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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.
New Rough Rider collector
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 about a year. Since then we have both become interested in collecting, and I wanted to collect something that was not what he was interested in and was reasonably priced. I have started collecting the Rough Riders, as well as a few other knives. I have about 15 of these knives now, and have only been disappointed in one that I returned. I am overall impressed with the quality of the knives and the great selection. Someone said that it is "weird" for a girl to collect knives. I guess I'm weird. Although I am not fond of the color pink at all, I have bought a number of the "pink" knives, so maybe that makes me a little more normal for a girl! I have read that some folks say they are not sharp. Yes, they are sharp, but on a continuum, I would say they are not as sharp as some. I'm sure that has something to do with the type of stainless steel that is used to make them.
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Charles Sample
Susie, I have nearly 60 Rough Riders. I only use three of them. They are the RR318 folding hunter, the RR718 work knife, and the RR1349 heavy hunter sidewinder. RR does produce a lot of variety and I think many of their knives are very collectible. One set of 12 that I made a special effort to collect was called The Rifleman Series. The shield on each knife is a Model 1873 Winchester rifle. I have a '73 Winchester so I especially wanted that set.
You can see the complete set here.
http://iknifecollector.com/photo/complete-set-of-rough-rider-riflem...
You can see pictures of my '73 Winchester here.
http://iknifecollector.com/group/ikc-arsenal/forum/topics/new-membe...
Susie Fitzsimmons said:
Jun 21, 2016
Ugly Old Guy
As for them being "dull" out of the box, I've not seen it. In fact, I've found them to be consistantly among the sharpest knives out of the box, regardless of brand.
One thing I like about Rough Rider is they make so many different patterns with a wide choice of covers.
You can try out diffetent patterns without bankrupting the bank.
Aug 21, 2017
Kevin
The factory edge on RR seems to be incredibly consistent and well ground. They do a good job sharpening and I can’t think of a single knife that wasn’t sharp that I got new. For the most part, quality is great. I’ve had a couple that had bent, warped or out of center blades. Almost every knife will have at least one minor issue. Some of the issues bother me like blade rap, rubbing out of center blades or blades set too deep and are hard to open. Some don’t bother me and most I can fix pretty easily.
When you buy a rough Ryder, you will need to clean the polishing compound out of the insides and may have to knock off a few sharp edges or burrs. Get some 4000 grit sand paper and it will break the edges without creating any scratches.
on Sunday