'match strike' nail nicks/long pulls, has RR taken the uniqueness away?

I tried it with the strike anywhere one too. Don't think there's enough indents to make it work.
 
These RR details are a bit like the rhinestones set in a cheap ring. Cheesy
 
I agree with Josh but I guess mine wasn't long enough. The nail nik,,,,,,, that is. Nice job
 
As others have said, matchstrikes are best on longpulls, I don't favour them much at all but particularly not on crescents. It's an ornament, some like it some don't, but at least it shows RR has good stamping equipment. I've never had any problems with their steel, it appears no worse than CASE ss or Buck equivalent.
 
Long pulls are still my favorites, but I have learned that, while searching over older knives, they are not as rare as you might think. I like seeing them used these days. I would like to see it more.
 
The matchstrikes on the crescent nail nicks remind me of the spoiler on my '72 Maverick, didn't do a darn thing but it looked cool. It comes down to a personal preference and I prefer the old style on the long pulls, which coincidentally tend to be more functional. ;)
 
I don't like the idea of trying to strike a match on a knife blade. Seems like a good way to make a flap in your hand.
 
Matchstrikes on older knives were used with the blade closed, I wonder if they ever put 'em on knives with celluloid scales? I'll have to check knives, more I'm curious, any of you fine folks out there have a pic of a matchstrike on a blade with celluloid scales?

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T. Erdelyi said:
Matchstrikes on older knives were used with the blade closed, I wonder if they ever put 'em on knives with celluloid scales? I'll have to check knives, more I'm curious, any of you fine folks out there have a pic of a matchstrike on a blade with celluloid scales?

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That's a funny question :D, but then again I may have a sick sense of humour.:o

Best regards

Robin
 
T. Erdelyi said:
Matchstrikes on older knives were used with the blade closed, I wonder if they ever put 'em on knives with celluloid scales? I'll have to check knives, more I'm curious, any of you fine folks out there have a pic of a matchstrike on a blade with celluloid scales?

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Hmmm... good question. It made me laugh, though... my thinking few specimens would have survived, since they, like magic, went "POOF"... LOL! ;)
 
T. Erdelyi said:
Matchstrikes on older knives were used with the blade closed, I wonder if they ever put 'em on knives with celluloid scales? I'll have to check knives, more I'm curious, any of you fine folks out there have a pic of a matchstrike on a blade with celluloid scales?

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Western States did it all the time on many of their patterns, for a long time. Pretty sure they used celluloid composition, and they outsourced some knives in their early days. Here are a couple 1919 catalog reprints. You see matchstrikers on both straight pulls and crescent pulls throughout their product line for several decades.





I agree Rough Rider seems to over do the matchstrike, but I won't complain, given their cost. On many of their patterns they almost do a caricature of the pattern, but they sell a lot of knives, and never seem to stay with any one design for very long. I don't mind the matchstrike, but a lot of the bolster work they do does not appeal to me much, but no big deal.
 
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I bought one RR from a friend,and was hesitant at that.My fears were realized after a couple months when one of the backsprings broke.It was a small congress....
 
wlfryjr said:
I bought one RR from a friend,and was hesitant at that.My fears were realized after a couple months when one of the backsprings broke.It was a small congress....
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The two RR knives that I had a problem with (out of hundreds) was the small congress and the swell centre whittler, both broke their backsprings. On both models the backspring is too thin and when they are loaded with three or for blades they tend to break at the pin.

Regards

Robin
 
jakemex said:
These RR details are a bit like the rhinestones set in a cheap ring. Cheesy
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Exactly!

Or lipstick on a pig.No matter how much you dress up the pig it's still a pig.

Not that there is anything wrong with pigs......they are smart critters after all.
 
Time to throw in my two cents :)
I have no experience with RR knives, I'm just sharing my thoughts and opinion.
I think the only "wrong" attitude towards knife features (or patterns) is leaving them in the past and abandoning them totally.
As long as any factory tries to keep any feature "alive", I take it as a good thing. Then, obviously, there are many ways to present the same feature (or pattern, for that matter), and personal taste always plays a big role; I agree with those who think that certain features look "right" on some knives and "wrong" on others, but taste is taste. In this case, for instance, I just don't dig matchstrike pulls, no matter how they're made or on which pattern they are presented...yet I'm glad that some companies still produce slipjoints with this features for those who like it.

Fausto
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