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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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Rough Rider

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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Toothpick for trade

Started by Guy MEDFORD Dec 19, 2023. 0 Replies 0 Likes

I believe I have just about every known scale, bolster, and shield combo, but I want any old or new combinations out there. I generally have triplicate in many discontinued and some rare small…Continue

Great quality knives for the money!

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

new to collecting

Started by Ralph West. Last reply by Jeremy B. Buchanan Mar 29, 2021. 6 Replies 4 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

A Question on The Stroke of Luck Series

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

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Featured Comment by Craig Henry on September 21, 2011 at 16:52: Armor Hide? I like it. I haven't got one yet, but I WILL get the Canoe RR1158 and 3 1/2" Stockman RR1155 in it (and maybe the Muskrat RR1157). I don't know why they have a "Samurai warriors" story tied to it, the handles just have a nice rugged look, and I like the shield they're using...it looks old timey/western to me.

In Memoriam Comment by Robert Burris on September 21, 2011 at 12:35: What do y'all think about that new handle material, Ryno tuff or something like that. I forgot the name. It looks good though.

Comment by Billy Oneale on September 21, 2011 at 12:29: Toby, It sounds like the different sides of your canoe came from different dye lots. There is a lot of difference between your toothpick and your canoe.

In Memoriam Comment by Robert Burris on September 21, 2011 at 7:30: Billy, I don't think I have ever seen their locking Trapper. Post a picture if you can.

Comment by Tobias Gibson on September 21, 2011 at 6:13: Hi Craig,

If you get the ASOL canoe, let me know if the reverse side green bone is noticeablylighter. Mine has very dark green bone on the shield side and very light green bone on the reverse. I saw it that way at an eBay site and didn't think much of it. I ended up buying one direct from Smoky Mountain Knife works and it was as it was shown at the ebay site. My large toothpick has green bone of same shade on both sides

The back side of the Canoe actually matches the shade of the large toothpick (see Picture)

Featured Comment by Craig Henry on September 21, 2011 at 1:04: Nice looking "A Stroke Of Luck" stockman there Billy!

I'm thinking about getting a canoe in the "A Stroke Of Luck" series.....I've been buying Rough Rider canoes (standard and mini) like crazy lately!

Comment by Billy Oneale on September 20, 2011 at 21:48: Here is a picture of my newest Stroke of Luck knife. It is a large Stockman.

Comment by Billy Oneale on September 20, 2011 at 21:33: I bought a Imitation Tortoise shell locking Trapper from the round man a week ago. It works really well. May have to carry this one. Locking trappers are good EDC knives. I will post pictures when I get some taken. I only paid $9.99 for this which was a good price.

Comment by Billy Oneale on September 12, 2011 at 22:08: That is a very good idea , Toby. There must be something somewhere with all the numbers.Robert, I ordered the AG Russell catalog to hopefully read this article. I get a few RR that have some issues, but the majority are well built. I also like the Marbles brand which is a little more expensive than RR , but made in the same factory. The reason I like the Marbles brand is that you will not see most of their handle materials on any thing else, And the build is a very well built knife. A lot of the imports are well built if a person will take the time to really look them over and try them instead of just passing all of the imports off as junk. There is an unbelievable amount of junk knives that are imported. As I have said before, I wish everything could be USA made, but it just isn't going to happen until The Companies can find ways to be competitive with the importers. Queen and Bear and Son are finding ways to do that. You can also find a really good buy on Case knives for under $40.00 also. I have seen some Queen delrin knives sell for around $24.00 and the same can be said for Bear & Son. I will buy what I like, be it a German, Chinese or USA made knife, Preferably German or USA made, but for dollar and quality you can find a better deal than a RR. I also agree with Jan, I don't buy the RR because I think it will become a collector item worth a lot of money. I buy them because I like the way it looks and performs, beside that, if I lose one it will not be as big a loss like it would be for me to lose one of my Queen, GEC or Case knives.

Comment by Tobias Gibson on September 12, 2011 at 20:40: somewhere I have PDF files for RR up to the 400 numbers. It used to be on the sharpfans site.

I could be the start of an effort of devoted fans to get the whole line up in place. We could start an excel sheet and just start filling it in.