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Permalink Reply by J.J. Smith III on May 22, 2018 at 15:18

I've always been pleased to carry a Rough Rider knife.  The 298 is a discontinued pattern that I would not hesitate to carry on a daily basis.

Perhaps I'm just getting more picked, in my old age, but I, personally, would be embarrassed to carry one of the new ones.  I'm sorry, Rough Rider, but if this is the direction that you're taking, I'm off the boat.

Permalink Reply by J.J. Smith III on May 22, 2018 at 16:03

It was kind of humorous to see the  RR guy trying to compare the Rough Rider to a CASE, when that same comparison is what prompted my initial post.

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I'd really like to have one of the carbon Stockmans, but they really need to beef back up the blades.

I certainly don't mind paying extra, for decent blades.

Permalink Reply by Vaughn on July 5, 2018 at 11:02

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

Permalink Reply by J.J. Smith III on July 5, 2018 at 14:17

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.

Permalink Reply by Kevin on Tuesday

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.

Permalink Reply by Kevin D 22 hours ago

Hey JJ,

Hard to be definitive without putting my calipers on them...   But I do believe that the one on the right has a slightly thicker blade stock thickness.

The biggest difference that I am seeing is that the grind on the knife on the left is a fair bit more significant than the one on the right.  More material removed = more work involved in the manufacturing process, right?

Or maybe the tolerances were opened up to allow for a wider spread between the high limit and low limit.   That could allow for a thinner blade to still be "acceptable".

Permalink Reply by J.J. Smith III 2 hours ago

I never slapped a set of calipers on them Kevin. 

The 298 has to be my favorite size stockman coming in at 4.5 the inch mark. I really wish that they would reissue them in something other than the red jigged bone.    I picked up the 603 to carry because of my liking the CASE 75 pattern and that's where I found the biggest difference in the two. 

I still have Rough Rider whittlers that are nearly indistinguishable from a CASE whittler.