Richard Rogers: Custom Knives

Absolutely stunning knife, I am just staring at the photo for the pat 10 minutes, and sure keep coming back to look at.
Mike
 
Amazing Horseman, Richard; just beautiful!!
How many makers are brave enough, or have/will have the skill to tackle that one??!!


Please tell me, is the corkscrew done on a lathe?
 
Thanks for the kind words guys. Here's a pic of it closed, you can see how the hoof pick covers the back implements.

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Here's a pic of a new gun stock. This one is really clean.

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One of the best things about being on this subforum is that, since I come from very far (both in miles and in culture), and I know very little about American knife makers, I am given the pleasure of discovering new (to me) knifemakers that do a wonderful job...and the ivory sowbelly in Elliott's first post is more than enough to make me admire the work of someone that (shame on me) I had never even heard of.
From today on, I will know who Richard Rogers is, and what amazing knives he can make.
Fausto
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First one that was not an old one that I've seen with a fleam on it. That corkscrew is killer.
Absolutley fantastic work!
Ken.
 
Beautiful work on the horseman's knife Richard. Just incredible. I was fortunate to get to handle one you made for a friend at Blade a few years ago and still am impressed by it. If I remember correctly, it won best folder that year and deservedly so.

Folks, I have been collecting Richard's work for a while now and am fortunate to have more of his work than any other maker in my collection (I even use one or two :D). From the first knife one of the most remarkable aspects of his work was "clean". When he says
This one is really clean.
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I can not even begin to classify that. It would have to be off the charts.
 
Thanks for all the compliments guys. :)

The corkscrew is turned to a cylinder on the lathe, and the spiral laid out, but the spiral is cut with a round file. Lots and lots and lots of handwork on this type of knife. The screw awl is also cut with a file.
 
Brilliant work on those knives, seeing a multi-tool of old like that by a modern maker just blows my mind at the sheer volume of work that would have gone into it.
 
What a wonderful piece of cutlery art - I probably can't even imagine how much skills and handwork it takes to finish this beauty!
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Hi guys,

Just made my first shadow pattern in ages. It's a big jack (4 1/8"), G10 handles, and no liners. Super light. Really like the way it turned out.

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That is a great looking knife. I like how you did the kick on the pen blade.
 
Regular Jack!
Somehow the words don't begin to describe the harmonic essence of that beautiful knife.
There isn't a discordant note in the piece!
 
I have to admit I've gone back and forth to look at that jack more than a couple of times. Nicely done, Richard. :thumbup:
 
Here's a different knife for me. It's a trapper in a sowbelly frame. with a clip and a skinner blade. It's also my first hollow ground folder in years. Details: Shadow pattern, G10, liners, ATS-34 brushed finish.

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RichardRogers said:
Here's a pic of a Horseman's Knife I just finished.

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Pen, saw, and sheepsfoot on the front, corkscrew, awl, and leather punch on the back. Also has a hoof pick, fleam, tweezers, and screwdriver (liner).

Scales are mammoth ivory.
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This one is just not nice! I can't imagine how much work and fitting went into that........then to use such great looking mammoth ivory! I bet the new owner of that one sleeps with it under their pillow (amidst soft wet sobs that they had to sell their first born child to fund it!)

I want it that bad!

Also, the checkered mop and abalone have completely changed my opinion on the material as a knife handle. (I always felt it was too pretty and shiny......but for some reason, the check patterns look perfect to my eye!).
 
Since Richard developed that regular Jack a few posts back, he has used the pattern to create a Harness Jack for my "One from Every Top Maker" project.
In keeping with the traditional/utility nature of a Harness Jack, this one has A2 steel in the blades, a nice carbon tool steel that holds an edge and requires traditional maintenance. The handles are of African Blackwood, a very tough, dense and tightly grained wood, often called Ebony.
A Sheepfoot blade is found on 2 to 4% of antique Harness Jacks, so I thought it would be interesting to have one in Richard's knife, and he obviously agreed, with this nicely swedged example.
Then came the punch. The punch is where a lot of conversations with Custom Knife makers tails off into the weather; how are the kids; well, bye now :rolleyes:. . . . . It takes creativity, and the desire to meet a challenge, to engineer and create a punch for a pocket knife. This one is a beauty, with a deep hollow grind, and bevelled back surfaces. And it cuts a nice hole in gnarly old 10 ounce latigo from the stringy "leg" of the hide.
Lest the knife wind up TOO plain-utility, it portrays the Cutler's flourishes, of a Rat-tail bolster, full cap, and a Bomb shield. And of course, it has Richard's impeccable fit and finish, half-stops (which every HJ should have, at least on the punch), and flush fits. Full bragging rights for sure!
This is a hefty knife, at nearly 3 3/4", allowing a four-finger grip. It's got it all!!
Thanks, RR!!
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