Richard Rogers: Custom Knives

Congrats - this is a gorgeous example! Great punch and a beautiful sheepfoot blade.
I love it :)
 
Bastid said:
From the first knife one of the most remarkable aspects of his work was "clean". When he says I can not even begin to classify that. It would have to be off the charts.
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I only have one but I can agree with that. I don't know how you could begin to describe it.
 
Congrats, Charlie. Two great knives added this month. Somebody must've been very good! :thumbup:
 
RichardRogers said:
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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I just cannot believe how stunning this knife is!...what a lovely, striking knife!...just stunning!
 
Thanks for the comments, Peter, Kevin, Elliott, Fausto, Jake and Mike!
Fausto, if the seed blossoms, it has found a good home!;)

Duncan, I agree about that Sowbelly Trapper. The blades are pure art!
 
Charlie, that HJ is de-bomb :D Thanks for steering me in this direction ;) Man what a thread The Horsemans knife is got to be from another planet. And the sowbelly.... OH MY
I can see right now I'd better make a call and then start saving some cash.
Very , VERY clean work Richard. Congrats Charlie some day we are going to need a scan of the "whole line-up" of custom HJs

Dave
 
Wanted to share with you all a knife that is inbound (as we speak) from Richard Rogers for the holidays. (This is the second of two knives my lovely wife is gifting me this year.)

After the Blade Show, Richard graciously agreed to build a cattle knife at my request with the blades I have come to prefer...spear (master blade), sheepfoot and small clip.

I shared images with Richard but asked him to just go ahead and build the knife as he saw fit...to make it his own. From what I can see from these images, he has done a heck of a job.
(Be aware that the images were taken before Richard did his final sharpening and cleanup so it may look a tad different when it's opened on Christmas.)

Richard based the frame upon an old Tidioute that he picked up off ebay. The scales are vintage German bone and are black/green in color. (I realize the color doesn't pick up in these images.)

The knife is 3 5/8" closed (as was fairly standard for vintage cattle knives) and steel is ATS-34 @ 58 Rc. Frame is integral.

Hope you enjoy the images. Your comments are welcome as always.

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Great Cattle knife - you are indeed the Rustler, Elliott.
Nice looking knife, Richard; being a recent recipient, I can almost feel your work by looking at this one. Elliott you are in for a treat!
 
waynorth said:
Great Cattle knife - you are indeed the Rustler, Elliott.
Nice looking knife, Richard; being a recent recipient, I can almost feel your work by looking at this one. Elliott you are in for a treat!
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Thanks, Charlie. It'll be my third three blader from Richard, completing the trilogy of sowbelly, stockman and cattle knife. I'm a happy rustler. ;)
 
Blues said:
Hope you enjoy the images. Your comments are welcome as always.

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Comments...not that hard to make :D
It is an absolutely gorgeous knife.
The shape of the handle (and closed knife) is very neat. I'm not a fan of jigged bone, but this is very well done, and I love its dark color. The gentle curve of the bolsters really caught my eye.
Tha blade choice is very nice. I'm not a fan of the spear blade but, considering the smaller clip and sheepsfoot, it does look like a good choice for the master blade. The shape of the three blades (swedge and long pull on the spear, smooth spine curve on the sheepsfoot, and "straight" spine and edge curve on the clip) is as good as it could be, and most of all the three blades seem to merge altogether in a very harmonic way (I know you don't use the knife with the three blades open, still it's great to see it).
I can't speak about the F&F of the knife, but if I have to bet a dollar, I bet it's outstanding.
Elliott, after all, I guess you can't complain about your Christmas gifts this year :rolleyes: and, of course, congrats to the maker who's obviously made an amazing job.

Fausto
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Thanks, guys.

Fausto, if there's one thing you can pretty much count on with Richard's knives it's that the "action" is as slick as a Swiss watch. They are something.
Unfortunately I haven't figured out a way to convey that via a posted image as yet and I'm sure as heck not hosting a passaround. ;)
(There's a limit to my goodwill toward men. :p)
 
Blues said:
Fausto, if there's one thing you can pretty much count on with Richard's knives it's that the "action" is as slick as a Swiss watch. They are something.
Unfortunately I haven't figured out a way to convey that via a posted image as yet and I'm sure as heck not hosting a passaround. ;)
(There's a limit to my goodwill toward men. :p)
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Weird...I actually thought you were showing us this knife to gather entries for the passaround... :D
It's not hard to believe the knife feels even better than it looks. Maybe someday I will be lucky enough and get the chance to handle one of these, or even own one.
Meanwhile, I can just stare ;)

Fausto
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Congrats on the cattle knife Elliott,

Richard's work is always impressive. Hope to see a group shot of the trifecta or should I say perfecta:thumbup:
 
ken erickson said:
Congrats on the cattle knife Elliott,

Richard's work is always impressive. Hope to see a group shot of the trifecta or should I say perfecta:thumbup:
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Ken, as we've talked about, I have so much trouble photographing white and black scaled knives (especially ivory and ebony) I'm probably not going to even bother.
(The other two are on page 1 as you probably already know.)

If I get a wild hair...well...we'll see. And you, the pot calling the kettle black...I'm just sayin'...;)
 
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