Well let me tell you - the "closet" is stuffed with all kinds of members hiding their little secret. But I am hear to join the ranks and officially say "R.R. knives are the best deal out there and FUN to collect". Nothing makes me question what I am doing more than paying a lot of hard earned dough on an expensive knife. I mean they are just that - "knives" right they are suppose to be fun to collect. Come on the rest of you - we know your in there - kick that door open and expose yourselves.

RR Large lock back with finger guard -

Thank you sir -

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Our membership went flat - Only 14 members - I haven't had time to post much - been busy in the shop - My knife business is about as flat as this forum has been the past few days -  but I'm still getting customers knives to engrave, motorcycle parts & I have a Corvette Project I'm working on for this years car shows.

This "Gas" thing sure slowed things up - I got Fed-EX in today - he said his loads have really gone up since the gas went up - guess more folks are buying on line & driving less.

I got an order of Rough Riders in - I ordered a fixed blade but didn't pay much attention when I ordered it - it's a little bird knife - Looks nice - I need some larger stick knives to scratch up - Whats going on with you guys -  tom

Just chillin'.

No new knives. :-(

Little off topic  but interesting to many of us - Nameplate's - Polaris has bought the Indian nameplate - see details on my Blog -

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My latest RR mod...

Here one of my Hand-Made - - - - I cloned a Remington 1123 Pattern

I like the color of the colt model.  I think my son would like this series

I realize thar RR wanted to use a shield that they already had,  but isn't a "Blue Moon" a full moon?

Just sayin...

There are two definition of a blue moon.  The most common today has a blue moon is the second full moon in the same month.   Next one is August 31, 2112.

Or if you go by an older definition it is the fourth full moon of  a season (summer, Spring, winter or fall)  Going by that defintion, you'll be waiting until August 12, 2013.

Either way, "once in a blue moon" means not very often or rare

Maybe so, but it still referrs to a full moon.  I liked the shield better on the "Moonshine" series.

The etching on the blade reminds me of Fighting Rooster - The cast bolters are what they are - I assume they are cast which i would prefer to have the clean - cast bolsters look like - well cast bosters -

I currently own two Stroke of Luck knives, the 5 inch toothpick and 3 5/8 standard canoe.  Only problem with the Canoe is the green bone is  varies in shade from obverse to reverse side.  According to the fine folks at SMKW, the bolsters are patterned after some antique  British Bolsters in their National Knife museum  I'm planning on picking up the whittler despite the lack of a coping blade, the large stockman and maybe the locking canoe.

Tobias,

I like the color of the scales.  The casting of the bolsters aside, I appreciate that they have taken a pattern from a knife in the musuem.  It is nice when the new incorporates the older knives.  Let us see them togeather as the collection grows please

 I appreciate that they have taken a pattern from a knife in the musuem.

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I assume thats where most of all the RR patterns come from - I just hope the musuem knife gets put back together & back to the musuem but that might be wishful thinking -

Craig,

That Tabacco bone is really very nice  

Craig,

That rough rider Barlow is what my son carries and he loves it (forget what handle)  Glad it makes you smile, just tell the wife your loving my most recent purchase.  Then she will really wonder whats up