There is no doubt that a roll is more transportable and in theory will hold more knives in less space, however, I'm not crazy about using a roll for long time storage.  I currently house my knives in chest of drawers lined with felt.   I suppose they will collect more dust but as I routinely wipe them down, I don't see this as a major problem  I also have several knives out for display.  Again they need to be wiped on a routine basis.  I want easy access and also want to show knives easily.  

I currently don't own a knife roll.  If I need to transport a large number of knives,  I'll probably use my camera case, which is made of anodized aluminum and several layers of  foam rubber.  I'd wrap the knives in acid free archive paper and place them between the layers of foam.  If I needed a larger container, I've got plenty of foam rubber as well as a very large suit case.

Space is a major consideration.  I've got the space so I have plenty of options. If you don't have space, a roll may be an ideal solution  because you can pack knives aways and display them in a small amount of space fairly quickly.

Needing  to haul knives is another consideration.  If you're hitting the shows and moving your knives often, the roll or a special carrying cases are probably a necessity.

Ivars,

When considering a roll, it's a good idea to find out if it has different sized loops or not.  I had one that had a hodge-podge of different sizes that I felt were waisted.

On a different note.   Up for bid on eBay is what appears to be 10 RR in the imitation Abalone.  Starting bid is 55.00  and $8 shipping  (Not my auction and I'm not bidding -- I have no pony in this race!)   If you're interested you can find it on eBay with this auction number:  290627084708

I think you'll finf more pics in the other shorter threads and not as many on the Comment Wall.  But here are few of my favorite RR

MMy Riggers

My Toothpicks

RR078

RR 844 with modified sheath

Moonshiner Sowbelly

A Stroke of Luck Toothpick

Red Bone Canittler, Amber Bone locking Canoe Whittler

Brian Yellowhorse

And I'm always adding more at Rough Rider Reviews

Comment by Craig Henry 14 hours ago 

" You know, I have this bad habit....if I get a knife I like as an EDC, I have to get another as a backup! I know, I'm weird. It must be some kind of  obessive compulsive thing."

LOL.  That's about how my collecting started.   Got one to use and wanted a spare.  Kinda went from there.  It's very rare that I have a user that I don't have one that's put up.

Yeah, that's pretty much the way I started collecting too waaay back when. Every few weeks I'd get another "using knife" until I had a boat load of "using knives". It all went downhill from there. 

The weather was pretty decent today so I got my camera out....BOTH batteries were dead. Oh well. I really need to get a better indoor photie setup.

When I got mine, I was trolling eBay looking at the things ZIX had for sale (Search his stuff by typing in Zix)  The 844 was sitting at something like  $5 with just a few minutes left.  Ithought well that's just silly.  I decided no one was going to get that knife for under $12 so I watched the bid and with around 20 seconds to spare I put in a $12.00 bid assuming for sure I would immediately be overbid. I really wasn't looking to buy the knife.  I just didn't want someone else getting for a low price.  The envy monster taught me a lesson.  The bid jumped to $8.00 and the clock ticked away, and then I got the message that I won.   

That screwed up another bid that I was actually looking at because I now I didn't have enough in paypal to increase my bid on another knife if  the bid went up.  It went up and I lost. (I don't bid unless the money is already in Paypal)

The 844 was a knife of spite for sometime because Ididn't get the knife I wanted simply because I was being mean to  another bidder.  I learned my lesson and no longer do "spite" bidding.  In the end I got a pretty good knife for a great price and I can't remember the knife I missed out on.  But at the time I was just kicking myself for being a jerk.

But with the lesson learne my knife of spite transformed into a pretty darn good all around hunting knife that I got for a great price.  The God of knives is a forgiving God when you repent from your evil eBay ways. On;y bid on things you want because the next time  your bid of spite will get you this:

About those Damascus knives... After looking at them and almost pulling hte trigger, I backed off.   I figured if I bought one, I'd want them both.  That would've tied up $70-90. Are they worth that kind of money.  Yeah, probably.  Will they go  up in value.  I predict they will.  Short run, probably won't be made again, etc.

But I don't buy Damscus, I'm not big on lock-backs, and Red bone is not my typical choice in handle material.  I can use the $70-90 to buy Rough Riders I do collect and leave the Damascus RR for those who actually collect those knives. 

If someone would like to do a "Guest Review" of those knives, or any other RR,  to post on my Rough Rider Review page, I'd be happy to post it with along with all due credit going to you.  Just send me the words and pictures and I'll do the formatting and posting.   Rough Rider Reviews - ( blindkat.hegewisch.net/RRR/ )

And speaking of traditional knives......here's some of my new ones. I didn't polish them up, straight out of the box -

Looking really good there Craig

Thanks Billy, yeah, I think I'm going to have to get most of the "Trapper Series" now. They also have a "Dogleg Trapper" and a "Banana Boat Trapper" I'm anxious to get....plus the standard and mini Trapper.

Thanks Jan!

Robert, as far as I know, the genuine stag RRs are no longer being produced . You can still find various RR patterns in genuine stag around and about, but I haven't seen a standard Trapper in stag  for sometime. If you do ebay, maybe you could try there.

How did I miss the  Electrician's knife (RR01141) in YELLOW handles?? I think I need to get one. I feel a yellow phase coming on.

Let's see, that's four, count them, 4, Electricians knives they have listed now; Yellow RR01141, "Coal Miner" smooth black RR1138, jigged amber RR1139, and jigged red RR01140.

The money tree isn't the problem.... Its the bill tree!

Tobias,

Ain't that the truth!!  Somehow the money tree never grows as fast as the bill tree

Sure is Alexander. I guess I should have mentioned that!

RR1021 - "Small" 3 3/8" closed

RR1020 - "Large" 4" closed

Did I say somewhere that they have "red" jigged bone??? If I did, I shouldn't have. Right there in BIG letters on SMKW's site it says clearly; "Brown Jigged Bone Handle"! It was so clear it's a good thing it wasn't a snake!! I thought too I read on another forum that they are red.  I guess that's why when I got mine yesterday I thought "Man, it sure looks like a nice brown."! Kind of a pretty red-brown, but definitly brown.

What's the hottest RR knife for a Chirstmas present right now? First, for an adult, male, female and youth of the same.

Craig, The damascus lockback sure is nice aint it, i am ordering another one to replace the one that i have with the broken lock. The larger one the dealer who i do my business with is ordering it from blue ridge. 

I love that bone handle, sometime when ordering Chirstmas presents I order an extra...lol

And when you're buying RR, you can actually buy an extra without taking out a home loan!

More pictures.........

Nice pics, Craig.

Thank a lot Billy, I appreciate it!

That first one is a "Brown Bone" Copperhead. In came a very pretty (to me) olive green!! It would be fine and dandy to me if they did a whole series in that olive green.

Picked up my RR1020 damascus lockback friday-very nice! i also got a RR1044 sqare bolster whittler in black smooth bone - very nice also, also ordered a RR paratroper bowie.

Ah yes, RR1044, the Boxcar Whittler.  I need to get one too.

Speaking of the Boxcar Whittler........does ANYONE know thw history of the pattern? I haven't been able to find anything on it eccept that Ka-Bar made one. Did Ka-Bar come up with the pattern themselves? Does the "Boxcar" pattern have a history beyond that? I don't remember seeing anything about it 30 or 40 years ago. Everyone I ask doesn't seem to know anything about it.....or they don't care about it.