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Blade thickness

by J.J. Smith III

May 22, 2018

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 by someone there that said that all the RR blades, in the traditional patterns, were 1/16".  They even tried to say that the blades in a similar CASE knife we're also 1/16".  I haven't heard anything back from them after I posted a side by side of a Rough Rider 603 and a 75 pattern CASE.

Tobias Gibson said I should check the RR298, as the blade specs appeared to indicate thicker blades.

Well, my RR298 came in today and in a quick inspection showed the blades to indeed be thicker than the 603.

While not as robust as the CASE,  it certainly appears that the, older, 298 has thicker blades than the, newer, 603.

Is this a trend that Rough Rider is following in order to keep costs down?

Anyone else notice a significant change in blades lately?

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    Vaughn

     Have to agree, seems the newer R.R. blades are thinner.

    Jul 5, 2018

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    J.J. Smith III

    It's really a shame, too.

    I was very lucky to find my RR323 while comparing blades.

    Vaughn Devereaux said:

     Have to agree, seems the newer R.R. blades are thinner.

    Jul 5, 2018

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    Kevin

    Most are fine but I have been disappointed in a few blades that were overly thin. My blue bone Whittler secondary blades are too thin. My dog bone Jack secondary blade is too thin. A few others as well. It’s normally the secondary blades that are too thin on my experience.

    17 hours ago