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Comment by Tobias Gibson on February 6, 2012 at 11:38

In my collection of knives, W.R. Case & Sons is number two behind Camillus when it comes to US made knives.  Overall, it is  the number 4 most numerous brand name.

1. Rough Rider

2. Victorinox

3. Camillus

4. Case

I know many say, that Case aren't as good as they used to be, but I find them a quality made USA knife, and compared to the price of other USA made knives, probably still the best bang for your buck when collecting USA made.  I know the GEC crowd would beg to differ.

Unfortunately the price is a somewhat cost prohibitive, and the variety if not as wide as Rough Riders.

In Memoriam Comment by Robert Burris on February 6, 2012 at 10:24

I have never had to send a knife back because of a problem with it. They have all been well made for the amount of money being spent. I don't want to say anything about a Case knife that might offend our Case collectors. The brand knife that I have the most of is Case, the older ones I might add. I just try to enjoy both brands. Tobias, those sure are sweet little lady and gentlemen knives.

Comment by Tobias Gibson on February 6, 2012 at 9:28

Hmm... You know, I had to return my coal miner lock-back to SMKW for a different one due to a bad lock.  I know  they recently sent a delegation over to their China factory due to a quality control issue.  I wondering if they had a batch of bad knives made or something.

The rest of the Coal Miner series was put together with the quality I've come to expect from RR, (which is on par with Case)   All my other RR have come from old stock.  Even the 4 peanuts I recently ordered are probably from 2-3 year old stock so I really can say much about recent production. 

Hopefully they haven't let production standards slip to keep the price the same.  I'd rather pay a couple buck more for a knife of the same quality as a few years ago. Considering how much the price of everything else has gone up, I'm actually surprised that the price of RR hasn't gone up already!

I'm not sure if I've shown these. I'm pretty sure it is i the only equal-end pens made by Rough Rider.  They need to consider making more in bone/pearl/stag/ or maybe even the stone-worx line.  The equal-end pen is probably the ultimate "Gentleman's knife"

The blue one is the "Support the Cause" prostate cancer "man knife"  The pink one is the "Support the Cause" breast cancer

In Memoriam Comment by Robert Burris on February 6, 2012 at 8:46

Ivas, I just recieved both moose pattern knives from SMKW and they are both in great shape. I also order a coperhead to give to someone as a little present. I noticed that it is not made as well as a coperhead I bought a few years ago. Whats up with that?

Comment by Billy Oneale on February 4, 2012 at 23:23

That is a great picture, Toby. I should have bought some in that series, but I didn't.

Comment by Tobias Gibson on February 4, 2012 at 21:26

Moonshiner Canoe.

Comment by Tobias Gibson on February 4, 2012 at 7:37

Hi Jan, I'm waiting for the peanut to arrive.  Order it a few days ago.   Actually this si the second oen I'm ordering.  Hopefully this will come- but that is an other story.

As for do I think Stag will be moving to the Colt line?  Yes.  I also thing that imported Remington are being contracted through SMKW even though they won't admit it.  I'm guessing you'll see more stag and pearl showing up on these two lines.  Don't get me wrong -- Even i think it is  good business sense to put  it on these other name brands .  They have a limited amount of stag and pearl to work with.  Makes sense to put it on the knives that you can charge more money for.

Comment by Jan Carter on February 4, 2012 at 5:29

Tobias,

get the RR Stag peanut before they're all gone as Rough rider has no plans to make Stag handles in the future

Do you think this is going to be one of the materials moved to the Colt line?

Comment by Billy Oneale on February 3, 2012 at 21:16

Toby, I have had problems with a couple of Colts that I have bought. I had to send a Canoe back because the shield fell out and the bone dye was terrible. I also bought a SS folder with a blue bone insert and the insert fell out. I am really Leary about buying a Colt because of these problems. On the other hand, I can't think of one RR that I have had a problem with.

Comment by Tobias Gibson on February 3, 2012 at 20:39

Is it  just me or does anyone seem to think that SMKW is starting to release a bunch of knives in the Colt line with the more expensive handle materials instead of putting them in the Rough Rider line just so they can charge a little more for the knife.   I tell you,  from my experience the Colt knives really aren't that much better than RR but they sure do cost more.  I guess I'm suffering from a little bit of Colt envy.

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