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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.
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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Craig Henry
Oct 30, 2011
Tobias Gibson
Oct 30, 2011
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Craig Henry
Saturday night knife and gun show site?
I contacted SMKW a while back and they told me they were supposed to be in in September, and that the demand has been unbelieveable.
Oct 30, 2011
Billy Oneale
Oct 30, 2011
Billy Oneale
Oct 30, 2011
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Craig Henry
Oct 31, 2011
Alexander Noot
I've wanted that one for ages now. But the shipping always ends up being almost as much as the price of the knife so I haven't so far.
It ticks all my boxes, red jigged bone, lock back, damascus, san-mai.....what's not to love!
Maybe I'll get it anyway this time.... (Anyone know of a place that stocks them that has cheap shipping to europe?)
Oct 31, 2011
Tobias Gibson
Oct 31, 2011
Billy Oneale
Oct 31, 2011
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Craig Henry
I have two of the knife chests. As far as I know bladematrix.com DOES still have some left. I got mine for $13.95!
Speaking of bladematrix.com........I called bladematrix and Cecil said he does NOT have the RR1021 Damascus lockback in stock. He said he thinks he can get one somewhere. So, I don't know. When I get out to pick the money tree I might try to see if he can get me one. I have so many other RRs to get I'll have to see.
I think my money tree needs fertilizer.
Oct 31, 2011
Billy Oneale
Oct 31, 2011
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Craig Henry
That looks good Billy! I left mine natural with a coat of Minwax clear satin polyurethane.
No, I didn't try hrknives.com yet. I've never done business with them, but I'll try sending them an email asking if they actually have it, or they think they can get it.
Oct 31, 2011
Alexander Noot
I just ordered the small version of the Damascus Rough Rider from a dealer in the states.
I'm very curious as to how I'll like it.
Nov 1, 2011
In Memoriam
Robert Burris
Nov 1, 2011
J.J. Smith III
Nov 1, 2011
Tobias Gibson
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.
Nov 1, 2011
J.J. Smith III
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.
Nov 1, 2011
Tobias Gibson
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
Nov 1, 2011
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Craig Henry
Ok, BIG update on the whole RR1021 Damascus lockback story -
I said that bladematrix.com said he did not have any in stock.......WRONG! He DOES have a couple in stock! Also hrknives.com has four in stock!
This is what happened; I emailed hrknives.com and asked if they have them . They said yes. I told my wife I was going to order one. She looked upset and told me she already ordered one from bladematrix.com for me for Christmas! Sooo, I'm getting one, and both of those dealers DO have them if anyone wants one. At least two dealers to pick from.
And, I use knife packs for storage, and the knife chests for jewelry boxes....which means EDC knives.
Nov 1, 2011
robert benton
Nov 1, 2011
robert benton
Nov 1, 2011
robert benton
Nov 1, 2011
Billy Oneale
Nov 1, 2011
Billy Oneale
Nov 1, 2011
stephen tungate
Nov 1, 2011
Billy Oneale
Nov 1, 2011
Billy Oneale
Nov 1, 2011
Tobias Gibson
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
My Toothpicks
RR078
Red Bone Canittler, Amber Bone locking Canoe Whittler
And I'm always adding more at Rough Rider Reviews
Nov 2, 2011
J.J. Smith III
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.
Nov 2, 2011
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Craig Henry
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.
Nov 2, 2011
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Craig Henry
Nov 2, 2011
Tobias Gibson
Nov 2, 2011
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Craig Henry
Nov 3, 2011
Tobias Gibson
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:
Nov 3, 2011
Tobias Gibson
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/ )
Nov 3, 2011
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Craig Henry
Nov 3, 2011
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Craig Henry
And speaking of traditional knives......here's some of my new ones. I didn't polish them up, straight out of the box -
Nov 3, 2011
robert benton
Nov 3, 2011
Jan Carter
Looking really good there Craig
Nov 3, 2011
Billy Oneale
Nov 3, 2011
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Craig Henry
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.
Nov 3, 2011
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Craig Henry
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.
Nov 6, 2011
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Craig Henry
Nov 6, 2011
Tobias Gibson
Nov 6, 2011
Billy Oneale
Nov 6, 2011
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Craig Henry
Nov 6, 2011
Billy Oneale
Nov 6, 2011
Tobias Gibson
The money tree isn't the problem.... Its the bill tree!
Nov 6, 2011
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Craig Henry
Nov 7, 2011
Jan Carter
Tobias,
Ain't that the truth!! Somehow the money tree never grows as fast as the bill tree
Nov 7, 2011