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Home of the Rough Rider. RR offers all of the great knife patterns from the past. Quality and affordable, a rare product these days.

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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.

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Blade thickness

Started by J.J. Smith III. Last reply by J.J. Smith III Nov 1. 7 Replies 1 Like

As I posted in my last discussion on Rough Rider vs CASE, I'm having issues with the thinness of some of the Rough Rider blades.I questioned this on the Rough Rider Facebook page and was confronted…Continue

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Unusual Model No. on a RR

Started by Charles Sample. Last reply by Kevin Oct 29. 8 Replies 0 Likes

I just got this Rough Rider RR22034BN orange smooth bone trapper. I have never seen this type of RR model no. before. Is it a new numbering system for RR? Can anyone tell me anything about it?…Continue

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And Then There Was One!

Started by Charles Sample. Last reply by Kevin Oct 29. 4 Replies 4 Likes

Rough Rider produced a series of twelve knives called the Rifleman Series. Each knife has brown gunstock bone scales. The shield is a Winchester Model 1873 lever action rifle, often referred to as…Continue

New Rough Rider collector

Started by Susie Fitzsimmons. Last reply by Kevin Oct 27. 9 Replies 4 Likes

A couple years ago I bought a collection of knives from a man I worked with. I gave $200 for 77 knives. I gave it to my husband for Christmas. He looked at it, enjoyed it then put it away for…Continue

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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.

Comment by Billy Oneale on February 2, 2012 at 22:43: Toby, great looking knives. I noticed a show or two ago that they hade made a run of Stoneworx leg knives. I have all of them except that new leg. I will have to buy it for my wife.

Comment by J.J. Smith III on February 2, 2012 at 7:59: I got a set of the 2nd generation stags from RR, when they came out. Only have the whittler from the firts gen. 2nd gen is far superior. The stag fixed blades look tempting.