them from Dad back in the 60's supposedly to use in a parade & just kinda kept them, but said I would get them back "when you first born" comes along. Later, when Dad passed, older bro said the same thing again, (didn't have a child yet, so that was his out). Still later, after I indeed had a child, I mentioned what became known in the family as "the guns" to him again, and to my horror he just said, "Oh, those...sorry, they were stolen years ago, didn't you know that?". I was shocked, dumbfounded and ultimately left speechless. I found out later from my niece that her dad, who was working the gun show circuit as a food vendor at that time, had sold them both at one of the shows in order to make ends meet and finance the next show. He didn't ever mention it to me, or Dad, because he hoped we would forget about them.........I sure didn't! He's still living in Washington State somewhere, but I'm still so PO'd about the guns I refuse to speak to him, (or care if I ever do again honestly). How he could take family heirlooms like that and sell them just to pay for yet another one of his "hair brained schemes", as Dad always called them, especially knowing who they were meant to go to, (me), was, and still is bewildering and heartbreaking to me. It speaks to the difference in our age & lifestyles, and his complicated relationship with our father. Seems like I paid the price for the inequities in their relationship. Your rifle looks just like Uncle Dan's rifle did, and I hope whoever got mine appreciates them. I certainly do, and mourn for them.

Sorry, every time I see a lever gun or a Colt SAA it stirs up that crap, and I apologize to you for the tirade.

However, I'm happy to see you are keeping and appreciating your family treasures, it's the right thing to do, and I commend you for it......just keep it all away from my brother and you'll be fine.

I think it's totally cool that you have the entire series in your collection, and the display looks great. Having the rifle to go with them makes it all even more special, your heirs will be blessed to have them. Thank you so much for sharing that with me.

Charles Sample said:

Syd, RR issued 12 of the Rifleman Series. I have all twelve of them. Here is a pic of them.

Here is the reason I wanted to collect this whole series. The shield on the knives depicts a Model 1873 Winchester rifle. This '73 Winchester was passed down to me from my father. It was made in 1891. You can read about it and see more pics here.

http://iknifecollector.com/group/ikc-arsenal/forum/topics/new-membe...

Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on May 1, 2015 at 7:32

Syd,

I am sorry yours went out of the family. It seems there are a lot of folks out there willing to do that, just dumbfounds me

FeaturedPermalink Reply by Charles Sample on May 1, 2015 at 9:25

Syd, I can empathize with you on the brother with hair brained schemes. My brother was the same way. Fortunately between my sister and I, we were able to keep most of the heirloom type things from going out of the family.

FeaturedPermalink Reply by Charles Sample on June 16, 2015 at 23:31

I now have a Double Take Rough Rider. Mine is the tobacco bone trapper also. The tobacco bone and acorn shield identify it as part of the Outdoorsman Series.

Charles Sample said:

I don't have one yet but need to order one. Every Rough Rider collection ought to have at least one, at least for the novelty.

Permalink Reply by Syd Carr on June 17, 2015 at 0:07

Cool, I just love their Tobacco Bone, yours looks great. I didn't know what that shield symbolized, the yellow synthetic Trapper I have has a different one, but my T B Muskrat has that same shield. I think I like the bone handle versions more than the synthetic now that I have both, they really are a lot more attractive IMHO. I'm sure I'll just have to have a DT Trapper in Tobacco Bone to go along with my TB Muskrat....soon, .very soon! As always with RR knives, these are well made, and though a little "odd", they are very usable knives.

Glad you got one, if for nothing else than to show off to family and friends, they will enjoy it's "novelty", plus it was getting lonely being the only one on IKC with a Double Take.

I still have both of mine in my EDC rotation, and carry them a couple of times a month. They are so inexpensive a person could actually afford to have one of each. Not bad for under $20, not bad at all.

Charles Sample said:

I now have a Double Take Rough Rider. Mine is the tobacco bone trapper also. The tobacco bone and acorn shield identify it as part of the Outdoorsman Series

Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on June 17, 2015 at 20:31

Nice Charles! I also did not know that the T Bone and the acorn meant it was part of the outdoor series, thanks for the tip!

Permalink Reply by Syd Carr on August 31, 2016 at 21:25

Did you ever get a Double Take Charles? I thought maybe you did. Looks like no one else has decided to get one of these unusual knives. I still have the two shown above, but haven't got another one yet, though SMKW still has a few in stock. I guess I should get a Canoe so I would have one of each frame if not one of each handle material.

FeaturedPermalink Reply by Charles Sample on August 31, 2016 at 21:43

Syd

I have one Double Take, the RR1108 Double Take trapper.

Syd Carr said:

Did you ever get a Double Take Charles? I thought maybe you did. Looks like no one else has decided to get one of these unusual knives. I still have the two shown above, but haven't got another one yet, though SMKW still has a few in stock. I guess I should get a Canoe so I would have one of each frame if not one of each handle material.

Permalink Reply by Syd Carr on August 31, 2016 at 23:09

I thought I remembered seeing that, guess I still have at least one brain cell functioning. I'm going to get the Canoe version soon, bone if they still have them, but I'll take the yellow Delrin if that's all that's left. I like them due to their being "different", who says a knife has to be conventional? Makes me wonder who ever came up with the idea in the first place? I haven't got a negative reaction from anyone I've shown mine to, but have gotten negative reactions from supposed knife collectors on another forum; they called it "silly & useless".....guess there are snobs in every forum.

Charles Sample said:

Syd

I have one Double Take, the RR1108 Double Take trapper.

Syd Carr said:

Did you ever get a Double Take Charles? I thought maybe you did. Looks like no one else has decided to get one of these unusual knives. I still have the two shown above, but haven't got another one yet, though SMKW still has a few in stock. I guess I should get a Canoe so I would have one of each frame if not one of each handle material.